St. Teresa’s Prayer – Ahh…

In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell – “Modern methods of production have given us the possibility of ease and security for all; we have chosen, instead, to have overwork for some and starvation for others. Hitherto we have continued to be as energetic as we were before there were machines; in this we have…more

Art and design

I often feel that the greatest accomplishments in product design, and experience design, look feeble compared to the greatest accomplishments of art. Think about how rich a [great painting](http://images.google.com/images?q=van+gogh+starry+night&imgsz=xxlarge) is, letting the observer dive as deeply as they want into the experience. To me even more, then, a film: hundreds of thousands of deeply-rich images,…more

The Simpsons – The Land of Chocolate – hee hee…

Cycling the PCH – “I have learned a new phrase the bikers use along the coast. It is 8 and 8. That would be 800 mg’s of Ibuprofen every 8 hours.” Good tip to keep in mind for my trip…

“An honest empiricist must conclude that while the open approach has been able to create lovely, polished copies, it hasn’t been so good at creating notable originals. Even though the open-source movement has a stinging countercultural rhetoric, it has in practice been a conservative force.” – Jaron Lanier

Pultius TV remote control – 20 inches long, with a key for every channel between 1 and 100. Now that’s usability!

wrapping up 2007 (28 December, 2007, Interconnected) – “The more effort we put into driving well manually, the less need there is for robots. So we don’t get flocking cars and we have to work harder. That’s the story of the 20th century, if you ask me.”

“Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.” – Confucious

Listening: Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo 1992-2007. Loving “Longtime Sunshine”.