“Objects of Appreciation: Every time you go to use a utensil or instrument, take pleasure and feel gratitude for the fact that you have such an object available. If you focus on this, you'll be able to be lifted many many times each day. Some common examples include: a pen, fork, cup, key, computers, clock, chair, stapler, and eyeglasses.” IfsFeelsFactsUseAblePleasureCommonFocusExampleObjectsKeysGratitudeComputerInstrumentsAppreciationAvailableCupsClockEach DayChairsPensForksEyeglassesUtensils Author:Zelig Pliskin
“A source of strength in the early days was that groups in various parts of the world were prepared to construct experimental computers without necessarily intending them to be the prototype for serial production. As a result, there became available a body of knowledge about what would work and what would not work.” WorldBodyResultsGroupsSourceComputerPreparedProductionsVariousAvailableConstructsSerialsPrototypeSource Of Strength Author:Maurice Wilkes
“Because of the cumbersome nature of filmmaking, it's only recently that it has become available to the masses, with digital equipment and laptop computers. You can now actually make a pretty serviceable movie for very little money by yourself.” LittlesComputerMassAvailableDigitalFilmmakingEquipmentLaptopsLittle MoneyLaptop Computers Author:John Landis
“Anything that someone's interested in should be very, very easy to call up onto the screen. And in fact the computer over time will see what you're interested in and make that immediately available without your having to be give any commands at all.” GivingShouldFactsEasyComputerAvailableScreensCommand Author:Bill Gates
“All the songs were written on guitar and then put into the computer, where I played around with different sounds I was hearing and what was available in the software.” DifferentSongSoundWrittenComputerGuitarAvailableHearingSoftware Author:Jamie Woon
“That change happened about 1991. It was not possible to transfer the Expanded Instrument System to the computer until then, when 16-bit recording became available.” BitsHappenedComputerInstrumentsAvailableTransfers Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Time is of the essence, particularly if we're sending images out on social media. The reality is that the majority of images are only viewed for a few seconds, often on a phone or computer. There are so many images freely available that it takes a lot of will power to concentrate and prolong the gaze on one picture at the expense of the thousands of others waiting to be viewed!” IfsRealitySocialWaitingMediaComputerEssenceMajorityPhonesAvailableSocial MediaExpensesSecondsWill Power Author:Michael Kenna
“Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.” PeopleTurnsPayMillionsInternetComputerAvailableBoredSiteIncentivesClicksFeesTurn Off Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been extremely chastened to realize that although he originally came from a world which had cars and computers and ballet and Armagnac, he didn't, by himself, know how any of it worked. He couldn't do it. Left to his own devices he couldn't build a toaster. He could just about make a sandwich and that was it.” KnowsWorldLittlesLeftRealizingKnow HowCarOffersComputerAvailableDevicesBalletSandwichesGrimToasters Book:Mostly Harmless Source: Mostly Harmless