Posted in General on Jun 13th, 2005
The Blue Eyes Brown Eyes Exercise is a very interesting exploration of racism, but I don’t entirely believe everything (and not just because as we all know it’s the people with blue eyes who are superior).
Dyslexic kids suddenly gaining markedly improved reading skills because of a one day change of expectations? Adults, who have to [...]
Posted in Other Media on Jun 12th, 2005
Bob Parson’s Sixteen Rules for Survival.
Posted in Photography (mine) on Jun 12th, 2005
I drove up to Topanga to hike through Hondo Canyon. It’s beautiful, but the trail wasn’t as well maintained as I would have preferred.
There was a lot of tall grass growing over the trail so I couldn’t always see where I was stepping. As a result, I kept feeling like I was going to [...]
Posted in General on Jun 11th, 2005
Marshall Brain’s presentation to Duke University students, How to Make a Million Dollars is surprisingly good.
Now, if I could just think of an idea so I can start swimming in that pool.
Posted in Web on Jun 10th, 2005
The Kenya Flash animation is SO stupid. I had to watch it like 6 times.
Posted in Web on Jun 9th, 2005
The Daughters of Freya is a mystery story told entirely through e-mail. I’ve thought of doing an interactive story spread across various web sites/blogs/e-mails, but the complexity of it seemed really overwhelming to me when I sat down to think it through.
Confining the story to just e-mail is certainly easier. I imagine you end up [...]
Posted in Web on Jun 7th, 2005
Wow, clickable hotspots in QuickTime! I had no idea that was possible. It’s an interesting technology, but Van Sowerwine: Play With Me is a creepy, creepy, seriously CREEPY!!! implementation.
When she took off her clothes, I was like I don’t even want to know what comes after this. This is not at all where I [...]
Posted in Science and Tech on Jun 6th, 2005
Look out Canada. We’re coming for your oil shales next.
This picture of Oil Depletion in Saudi Arabia shows how close we are to running out of oil in one of the world’s (at one time) largest wells. There are still a few other sources in Saudi Arabia, and they mention something about the vertical [...]
Posted in Photography (others) on Jun 5th, 2005
Michael Wolf’s Architecture of Density presents a very interesting perspective on Hong Kong. The whole place feels very cramped and oppresive in these images somehow. I need to search out some other photographers’ takes on the city by way of contrast.
Posted in Web on Jun 3rd, 2005
I’ve only watched 2 of Ninjai: The Little Ninja shorts. They’re cute, but I need to get back to a few things and wanted to bookmark it before I lost it.