> Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times. Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.
> Steve’s final words were: OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW. – [Mona Simpson](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/mona-simpsons-eulogy-for-steve-jobs.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all)
> Projects that are future oriented, that despite their political difficulties can be completed only in some distant decade, are continuing reminders that there will be a future. – [Carl Sagan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wJYpRJQVbo)
[These small Stirling engine kits](http://www.en.boehm-stirling.com/engines.html) are incredibly beautiful, inspiring, and pretty cheap.
And their website is lots of fun to mouse over.
[This will have to tide me over](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6_hdRtJOE) until [Samsara](http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/samsara) premieres.
I wish I had 4-dimensional HDR eyes.
This visualization of [what the internet might look like in its entirety, across time](http://www.chrislauritzen.net/#261161/The-God-Feed) is pretty cool. And as he titles it, could be what the universe looks like across time as well.
A Norwegian cruise line [filmed their entire 134-hour coastal cruise](http://nrk.no/hurtigruten/?lang=en), dubbed “The World’s Most Beautiful Sea Voyage”, and put it online. Not bad ambient entertainment…
Nathan Shedroff and coauthors identified [15 meaningful experiences](http://makingmeaning.org/meanings.html) that are common across many people and cultures, and helpful to consider when designing products and services.
1. Accomplishment
2. Beauty
3. Community
4. Creation
5. Duty
6. Enlightenment
7. Freedom
8. Harmony
9. Justice
10. Oneness
11. Redemption
12. Security
13. Truth
14. Validation
15. Wonder
Seems like a noble way to design things, focused on bringing people meaningful experiences.
> We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. – [Goethe](http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/)
Another reason to keep track of [some of the things you love](http://www.thefancy.com/bobryskamp). From an excellent article on creative work, [HOW TO STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST (AND 9 OTHER THINGS NOBODY TOLD ME)](http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/)
An ex-coworker’s new site, [Fancy](http://www.thefancy.com/) collects objects people find beautiful. [Here are some of mine](http://www.thefancy.com/bobryskamp).
