June 2005

Boing Boing: I have seen God in a cup of chocolate – I WANT to drink this chocolate; now THAT’s a recommendation!

The Teenager’s Guide to the Real World Table of Contents – interesting book, wish I had read it younger…still trying to take hold of my life today.

Mechanical Spirit – Arthur C. Clarke quote: “If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run – and often in the short one – the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.”

sofake – zoom!

bookofjoe: ‘To feel rich is far better than to be rich’ – by Ben Stein: “Gratitude. As my pal Phil DeMuth says, it’s the only totally reliable get-rich-quick scheme. Gratitude.”

Strategy at the Edge of Chaos – how to manage in the new economy; like “chasing” the customer

Design – Freeman Thomas – “You only get one life; this life is not a rehearsal. So chances are, you want to have fun. You still want to act like a child. That spirit is a frame of mind, not an age. And the automobile gives you a chance to have an adventure every day….more

Three lessons for a better cycling future — Wardlaw 321 (7276): 1582 — BMJ – “The health benefits of cycling are so great—and the health injuries from driving so great8—that not cycling is really dangerous”

If You Can Make It in Silicon Valley, You Can Make It . . . in Silicon Valley Again – New York Times – serial entreprenuers in the bay area; man, salaries are for suckers.

Rapid afterimage – cool illusion…