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Mordor!

Mike Schilling December 10, 2012

Mike Schilling tinkers with Tolkien.

On duplicity, fairweather conservatism, and the art of war IFRL-NaPP-Space-photo-manipulation-1825450_1920

On duplicity, fairweather conservatism, and the art of war

Erik Kain October 28, 2009

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of...

It’s About Structure, Not Volume IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426280

It’s About Structure, Not Volume

Mark of New Jersey August 24, 2009

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry has a good piece up that explores some of the same ground I explored in...

“Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o’clock in the morning? That doesn’t sound very wise to me.” IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.the-interior-of-the-palm-house

IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.the-interior-of-the-palm-house

“Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o’clock in the morning? That doesn’t sound very wise to me.”

Mark of New Jersey August 14, 2009

In the comments to Scott’s post last week, greginak (who was one of the few to hone in...

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