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Einstein & The Theory of Cycling Relativity Sticking my...

Sun, 24 May 2009 00:05:00 -0700

Einstein & The Theory of Cycling Relativity

Sticking my knees out I pedaled wildly, mocking him from behind. A kid on the sidewalk raced ahead of our approaching group herking and jerking as our racer group peloton noodled through a historic small-town downtown. Even though he didn’t see me thrashing around mimicking his moves, imitating how goofy he looked especially in front of others was a dufus move on my part. He was just a kid having fun on a bike. Sorry kiddo. It only took me a few seconds to realize my childish and arrogant indiscretion. Before we reached the corner, I settled in and encouraged him to keep it going. I think its super cool when kids who see the weekly group ride roll down their street jump and pound on the pedals to race the group to the corner. Beats getting throttle blasted by a teenager in a diesel pick up truck any day.

Just this past Sunday we rolled by what seemed to be 15 people riding recumbent tri-cycles on the bike path. One is usually an oddity. But, by the time we hit Milford, passing one after another tri, it was clear that our traditional road racing bikes were the minority. I thought they looked like cool little Indy car versions of bicycles. Up near Devou Park this past Monday three kids raced my wife and I up a steep little street. In a cute little moment, she egged them on, gave ‘em a run for their money and pipped ‘em at the crux of the climb. Every so often, I see a mammoth man getting a good sweat going while riding an old mountain bike as the tires cringe under his weight. Then there’s the occasional bike rider with a 12er of Bud Light in one hand and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. There’s as many different types of riders as there are types of bikes. I’ll never mock a single one of them again.

I try to give as many bike riders as I can a wave or a head nod. When I see a bike rider at the side of the road I try to stop and lend a tube or at the very least slow down ask, “You okay?” Just because my shorts match my jersey and my bike weighs 15 pounds, doesn’t make me a higher level of cyclist than others. When it comes down to it, racing bikes is not the pinnacle of bike riding.

Enjoying yourself is, Einstein.

The Linux Boot Sequence, Visualized Most of us don’t...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:08:00 -0800

The Linux Boot Sequence, Visualized

Most of us don’t appreciate all the processes involved with our OS’s boot sequence; we’re far more interested in watching that status bar fill. In this visualization of the Linux boot sequence, each function is a node, and each line connecting the nodes represents a call, direct branch, or indirect branch. The image itself was created via logarithm interpreting the process as electrical signal, so if we’re reading this correctly, it’s almost as if you’re looking at the brain pathways that boot Linux (oh you computer science junkies will have a field day with that analogy). [Gizmodo via Flickr via MAKE]

Someone Please Build This Woman a Webcam Eye In 2005, Tanya...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:04:00 -0800

Someone Please Build This Woman a Webcam Eye

In 2005, Tanya Vlach lost an eye in a car accident and has since worn the prosthetic pictured above. While the artificial eye is “an excellent aesthetic replacement,” Tanya notes that she is “interested in capitalizing on the current advancement of technology to enhance the abilities of my prosthesis for an augmented reality.” In other words, she is calling out to skilled DIY’ers across the internet to help her build a high-tech “eye-cam.” But this isn’t just about helping people—what she has in mind is just plain cool. More »

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rach: Full on obsession: The Swedish blog Lolita, where a girl...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:00:07 -0800

rach:

Full on obsession: The Swedish blog Lolita, where a girl makes inspiration boards that are often more beautiful than what set them off. It’s got photography, fashion, papercuts, flowers, trees, nymphs, scrawly drawings, petticoats, watercolors, cake, and all that stuff you’d want to see explode from the mind of a nordic dreamer.

Talks Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:44:23 -0700

Talks Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything

Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it’s the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you’ve ever seen.

A sign of satisfaction from Stefan Sagmeister While the world...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:39:32 -0700

A sign of satisfaction from Stefan Sagmeister

While the world economy twists itself into a tangle, one of our favorite designers and TED speakers, Stefan Sagmeister, is spending more human time in beautiful Indonesia. He just sent me this delightful story …

As my village neither possesses proper street names nor numbers, I was sitting at 6:00am today on the couch in the open living room trying to think of a sign for my house so that visitors would find it easier. I go out to the small alley to take a picture of the entrance in order to be able to draw a little sketch. The next-door neighbor who runs a tattoo shop from his house asks what I am doing. I explain I want to make a sign and that the manager suggested mounting it to the electric pole on my property.

As the pole is partially obstructed by shrubs, my neighbor offers up his own land for the sign, indicating he’d like a little something for it.

“How make sign? Metal? Wood? Stone?” “I’m not sure yet.”
“Have friend, makes beautiful stone carver?” “Sure!”
“When visit?” “I don’t know…” “Now, time?” “Now … it’s 6:00am!”
“No problem.”

We take my scooter, drive 10 minutes to the stonemason’s house in the stonemason’s village, wake him up, his wife brews extra-sweet Bali Coffee and we drive to his workshop, where I sketch out the sign and amaze both of them with the ability to draw in perspective.

