One hundred eighty years ago, Balzac wrote eighty classic novels in twenty years, using just a quill pen. Who among our word-processing [AI-outsourcing, 2X-reading, no-time-wasting] artists today can even approach such a record?”
In Praise Of Doing Things Inefficiently - Billy Oppenheimer
https://billyoppenheimer.com/february-1-2026/
Books I Read in January, 2026
https://janusworx.com/reading/books-i-read-in-january-2026/
#PSA for for the Byomkesh Bakshi fans of the series that aired on DD in the 90s
DD has now apparently cleaning up the old videos and putting them into a new playlist.
It’s solved the constant audio hum that was there in the playlist they had uploaded during the Covid lockdowns
They have done about a third of the videos as far as I can make out
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUiMfS6qzIMyDqm9aJgzSgwQpfeNOPvXR
#GoldenAgeTV #ByomkeshBakshi #Doordarshan
#psa, #GoldenAgeTV, #ByomkeshBakshi, #doordarshan
I read Morgan Housel’s, The Psychology of Money
https://janusworx.com/reading/the-psychology-of-money/
I read Sam Dalrymple’s, Shattered Lands.
https://janusworx.com/reading/shattered-lands/
#mjbWrites #Books #Reading #ShatteredLands #SamDalrymple
#mjbwrites, #books, #reading, #ShatteredLands, #SamDalrymple
Amen! Happy New Year!
https://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/804535632103866368
Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/
Me’Shell Ndegécello & John Mellencamp covering Van Morrison’s Wild Night in the 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nPPRQeTxTY
Oh, kithe chaley oh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K364wKMGwF0
#PunjabiFolk #FolkMusic #Music
#PunjabiFolk, #folkmusic, #music
Is ishq ch yaaro,
Kuch kihya vi nahin janda
Raula paya vi nahin janda
Chup rahiya vi nahin janda
(Ishq aap bhe awalla)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52tXsEbcQM
#PunjabiFolk #FolkMusic #Music
#folkmusic, #music, #PunjabiFolk