Tags / 4 quotes from 3 sources
#night
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Trick for partitioning the day
When we were working on our own startup, back in the 90s, I evolved another trick for partitioning the day. I used to program from dinner till about 3 am every day, because at night no one could interrupt me. Then I'd sleep till about 11 am, and come in and work until dinner on…
Shantaram (gregory David Roberts)
A dream is the place where a wish and a fear meet
In my room, I lay down to sleep. The move to the slum would give me time: it was a hard solution to the visa problem, but a practical one. I felt relieved and optimistic about it, and I was very tired. I should’ve slept well. But my dreams that night were violent and troubled…
Red-lining our lives
Riding the night, cutting into crowded streets, winding the bike into the web of lights, I felt nothing: no fear, no dread, no shiver of excitement. Red-lining a motorcycle means opening the throttle so hard, with every change of gears, that the needle on the rev-counter is…
Urban Dictionary: Excuse Me, While I Kiss The Sky
Kiss the sky
PURPLE HAZE lyrics, from the album 'Are You Experienced?' (released in the UK on May 12, 1967) Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the same Actin' funny but I don't know why 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky Purple haze all around Don't know if I'm comin' up or…