An “S” in a circle, constructed out of tightly interwoven stone leaves, carved painstakingly as a deep relief into a single 3’x3’ foot slab of white stone from Yogyakarta, all commissioned before 7:00 am for the price of a New York parking ticket.

100 greetings from wonderful Indonesia.

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A 3-minute fairy tale of mixed emoticons: Rives on TED.com Slam...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:36:58 -0700

A 3-minute fairy tale of mixed emoticons: Rives on TED.com

Slam poet Rives (star of the Bravo special Ironic Iconic America) tells a typographical fairy talethat’s short and bittersweet. (Recorded February 2008 at TED@Aspen, in Aspen, Colorado. Duration: 3:17.)

"Time to go freeballing & reach for my dreams!"

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:27:00 -0700

“Time to go freeballing & reach for my dreams!”

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We're Going To Be Friends

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:20:00 -0700

by Jack Johnson

Fall is here, hear the yell
Back to school, ring the bell
Brand new shoes, walking blues
Climb the fence, books and pens
I can tell that we are going to be friends
Yes I can tell that we are going to be friends
Walk with me Suzy Lee
Through the park and by the tree
We can rest upon the ground
And look at all the bugs we’ve found
Safely walk to school without a sound
We safely walk to school without a sound
Well here we are no one else
We walk to school all by ourselves
There’s dirt on our uniforms
From chasing all the ants and worms
We clean up and now it’s time to learn
We clean up and now it’s time to learn
Numbers letters learn to spell
Nouns and books and show and tell
Play time we will throw the ball
Then back to class through the hall
The teacher marks our height against the wall
The teacher marks our height against the wall
And we don’t notice any time pass
Because we don’t notice anything
And we sit side by side in every class
The teacher thinks that I sound funny
But she likes it when you sing
Tonight I’ll dream in my bed
While silly thoughts run through my head
Of the bugs and alphabet
And when I wake tomorrow I’ll bet
That you and I will walk together again
Because I can tell that we are going to be friends
I can tell that we are going to be friends

Your Bike? Awesome. Your Camera? Awesome. You Thinking what We’re Thinking?

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:13:36 -0700

Your Bike? Awesome. Your Camera? Awesome. You Thinking what We’re Thinking?:

The tried-and-tested, make-it-yourself, $10 + 10 minutes Photojojo BikeCam!

RED's next move: Monstro super DSLRs

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:12:00 -0700

RED's next move: Monstro super DSLRs

Miroslav Tichy described his trash cams as being the only way to...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:39:27 -0700

Miroslav Tichy described his trash cams as being the only way to add enough poetic imperfections to photography…where things are left to the imagination. Describing his philosophy with the fantastic maxim: “If you want to be famous, you have to do whatever you’re doing worse than anyone else in the whole world.”

How much of the Beijing Olympics are fake?

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:25:05 -0700

How much of the Beijing Olympics are fake?

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:30:42 -0700

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joelaz: Phelps Frame-By-Frame, Sports Illustrated Michael...

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:52:48 -0700

joelaz:

Phelps Frame-By-Frame, Sports Illustrated

Michael Phelps’ finish last night in the 100 fly was truly spectacular. I just watched it on Tivo. I used to swim competitively when I was young. Butterfly was my best stroke, but these guys are in an entirely different league. Based on the top photo, it’s hard to see how Phelps (on the left) could win, yet he somehow managed to touch the wall before Serbia’s Cavic (on the right). How is that even possible?

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Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:18:33 -0700

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Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:02:00 -0700

Indigo Adult Characteristics

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:08:44 -0700

Are intelligent, though may not have had top grades.
Are very creative and enjoy making things.
Always need to know WHY, especially why they are being asked to do something.
Had disgust and perhaps loathing for much of the required and repetitious work in school.
Were rebellious in school in that they refused to do homework and rejected authority of teachers, OR seriously wanted to rebel, but didn’t DARE, usually due to parental pressure.
May have experienced early existential depression and feelings of helplessness. These may have
ranged from sadness to utter despair. Suicidal feelings while still in high school or younger are not uncommon in the Indigo Adult.
Have difficulty in service-oriented jobs. Indigos resist authority and caste system of employment.
Prefer leadership positions or working alone to team positions.
Have deep empathy for others, yet an intolerance of stupidity.
May be extremely emotionally sensitive including crying at the drop of a hat (no shielding) Or may be the opposite and show no expression of emotion (full shielding).
May have trouble with RAGE.
Have trouble with systems they consider broken or ineffective, ie. political, educational, medical, and legal.
Alienation from or anger with politics - feeling your voice won’t count and/or that the outcome really doesn’t mattter.
Frustration with or rejection of the traditional American dream - 9-5 career, marriage, 2.5 children, house with white picket fence, etc.
Anger at rights being taken away, fear and/or fury at “Big Brother watching you.”
Have a burning desire to do something to change and improve the world. May be stymied what to do. May have trouble identifying their path.
Have psychic or spiritual interest appear fairly young - in or before teen years.
Had few if any Indigo role models. Having had some doesn’t mean you’re not an indigo, though.
Have strong intuition.
Random behavior pattern or mind style - (symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder). May have trouble focusing on assigned tasks, may jump around in conversations.
Have had psychic experiences, such as premonitions, seeing angels or ghosts, out of body experiences, hearing voices.
May be electrically sensitive such as watches not working and street lights going out as you move under them, electrical equipment malfunctioning and lights blowing out.
May have awareness of other dimensions and parallel realities.
Sexually are very expressive and inventive OR may reject sexuality in boredom or with intention of achieving higher spiritual connection. May explore alternative types of sexuality.
Seek meaning to their life and understanding about the world May seek this through religion or spirituality, spiritual groups and books, self-help groups and books.
When they find balance they may become very strong, healthy, happy individuals.

