August 2010
1 post
November 2009
2 posts
Sobering
Examine the lives of people who have truly excelled in any of the arts – music, theatre, dance, sculpture – and they all have one characteristic in common: the capacity to commit themselves wholeheartedly to their chosen disciplines. They do it every day. No excuses.
from On Being a Photographer, quoted here
I think about this a lot, especially in regard to improv and theater. It’s good...
September 2009
1 post
manifesting
I read on a friend’s blog today that we manifest what we focus on. I think that’s probably true. So how do you change your focus if you want to manifest something different in your life? Meditation, maybe? Writing?
July 2009
45 posts
An Easy Way to Increase Creativity →
From Scientific American: Creativity is commonly thought of as a personality trait that resides within the individual. We count on creative people to produce the songs, movies, and…
The Arms Trade, Illustrated →
In the course of learning about contemporary cattle raiding in Sudan, we found ourselves sifting through a recent edition of the annual Small Arms Survey. It’s an informative…
Big desert blues: Touareg nomads with electric... →
This is a music video for Tinariwen, members of the Touareg tribe of nomads of the southern Sahara desert. Their name in their native Tamashek language, written as ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ, means…
A war of algorithms →
The New Atlantis magazine has a fantastic article on the increasing use of robots and artificial intelligence systems in warfare and how they bring the fog of war to the murky area of…
Slashdot Entertainment Story | Tron Legacy Exposed →
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man -... →
TalkingPointsTwitter →
Talking Points Memo has put together an excellent resource for keeping up with happenings in Washington.
Whatever else Twitter might be, we’ve found it a good way to keep tabs on politicos and…
TalkingPointsTwitter | MetaFilter →
Cool Tools: Dickinson Marine Fireplace →
For a cold room? Hmm.
Change Your Facebook Settings Or Else Updated |... →
Facebook advertisers can use your images. Are you a “hot single” too?
The 100 easiest, fastest recipes. Ever | Life and... →
via metafilter.com
200 HOURS AND COUNTING
checkedreality:
until I’m done my job. Can anyone give me a WAHOOOOOOOOOO?
Sure! Ahem …. WAHOO!
The longest solar eclipse of the century - The Big... →
BigPicture on the eclipse, great images!
100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About |... →
from GeekDad. Some of this is unfamiliar to some of my friends too.
Invading The Vintage - a set on Flickr →
via everywhere today
Reagan Was Wrong | Print Article | Newsweek.com →
Without a humanizing tory influence, conservatives were apt to forget “the ugly face of capitalism”
PC Pro: News: Exposed: the PC repair shops that... →
With a cackle he removes a memory stick from around his neck, plugs it in and then copies them across.
West Coast Tsunami Threat Higher than Thought -... →
That tsunami killed about 130 people, according to official records: 114 in Alaska and 16 in Oregon and California, including several who heard it was coming and went down to the coast to watch.
California Budget Deal: Broad Cuts to Reduce... →
Op-Ed Contributor - One Giant Leap to Nowhere -... →
Tom Wolfe in NYT on NASA killing time for 40 years.
Oakland voting on pot tax backed by advocates →
Measure F has no formal campaign opposition.
Dozens injured in Muni Metro crash →
SF train crash a mile from us!
Very off topic: Why I won't be at my high school... →
Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle Devices -... →
Amazon remotely deletes peoples’ books. And it’s Orwell too.
The NSA wiretapping story nobody wanted →
My main accomplishment is to let everybody know about what exactly the government is doing to people. How the government in detail is screwing over people’s privacy and trampling over the…
Totally Wasted | Mother Jones →
Drug war overview from MJ. An excerpt:
There is the one reported by the US press, a place where the Mexican president is fighting a valiant war on drugs, aided by the Mexican Army and the Mérida Initiative, the $1.4 billion in aid the United States has committed to the cause. This Mexico has newspapers, courts, laws, and is seen by the United States government as a sister republic.
It does not...
A New Land Speed Record for Wind-Powered Vehicles →
The 1,323-pound Greenbird windcraft broke a land-speed record:
The wind may be restless, but the fastest air-powered ground vehicle is surprisingly steady as it sails over the dusty…
Remembering Apollo 11 - The Big Picture -... →
My folks held me up to look at the tv for this.
Bill Seeks to End Antibiotic Use to Spur Animal... →
Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Wells Fargo... →
For Dave.
Coding Horror: How Not to Advertise on the... →
Full-body latte!
Climate Wars. Run! But to where?
I started listening to episode 1 of 3 of that Climate Wars podcast from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company) a couple of links ago, on the train into work this morning. The interview subjects are actually mostly Americans, from the military and think-tanks, talking about the implications of climate change for national security and society. It’s not a left/right issue in most of the...
Attention philanthropy: shining lights on human... →
Alex from WorldChanging sez,
We’ve just released our 2009 “Attention Philanthropy” grants, our effort to shine a light on awesome work that’s undeservedly obscure. 100 nominators from around…
High-ranking insurance PR flack defects, explains... →
Ross sez, “A high-placed insider (ex VP of PR at Cigna) describes the machinations the insurance industry has used to keep us from getting a decent health care system.”
This guy literally wrote the…
CBC Radio | Ideas | Features | Climate Wars →
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Attention... →
via boingboing.net
Flickr: mousavi1388's Photostream →
Photos, almost-live from Iran.
Slashdot News Story | Pandora Stabilizes, No... →
Pandora fees
They Saved Michael Jackson's Brain!
(E!... →
E! Online - What do Michael Jackson and Albert Einstein have in common…besides pure genius? Both their brains are in a glass jar—at least for the time being.
Reverse-engineering SSNs from publicly available... →
SSN insecure! Run away!
Examiner Editorial: BART strike would be at worst... →
Striking for unlimited medical at $85/mo.
Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It's Time to Manage... →
from Wired. Includes link to free audiobook!
Op-Ed Contributors - Our True North - NYTimes.com →
Happy Canada Day, last week!
Book Review - 'Methland - The Death and Life of an... →
Review of “Methland.” Iowa burns.
Water Should Be a Human Right | Wired Science |... →
Amen.
Strategies Against Desertification →