Writing

I have always been interested in people who show themselves not in one narrow field, but in many. And the greater the difference between those fields, the more interesting it is.

If William of Malmesbury can be trusted, once, when John was dining with the king, the king asked: "What separates a Scot from a sot?" John answered: "Only the width of the dinner table!"

Asked what he would do if he had six months to live, Isaac Asimov answered: "Type faster."

What kind of physicist picks locks for fun, and wins the Nobel by working out the wobble of a cafeteria plate?

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live — John F. Woods.

I found this picture of Harold Clayton Lloyd dangling from a clock in Safety Last! (1923). The famous clock scene from Back to the Future turns out to be a deliberate homage — plus one funny coincidence.