August 2008
27 posts
Can kids teach themselves? →
Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own — and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
Video Interview with Poet Dahlak Brathwaite by... →
You gotta see the ending!
Noble Silence →
WatchThis looks good! Via Daniel
45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos →
WatchWork It
“Hi I’m Jason Mraz, and when I’m not busy spinning the microphone or serving...”
– Jason Mraz on 5 Amazing Female Musicians he’s excited about
[Music] I have a dream / Common feat Will.i.am and...
The Power of Eckhart Tolle's Now →
Host Krista Tippett creates a certain kind of space in her interviews, and this conversation is no exception. Tolle shares his youthful experience of depression and despair — suffering that led him to his own spiritual breakthrough, and ultimately, freedom and peace of mind. He also explicates his view of what he calls “the pain body” — the accumulated emotional pain that may influence...
Spirituality requires no belief at all
Reply to a buddy on facebook regarding my post on beliefs. ——-
I didn’t say beliefs were bad, I just said they have very little value in the world of health.
Having beliefs is fine. The challenge comes when your beliefs have you.
And regarding spirituality…
Spirituality requires no belief at all. Religion requires belief. But spirituality requires experience.
Do you...
New tumblr
I use tumble to publish this blog. It’s simple, free, and the interface rocks.
Tumblr just released a new a new beta version of their next update. To me the biggest win is that it works great on the iPhone.
Big ups to the tumblr team.
[Music] Ellen Allien & Apparat - Bubbles
Ron Suskind Alleges War Fought On False Premises
Fresh Air from WHYY, August 7, 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind says the Bush administration buried critical information in the lead-up to the Iraq war.
In his new book, The Way of the World, Suskind writes about a secret meeting in early 2003 in which intelligence officials were told by Iraq’s intelligence chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush, that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of...
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[Music] Atmosphere on Hype Machine →
Atmosphere - Domestic Dog (thx Gala)
Atmosphere are a hip hop group from Minnesota,... →
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready →
New Spiritual Blog
Tomorrow I’m going to launch a simple new site that is focused on spirituality. Mostly video. Some live.
Warren Zevon vs. Wu Tang - Werewolves of...
Corrections to last month's letters to Penthouse...
Via Kottke.org
In the letter “And Wifey Makes Three,” the letter writer stated: “My wife was eager to engage in a threesome with me and our incredibly hot 19-year-old babysitter.” The sentence should read: “My wife was disgusted, repulsed, and, in every imaginable way, opposed to the thought of engaging in a threesome with me and our incredibly hot 19-year-old...
Faces of Evil by Hans Weishäupl →
For his Faces of Evil project, Hans Weishäupl made composite photographs of the world’s worst dictators by photographing hundreds of people in each dictator’s country and stitching them together.
[via kottke]
[Hip Hop] Dr. Carter / Lil Wayne (explicit)
