19. Callers, Officers, Professors and Foolishness
Doing my civic duty by examining the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Sgt. James Crowley and the mechanisms involved.
Archive for July 2009
18. Bears, Cell Phones, Refrigerators and Parenting
Offering an update on the challenge of hitting the moment in the last few pages of That Fated Shore; remember the joy of raising my daughter; sad stories from watching parents; remembering and embracing the Divine Father.
17. The Challenge, Pool Parties, Puzzle Boxes and Triangles
Acknowledging the challenge in hitting the moment with That Fated Shore; reviewing the research on ape versus human mentality documented in the Nova episode, “Ape Genius”: apes having pool parties, apes “outperforming” children with a puzzle box and the wonder of the human thought synchronicity (i.e. the “triangle”) through the simple gesture of pointing.
16. Wedding, Idols, Chatterboxes and Project Natal
Reflecting on a lovely wedding from the week before; offering a bit of discussion on idols that create an environment of success for their worshipers; exploring the reactions to ELIZA; remembering the Animatrix; extrapolating on Project Natal.
15. Feathers, DVD Remotes, Stage Hands and the Adoration Circuit
Finding an unlikely solution for storing hydrogen; using the DVD remote to deal with director’s days; paying attention to the message, intensity, and emersiveness of a creation; recognizing that consuming a creator’s work is a form of adoration.