I’m not sure if I should refer to it as a presentation, talk, speech, or call to action, but Jill Tarter’s TED talk from earlier this month is truly inspiring. Whatever your feelings on SETI, this talk is so full of passion, so thoughtfully delivered, and drop dead elegantly designed, you really shouldn’t miss it. [...]
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One Truly Moving Presentation
Posted in Commentary, tagged Randomness, TED on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Crisis of Credit
Posted in Commentary, tagged credit, crisis, Randomness on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An excellent 11 minute summary of the current credit crisis and how we got into this mess, expertly produced by Jonathan Jarvis, Masters of Fine Arts Candidate at the Art Center College of Design in California. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3261363&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Sweet sweet sugared Pepsi Throwback
Posted in Commentary, tagged Pepsi, Randomness, sugar on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jen and I never realized this but noticed it straight away after moving to the UK. Coke is SO much better in this country (UK) because it’s not made from HFCS. Apparently Pepsi’s got the message. Sweet sweet sugared Pepsi Throwback. [Via Kottke]
VDay Dinner
Posted in Photography, tagged Commentary, cooking, dinner on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jen and I whipped up some excellent home cooking for Valentine’s Day yesterday. The feast consisted of linguine with feta, basil, and pine nuts, grilled scallops wrapped in prosciutto, grilled marjoram tomatoes, and a homemade bakewell tart for desert! Much of the food came from Saturday Market as well as Roberts & Speight in Beverley, [...]
Dilbert to the Rescue
Posted in Commentary, tagged dilbert, Randomness on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps sensing a void following a raft of bad economic news, Dilbert enters the scene with some needed comic relief. The ongoing ‘Dilbert works in collections’ series is great but, today’s takes the cake.
The Associated Press: Lawmakers in stimulus dilemma
Posted in Politics, tagged economy on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Does anyone really believe that sitting around and arguing over this [via AP] is the most helpful use of time at the moment? Is threatening to ‘tattle’ on how your congressman votes what we need? Seriously people this is pissing me off. I’m not too jazzed about the government continuing to increase the deficit but [...]
e-book Revoluation?
Posted in Commentary, tagged amazon, Apple, Digital Life, kindle, stanza on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Days before the release of Kindle2, John Siracusa has a fascinating read on the past, present, and future of e-books. The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age – Ars Technica. The e-book format is an interesting one, but one that as yet, has to gain mainstream traction in the market. Some [...]
Go Steelers!
Posted in Commentary, Photography, tagged Commentary, london, snow, steelers on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congrats to the Steelers who became the first team to secure their 6th Super Bowl title Sunday night. We definitely wanted to watch the game and have a true Super Bowl experience so we schlepped down to London for the weekend, took Monday off, and went out to Bodean’s BBQ in Fulham. During the game [...]
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Time for an EpicDuel
Posted in Commentary, tagged epicduel, game, mmorpg, Randomness on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After a couple years of hard work, my brother is launching his new online MMORPG this Saturday. The game features a new Epic Player-vs-Player Battle Engine made from scratch, customizable characters, and a range of gratuitus violence and scantily clad characters. What more could you ask for? Join the fun at http://epicduel.com. The battle starts [...]
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