Please note, anyone could have a few of these traits, but Indigo Adults have most or all of these 25 characteristics.

The Photographer's Guide to the Eye

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:40:07 -0700

The Photographer's Guide to the Eye

Eat Like Michael Pollan

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:15:11 -0700

by Lloyd Alter

Michael Pollan has written a new book, In Defense of Food (2008, Penguin Press), in which he is critical of not only the way we eat, but also the way we are told to eat. He calls it nutritionism.”It’s a way of thinking,” he tells the Globe and Mail, “that elevates nutrients above the food itself, that tells us food is foremost about health.”

His prescription: Make your own dinner. “By giving time back to our meals,” he says, “you’ll gain in the education and civilization of your children, you’ll gain in terms of health and you’ll also gain pleasure. Maybe there’s a reason why, for most of human history, food has been close to the centre of life. And maybe there’s much to gain by putting it back where it belongs.” Here’s how to eat, the Michael Pollan way:

1. Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food: By concentrating on pre-modern foods, you avoid overprocessed products. Another way of putting it: Don’t eat anything incapable of rotting.

2. Avoid products containing ingredients that are (a) unfamiliar (b) unpronounceable (c) more than five in number, or that include (d) high-fructose corn syrup: Ethoxylated monoglycerides? Enough said.

3. Avoid food products that make health claims: The creations of food science make louder claims than the produce department does, though the added benefits may not be clear. The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation awards its Health Check symbol of assurance to Safeway Caramel Swirl Dairy Dessert and Stouffer’s Skillet Sensations Shrimp Alfredo, as well as to Heinz Chicken and Pasta SpongeBob Shapes Condensed Soup.

4. Eat mostly plants, especially leaves: If researchers agree on anything, it’s that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables reduces health risks. Leaves are filling, low in calories, and high in antioxidants and fibre.

5. Eat wild foods when you can: Wild greens have higher levels of useful phytochemicals and omega-3 fatty acids. Wild fish have higher omega-3 levels than grain-fed farmed fish.

6. Regard non-traditional foods with skepticismL Chinese tofu recipes may be healthy, but the jury is out on the value of the soy isoflavones used as an additive in processed foods.

7. Have a glass of wine with dinner: Or two. Moderate drinkers appear to live longer and suffer less heart disease than teetotallers do.

8. Pay more, eat less: Good food (in both taste and nutritional value) costs more, but this makes you eat more discerningly.

9. Eat meals: No more business-meeting snacks, TV treats, or in-car munching. And family dinners should be just that-one meal for everyone, not personalized microwave entrées.

10. Do all your eating at a table: Desks and couches don’t count.

11. Consult your gut: Studies have shown that we tend to clear our plates no matter how supersized the portion is. A simple way to reduce calories is to eat slowly and stop when you’re full, if not before.

source: Eat Like Michael Pollan : Nutrition Vegetables : Planet Green

eric poe miller

Einstein & The Theory of Cycling Relativity Sticking my...

Einstein & The Theory of Cycling Relativity

The Linux Boot Sequence, Visualized Most of us don’t...

The Linux Boot Sequence, Visualized

Someone Please Build This Woman a Webcam Eye In 2005, Tanya...

Someone Please Build This Woman a Webcam Eye

rach: Full on obsession: The Swedish blog Lolita, where a girl...

Talks Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of...

A sign of satisfaction from Stefan Sagmeister While the world...

A 3-minute fairy tale of mixed emoticons: Rives on TED.com Slam...

A 3-minute fairy tale of mixed emoticons: Rives on TED.com

"Time to go freeballing & reach for my dreams!"

We're Going To Be Friends

Your Bike? Awesome. Your Camera? Awesome. You Thinking what We’re Thinking?

RED's next move: Monstro super DSLRs

Miroslav Tichy described his trash cams as being the only way to...

How much of the Beijing Olympics are fake?

lomo

joelaz: Phelps Frame-By-Frame, Sports Illustrated Michael...

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Little Yoda | by Eric Poe Miller © 2008

Indigo Adult Characteristics

The Photographer's Guide to the Eye

Eat Like Michael Pollan