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Monthly Archive for May, 2008
Afternoon all,
I bought a book twice off of Amazon today.
The first time was a paperback copy of “The Nightless City” for my sweetie.
It cost $13.00 and plus S&H came to $18 something.
It will be here in a few days.
Then, out of curiousity, I checked to see if they had it for the Kindle.
They did, indeed!
It cost 80 cents and I had it in four seconds.
I cannot recommend this device highly enough.
Have a great weekend.
-Jackson
David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck.
Hugely inspiring words. As true today as they were yesterday, and will be tomorrow.
“We are not descended from fearful men…”
Marvy.
Just wandered across a great old newscast!
Edward R. Murrow is interviewing Marlon Brando when, midway through the interview, Brando gets up, walks downstairs and really tears into a set of bongos with another hip cat, the legendary Jack Costanzo.
You’ve gotta see this:
Brando… Tres cool, no?
“How’s every little thing?”
Love it.
Special thanks to Google Video for hosting the clip, and to whomever was kind enough to digitize and upload it.
These photographs are the first record of a previously undiscovered tribe of people living deep in Brazil’s rain forest.
Up until now, there is no record of these people ever having made contact with the outside world, or vice versa.
The men in the photo have painted their bodies with a red-orange paint, and the women have painted themselves black. Is this in response to the plane, which was making its second pass over the area? We can only provide conjecture.
It is amazing to think of all that is yet to be discovered. Just when we think we’ve got our planet tidilly figured out, something like this comes along. Like the coelacanth, or the rediscovery of the colossal squid, or this tribe furiously defending itself by launching arrows and spears at the plane flying overhead.
This Earth of ours is still full of magic and promise.
Here’s the article from the BBC: Isolated Tribe Spotted in Brazil
Morning All!
Just saw this fascinating piece in the NYtimes.
Musician and former Talking Heads front man David Byrne has wired up a building in Battery Park, turning it into a gigantic musical instrument.
Check out this viddy.
As you can see, the wires spread throughout the building, each connected to varied noise-provoking devices, and all feed into the retrofitted organ. Press a key and the pillars rumble, move up an octave and the roof beams moan. A 99 year old building is given a voice and encouraged to use it to sing. Sounds lovely.
Has this been done before?
Can you imagine attending a church service (of any denomination) in a building that responded to whatever was being said? A political rally? It could be thrilling.
We can’t wait to find out what Mr. Byrne plans to do with his new toy.
Here’s the NYtimes article: David Byrne’s New Band
It’s fun to explore, y’see!
Afternoon All,
The NYtimes has a very interesting article up about a web start-up called G.ho.st.
G.ho.st is interesting for two reasons. Firstly, they are working on a site that you can sign in to and access not only your desktop, but any programs and software you’ve got, and use it from any PC.
Secondly, half of the team working on G.ho.st is Israeli, and the other half is Palestinian.
“We are doing something across cultures and across two sides of a tough conflict,” Dr. Schreiber said. “I was prepared for the possibility that it might be difficult, but it hasn’t been.”
Communication as a method for growth and understanding.
A thought that’s both revolutionary and as old as sand.
Here’s the article: NYtimes – Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up
An interesting thought just popped into the ol’ head:
Few celebrate the building of a wall.
Everybody celebrates when one is torn down.
Thoughts?
Hey Y’all!
SuperForester Graham was wearing this flash t-shirt the other day and he was kind enough to let us snap a picky.
Sweet, no?
Want your own “Sustainable is the New Black” T-shirt – from Tsar Nicoulai Caviar?
Only 20 smackers! Comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes!
Hey Everyone!
I was strolling by City Bakery the other morning when I saw this sign:
How rad!
Then, I went home and checked out the websites listed–Check out www.buildagreenbakery.com. It is a bakery on Charles and Seventh Ave. South in the West Village called Birdbath that is totally revolutionary. The walls are made of wheat, the counter tops are recycled paper, the cups are corn, the floors are reclaimed wood, they are wind-powered, they use local honey and milk….the list goes on and on. They even bake the goods in the east village and have rickshaws bike them over to the west side.
I can’t believe I haven’t heard about them before today…..
Then, I went home and checked out the websites listed–Check out www.buildagreenbakery.com. It is a bakery on Charles and Seventh Ave. South in the West Village called Birdbath that is totally revolutionary. The walls are made of wheat, the counter tops are recycled paper, the cups are corn, the floors are reclaimed wood, they are wind-powered, they use local honey and milk….the list goes on and on. They even bake the goods in the east village and have rickshaws bike them over to the west side.
I can’t believe I haven’t heard about them before today…..
Looks like me and my Strida bike have a date over at the bakery later this evening.
Get riding (and satisfy your sweet tooth at the same time!)
Niki
The Kindle is now going for $359.00, a $40 knock-off. This device is wonderful, and now they’ve dropped the price 10%. Get one, they’re so sweet.
Looky here:
(via alleyinsider)
Does anyone reading this have a Kindle? Do you love it? Tell us everything!
Comment below.
According to a recent news item, Howard Hughes Medical Institute has picked 56 of the nations top biomedical research scientists, 42 men, and 14 women, and told them to tackle their most daunting, daring challenges.
HHMI has pledged to support these pioneers, to the tune of 600 million dollars.
This is a high-risk/high-reward scenario, to be sure, but the potential it represents for bold advances in medicine cannot be understated.
“This crop of HHMI investigators is at the forefront of a wide range of scientific fields — ranging from microbiology, genetics, and immunology to fields of inquiry that are newer to HHMI, such as bioengineering, synthetic biology, and the ecology of infectious disease. Some of the scientific questions driving the new investigators’ research include: How does aging contribute to neurodegeneration? Which genetic changes alter behavior throughout evolution? What can bacteria teach chemists about designing better antibiotics? And does climate change affect the spread of infectious diseases?”
Encouraging news.
Special thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for the generous and forward-thinking act.
Special thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for the generous and forward-thinking act.
Here’s the original press release to parse at your leisure: HHMI News
Howard Hughes was a fascinating cat. If you don’t know much about him, we recommend “Citizen Hughes” by Michael Drosnin as a primer. Also, “Howard Hughes: the Untold Story” by Peter Harry Brown was pretty good too! (Cripes, I’ve read a lot of Howard Hughes biographies.)
Here’s the Howard Hughes wiki.
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