Short attention span that I have (sometimes, anyway), I haven’t read much on my friend Krissyhix’s blog … but this snippet of profundity just jumped off the screen (as if something deep could get any height):
First of all, if you don’t like to cook you are going to have a lousy life as a vegetarian. Unless [...]
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Something Rotten in Denmark: Bloody Awful Whale Slaughter Happening on Faroe Islands Each Year
I received an e-mail with photos of an awful whale slaughter happening in the Faroe Islands in Denmark. The pictures are compelling and prompted me to do a little research. The Faroese call these hunts grindadráp and insist they are a misunderstood part of their culture and economy. Others call them unnecessary slaughters. I call it perplexing [...]
We had a very nice Thanksgiving dinner … I cooked the turkey!
This year Susan and I decided to host an “orphan dinner” for our friends. We had good friends join us for some wonderful food and far-ranging conversations about social networks, Twitter, Facebook, the differences—real or imagined—between men and women, recent big-name speakers in Denver, regionalism of speech and etymology, and the best places to get [...]
Abundance League this week was awesome!
We had a really great meeting of the Abundance League this week at Museo de las Americas. The space was new to us, and a remarkable place to meet. Half the people in attendance were new Leaguers, including our speaker, Elizabeth Dicapo, development manager for the museum. Her talk was great; you could hear the passion [...]
Sony Perversion: “No Discounts” = “Everybody gets the best deal.”
In a sad little twist of reality, the New York Times reports on a Sony program to disallow retailers from discounting their products:
“Consumers don’t have to worry about whether I can get a better deal at retailer A or retailer B,” he said. “Everybody gets the best deal.” He said stores can now compete on other [...]
Google Maps on iPhone now officially the coolest thing I’ve seen this quarter!
Once I upgraded to iPhone 2.2, I was shocked, literally shocked by how nicely Google Maps Street View works. Unlike on the computer, this is a seamless 360º view on the street. You navigate by dragging the picture in any direction … a completely smooth experience.
Directions are now 200% more useful with both transit and [...]
1 + 1 = 4
My dad once showed this to me as a demonstration of synergy, where the whole is different than the sum of its parts. If you take six segments, you can compose them into two whole triangles. That’s using two dimensions. Were you to recombine these segments using three dimensions, you could form a tetrahedron … [...]
Daz Bog Is Here
A Daz Bog coffee kiosk just opened up in my building. I was excited to hear it was coming, which leads me to wonder “why?” Is it that it’s a local business (albeit a chain), or is it simply that I won’t have to leave the building for a $2 cup of tea or $4 [...]
Ahhhh, Denver, with your snow …
Ahhhh, Denver, with your snow days followed by sun in the 60’s