March 2010
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WatchSir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
I can’t believe I didn’t think to post this before. The video has been around for years and years from TED, but the important messages about the diversity of intelligence and the importance of creativity are relevant now…maybe always.
February 2010
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Pakistan: The Lost Generation
I haven’t seen “Frontline” in a long time, and I missed most of tonight’s show, but what I caught is worth sharing. The segment Pakistan: The Lost Generation reports on the disturbing condition of Pakistan’s public education system and the anti-western viewpoints spreading through it.
The piece is worth a view not just because Pakistan is currently so important to...
Dry day makes for reblogging frenzy.
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On Being Offensive
The Sarah Silverman and TED debacle over the weekend got me thinking about whether there is any value in avoiding offense to others. Apparently during her TED talk, Silverman made jokes about special-needs children and repeatedly used the words “retard” and “retarded”. The crowd did not receive her set well. The TED attendees appear to have been stunned by a shock...
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January 2010
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Belgian Waffles - a serious food truck treat
San Francisco MOMA’s 75th anniversary was a fun activity on a cold, rainy day, but I’ve already forgotten about most of the art. What still haunts me? The buttery, slightly caramelized waffle goodness from an unassuming truck parked just outside the museum.
Pictured below is my friend’s tasty powdered sugar waffle. I devoured the nutella version in a manner too violent to...
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Rainy Day Projects
It’s no fun being boxed in by wind and rain for days on end. Unless one has a beautiful new digital SLR camera to learn about, that is.
Here are some shots from someone still learning what all of the fancy beeping buttons can do.
An aperture-priority peek at the untamed yard:
And a test of custom white-balance functions after the rains slowed down:
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Isaac Asimov's mutton chops rule
I’ve just finished Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation,” and it is hands down one of my favorite books. The basic story is simple. Psychohistory, “that branch of mathematics which deals with the reactions of human conglomerates to fixed social and economic stimuli”, predicts the fall of the enormous but deteriorating Galactic Empire and a subsequent dark age lasting 30,000 years. To shorten this dark...