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I think a lot about how Feynman got his Nobel Prize from “piddling around with wobbly plates”. I’m always looking for wobbly plates to piddle with. And of course the point isn’t to get the Prize, but to enjoy the piddling https://t.co/FQNTZdChsN
ugh *finally*, I've been struggling to find this tweet for weeks now apple iphones might not exist if not for silly boys piddling around (may I never not find it again: steve jobs wozniak telephone hacker hacking prank crank pope computer blue box) https://t.co/sSycQONSAM
“He was satisfying his desire to split light beams, and that was that.” https://t.co/1HbCQWLWNY https://t.co/WMUwpIt8tf
Relevant SMBC (h/t @marionogueira) https://t.co/6gq59iskup
Paula Scher: https://t.co/w7oPgD6ZUE
“Ideas come all kinds of ways. I get my best ideas in taxicabs, like sitting in traffic, drooling. I’m allowing my subconscious to take over so that I can free associate. You have to be in a state of play to design. If you’re not in a state of play, you can’t make anything.” https://t.co/mX89V88ll4
“He was satisfying his desire to split light beams, and that was that.” https://t.co/1HbCQWLWNY https://t.co/WMUwpIt8tf
Relevant SMBC (h/t @marionogueira) https://t.co/6gq59iskup
Paula Scher: https://t.co/w7oPgD6ZUE
“Ideas come all kinds of ways. I get my best ideas in taxicabs, like sitting in traffic, drooling. I’m allowing my subconscious to take over so that I can free associate. You have to be in a state of play to design. If you’re not in a state of play, you can’t make anything.” https://t.co/mX89V88ll4