July 2008
11 posts
Words of Peace
Peace. Truth. Fulfillment. Joy. Are those nice ideas? Or can I feel those things?
www.wordsofpeace.org
What is presented is not about a lifestyle, philosophy, religion or beliefs. It’s also not about following someone, except perhaps your own self in the nicest way possible. For those who want to learn practical techniques for discovering what exists within a human being, there is a...
June 2008
24 posts
““Nothing is sweet or easy about community.
Community is a fellowship of...”
– Henri Nouwen
Lily Dipper
A ‘lily dipper’ in a multi-person canoe is someone who looks, from the outside, as if they are paddling like everyone else, though they’re just going through the motions of real work.
It’s important that each paddler carry their own weight by digging into the water long and hard; otherwise, someone else on the team has to carry it for them.
US Federal Warning System Tones →
Post-it Note Prison - an animation →
Punctuation
Basting that holds the fabric of language in shape.
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.
[via “Eats, Shoots & Leaves”]
“Re Twitter:
“I agree that Twitter is on track to become an indispensable...”
– Michael Arrington of TechCrunch
NOPE →
Whatever ... →
“Characteristics of a Grateful Life
A life of gratitude is composed of three...”
– Zen Habits
“However ‘civilized,’ however much brought up in an artificially...”
– Daisetz Suzuki
A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country in Iowa →
Google making a network neutrality detector →
Postcrossing - Postcards Traveling The World →
Try Not
“Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try.” - Yoda
Why We Love Lists - via "Heart of Innovation"
THE TOP 16 REASONS WHY HUMAN BEINGS LOVE LISTS
1.We are all victims of information overload. Lists help us make sense of the world.
2. Lists simplify.
3. Lists promise instant knowledge.
4. Lists make it seem as if the list maker knows something thatlist readers don’t.
5. Lists appeal to an ever expanding population of ADD sufferers.
6. Lists provide choices.
7. Lists are made of...
WatchWhat Reality?
The Machine That Changed the World: The Paperback... →
SensibleUnits.com →
WatchBeing in Synch with Life
“If by eternity is understood not endless temporal duration but timelessness,...”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 6.4311 (via www.anarchia.org)