May 2012
22 posts
April 2012
45 posts
Kickstarter - 999Bottles →
kck.st
I am all about reusable bottles. And if this fun bottle and app gets one more person to convert, it is more than worth.
“I haven’t lost my faith but I’ve lost my religion. I still believe in something so deeply. … I’ve never really gotten past that quote from Anne Frank in her diary, where she says that people are really good at heart. But I feel like the Catholic Church – no – the Catholic hierarchy has been disinviting people like me and especially women like me for so many years that I finally took the hint.”
—Anna Quindlen on religion and faith [full interview here] (via nprfreshair)
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clicky keyboards →
shawnblanc.net
I was listening to an older episode of the B&B Podcast. Shawn Blanc typed something but I couldn’t hear the keys clicking. According to John Gruber’s 3 Keys to Internet Success, Shawn needs a clicky keyboard. How could Shawn be successful on a standard Apple keyboard? Looks like he is changing that.
NPR Music: The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science) →
nprmusic.tumblr.com
I have a degree in architecture. I worked for 12 years after I graduated. I would be hard pressed to find a job in that field now.1. Fine Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative, John Cleese →
brainpickings.org
- Space (“You can’t become playful, and therefore creative, if you’re under your usual pressures.”)
- Time (“It’s not enough to create space; you have to create your space for a specific period of time.”)
- Time (“Giving your mind as long as possible to come up with something original,” and learning to tolerate the discomfort of pondering time and indecision.)
- Confidence (“Nothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.”)
- Humor (“The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.”)
In non LEGO news
The secret to my lack of success...
According to John Gruber on The Talk Show, the three keys to any [blog] success are: 1. Fussy coffee, 2. Clicky keyboard, 3. Soda stream and over carbonated water.
This explains why I am not successful as a blogger. I do not like coffee let alone fussy, I am not a typist & prefer a quieter keyboard, I do not like fuzzy water.
I an OK with this. Now I never have to worry about fungus on my shower shoes.
8 Old-School Diseases Making a Comeback
Humanity spent the last hundred years virtually eradicating some of the planet’s most unpleasant diseases. But in the past decade some of them have started showing up again in increasing numbers of people. Here are some of the reasons why.
People seem to think medicine can cure them of anything. But medicine & common sense can prevent most of this as well.
