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Category: people
Farewell #6, you are a free man
We knew him, we loved him and, especially with a remake of The Prisoner in development, we will miss him. = c
the power of stats
perspective : technology integration and learning = c
They sure didn’t walk very far…
Last weekend, I watched In the Shadow of the Moon, a documentary put together by Ron Howard about the Apollo missions to the Moon. Like a lot of us, I’ve always been extremely curious about all of these things and in my searching for more and more details, I found the pic below [click on…
2008 : A Viral Year
Cheers to the ones who threw some of these together. Things will get interesting this year, indeed, on many sides of the pictures. Here’s a glimpse into some of the *viral* culture that, for better or worse, shaped our world last year: “The take-home lesson here is…” = c
BFIS Barcelona
Welp, here’s where I’ll be an Artist-in-Residence in Barcelona in 2009. Watch as Dr. David Penberg introduces this short about the Benjamin Franklin International School: = c
oldie but a goodie
Remember this?
Area Man Writes Blog
LITTLE CANADA, MNâ€â€ÂLocal resident Steve Bachman, the self-styled “Bachster†of Internet obscurity, has announced plans to publish a blog. Family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and checkout clerks are bracing themselves for the expected onslaught of hintsâ€â€Âsubtle and not-so-subtleâ€â€Âof the “you ought to check out my blog†variety. Bachman believes that his catchy graphical hook, a…
Lars’ dad
Backcountry When you are in town, wearing some kind of uniform is helpful, policeman, priest, etc. Driving a tank is very impressive, or a car with official lettering on the side. If that isn’t to your taste you could join the revolution, wear an armband, carry a homemade flag tied to a broom handle, or…
Sing
Brian Eno said in an article on NPR that: “A capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That’s one of the great feelings — to stop being me for a little while, and to become us.†i surely quickly got into his latest work with David Byrne: = c
YARTGROYTV
Have you ever wondered why they call it television “programming”? Wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that it INFLUENCES people how to behave would it? Wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that it TEACHES people to adopt an identity that isn’t their own would it? Wouldn’t have anything to do with…
In the Beginning was the Command Line
My pal Steve turned me on to this essay, written in 1999 by Neil Stephenson. Highly recommended. Here’s an excerpt : If I can risk a broad generalization, most of the people who go to Disney World have zero interest in absorbing new ideas from books. Which sounds snide, but listen: they have no qualms…
Down Under
Until today, I was not perfectly clear on the words to the iconic tune by Men At Work, let alone the subversiveness of them : Traveling in a fried-out combie On a hippie trail, head full of zombie I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast…
Farewell, Mr. Carlin – Thanks for the Balance
Surely, there are many people who strongly disagreed with his views. More conservative folks especially would rather he hadn’t reached the levels of success he did. He made a career out of stirring the pot and providing balance to the hard right and its overwhelming amount of political correctness and closed-mindedness about the world. Known…
WuChess.com
RZA is a huge chess fan and plays not just for kicks but also in formal competition. For those of us who dig the game and the music, we have a new place to play online. WuChess.com is RZA’s latest project, bringing the cultures of hip-hop and chess together under one URL. = c
Zach Falcon writes amazing stories. For kids, too.
Zach Falcon is a great storyteller because his whimsical muscles are completely intact and functioning optimally. Most of us stop using these muscles somewhere between the ages of 8 and 10. We start conforming to our risk-averse culture, playing it safe as we say, leaving the inspirations of youth behind and stop listening to voices…
this one’s on trent
Nine Inch Nails released The Slip for free this week. Trent says, (thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years – this one’s on me) The CD and vinyl are due out later on. Anyone beginning to see a trend? ; ) = c
Powderhorn Empty Bowls
Our pal, Jennie the Potter, works with a group of other folks on Powderhorn Empty Bowls, a community-based, volunteer-driven organization who’s goal is to eliminate hunger from the neighborhood in and around Powderhorn Park in MPLS. They throw each and every bowl by hand. Then, for an in-kind donation they fill your bowl with homemade…
Farewell, Doctor
Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired millions and caused controversy in others in the 1960s, has died. The good doctor died Tuesday at his home in Burg im Leimental in the village near Basel where he moved following his retirement in 1971. For decades after LSD was banned…