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luis arrieta

luis arrieta

california

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silvio y oda a mi generación

i’m in awe of young poets that write verse that can only be comprehended later in life. I know it is an illusion: it is man who attributes meaning to symbols. It is us, as we grow wiser with time and experience, who expand the poem’s meaning and

the original banana republic

the original banana republic

vanity sometimes makes you stumble upon beautiful things.

the journey to ithaka

give it first to Homer and then, 2600 years later, to Kavafis and you get something that rises above all of us.

ditching evernote

it’s been 2,123 days since I created my first note in Evernote on January 5, 2017. It’s served me well, taking practically everything I threw to it and retrieving information at will. Exactly one year ago, I wrote a commented list of my favorite apps and, when

the darjeeling limited (river and funeral scene)

when you realize that all your grand problems are imaginary

48 signals

i recently read a post by Jason Fried of 37signals.com about ascribing depth to flatness and generating irrelevant data. “… I can’t help but think it’s generating data that’s incompatible with the actual situation. Being asked to rate minutia with a 10-point scale, and ascribe depth of

first camping trip with the family

we went on our first camping trip as a family last weekend. Purposefully designed as a low risk experience. Location: Malibu Creek State Park.

logistics

we need to embrace and find beauty in logistics.

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