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most TED Talks are worthwhile by definition. This one on bioluminescence and mimicry is especially so
Author Archives: oook
links for 2008-01-18
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Hans Rosling at it again. Presentation graphics will never be the same…
We Can’t Make It Here
Old Blue Bus keeps offering relevant commentary on the quotidian, this time with James McMurtry’s We Can’t Make It Here
James McMurtry’s Web site… I’m impressed.
quick update: Shoulda looked at YouTube first:
links for 2008-01-17
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a Flickr photoset
RE: The Sin of Pride
It doesn’t surprise me that my son John sees the Tip of the Iceberg more clearly than I did myself:
And the timing is just right for the internet — just the sort of little pearl for the attention-deficit medium. I’ll bet you’ve got thousands more just like this lined up — and to watch them tumble forth to cause unknowable whorls and eddies in countless minds is certainly tantalizing.
Now there’s a challenge, and indeed I did awake this morning with about fifty-leven ideas for the next few YouTube nuggets. Flash video does seem like an especially effective means to spread the dandelion seeds of my various collections. Stay tuned.
Nothing exceeds
like excess. Thanks Kate!
The Sin of Pride
This has been a long time in gestation… been thinking about how to do it, what to include, what software to use, and this is the FIRST of what might be quite a few:
I have a lot to learn about what works, what doesn’t, how to produce and edit narrative, etc., but the winter is long…
links for 2008-01-15
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(reopening the Borneo file)
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(I’ve been following this since June, episode by episode. It’s an efficient and effective way to experience the book, which remains relevant to today’s Issues)
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wow
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from Thomas Fredrick’s photostream
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omg…
self-referential metastuff
via Christopher Sessums, whose comments are well worth your time.
links for 2008-01-14
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(a Flickr photostream)