For adventure in a book, no author can or should quite equal what Hallam Hawksworth produced during the 1921-1922: The Strange Adventures of a Pebble, Hallam Hawksworth, 1921. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust, Hallam Hawksworth, 1922. But some may disagree as to when was Hawksworth’s best period. Arguments can be made for […]
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A grain of sand, a line of code, and everything
William Blake had a grain of sand that simulates the world. Stanford University now has “Software [that] Emulates [the] Lifespan of [an] Entire Organism“. Here’s Blake’s take: Auguries of Innocence by William Blake [pictured here] TO see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of […]
Today is Riddle of a Riddle Day
Today, which we proclaim to be Riddle of a Riddle Day, we celebrate scholarly works titled “Riddle of a Riddle”. Well, we celebrate one of them, as it may be the only one there is: “The Riddle of a Riddle,” Ivan Gaskell, Contemporary Aesthetics, March 8, 2008. The author, at Harvard University, writes: ABSTRACT: This paper examines […]
Secret identity cereal, pursued
Investigator William J. Maloney sent us this photo, taken in his local supermarket, of a new breakfast cereal’s box upon which is emblazoned the phrases “Hannah Montana” and “SECRET IDENTITY CEREAL”. Investigation yields some tentative conclusions: 1. This may be the only secret identity cereal the existence of which is no longer secret. 2. Some […]