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Feynman's Nobel Ambition

asc.ohio-state.edu

Physics disgusts me a little bit now, but I used to enjoy doing physics. Why did I enjoy it? I used to play with it. I used to do whatever I felt like doing - it didn’t have to do with whether it was important for the development of nuclear physics, but whether it was interesting and amusing for me to play with.

The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson's Get Back

ianleslie.substack.com

Watching extraordinary people do ordinary things is also just oddly gripping. I loved witnessing the workaday mundanity of The Beatlesโ€™ creative life. Turning up for work - for the most part - every day, at an agreed time: Morning Paul. Morning George. Taking an hour for lunch, popping out for meetings. Sticking up your kidโ€™s drawing by your workstation. Confessing to hangovers. Discussing TV from the night before. Fart jokes. Happy hour at the end of an afternoon. Coats on: Bye then. See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow.

My Retro TVs

myretrotvs.com

Hello! Welcome to My Retro TVs. I created these virtual TV websites as a way to honor the pop culture memories of decades past. Each site aspires to simulate the vintage experience of channel-surfing on a TV from a particular era.