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I started life as a child.

Digital scrapbook V

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What priests (presumably Anglican) want you to know: http://dirtysexyministry.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/what-priests-want-you-to-know.html Silhouette Man wonders WTF is wrong with America (note: language is in keeping with what one might expect of posts including the abbreviation “WTF”): http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/26/1103368/-The-One-Comic-That-Explains-Just-How-Screwed-America-Is I’m farming and I grow it: Continue reading Digital scrapbook V→

Digital scrapbook IV

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Twitter promo for Times Higher Education

Outstanding anti-smoking video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gV9_P2Oc3U Write like the wind, George R.R. Martin! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7lp3RhzfgI Books that shaped America: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/books-that-shaped-america/ The evolution of print: And who says the world is without irony? Dettifoss, Iceland, Prometheus, and Ridley Scott in one video: http://vimeo.com/43258575 http://icelandwantstobeyourfriend.tumblr.com/ Continue reading Digital scrapbook IV→

Digital scrapbook III

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Darwin filing a “Proposed Impact Narrative” for a grant application: http://departmentofomnishambles.tumblr.com/post/25293718496/charles-darwin Texting not only kills, it murders: http://gizmodo.com/382026/a-cellphones-missing-dot-kills-two-people-puts-three-more-in-jail Visualizing writing success through killing off characters: http://www.visualnews.com/2012/04/18/the-recipe-for-writing-success-kill-your-characters/?view=infographic Pebble, the E-paper watch for an iPhone or Android, http://getpebble.com/ Which begs the question: Continue reading Digital scrapbook III→

Digital scrapbook II

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President Obama uses a Macintosh with a plug-in wireless device.

“Lines of Equal Latitude and Longitude,” http://basementgeographer.blogspot.com/2010/11/lines-of-equal-latitude-and-longitude.html This is a cultural artifact of how we draw maps, but still interesting. President Obama using a MacBook Pro to answer citizen questions on Twtter. Note the use of a wireless broadband modem Continue reading Digital scrapbook II→

Digital scrapbook

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Calming manatee: http://calmingmanatee.com/ Want kids to learn science? http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2125 Calvin and Hobbes much later: http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/05/10/hobbes-and-bacon/ http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/05/12/hobbes-and-bacon-002/ http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/10/11/hobbes-and-bacon-03-2/ http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/10/13/hobbes-and-bacon-04-2/ Pocket Princess: http://amymebberson.tumblr.com/tagged/Pocket+Princesses Methodist humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuSRinUnIg Galaxy of Passion, a Telenovela. Be honest: instead of going 3D, George Lucas should have tried Continue reading Digital scrapbook→

Flying cats

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If pigeons are flying rats and squirrels are tree rats, then what the world really needs is a flying cat: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154283/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c4nZJ4ryFE The flying cat is named after Orville Wright. Of course. Just think of the possibilities if this were Continue reading Flying cats→

We Stopped Dreaming

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Two video clips that argue “we stopped dreaming,” trading in exploration and experimentation for hedonism, extravagance and, in some cases, expediency: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIZU8cQWXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFO2usVjfQc Narration by Neal deGrasse Tyson, with video by NASA, NOAA and a host of other sources. It Continue reading We Stopped Dreaming→

Apple owes me a pony

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At one time I had my office papered with these things. I was hoping I could trade them in for a Mac Pro or something. Apple owes me a pony (full size).

Fiscal year planning

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Try this in your organization: with no warning, call some people in and then tell them they have 30 minutes to come up with a detailed budget for the coming fiscal year, complete with quarterly breakdowns of how much of that money Continue reading Fiscal year planning→