20.Aug.2010 SF Halloween 2009
Believe it or not I set a personal record running a half marathon the next morning (unfortunately I was not in costume)
31.Jul.2010 Quote – Ray Kurzweil
From The Singularity is Near, Still Human? Some observers refer to the post-Singularity period as “posthuman” and refer to the anticipation of this period as posthumanism. However, to me being human means being part of a civilization that seeks to extend its boundaries. We are already reaching beyond our biology by rapidly gaining the tools [...]
28.Jun.2010 Technology, the US and soccer #kmdp2puDJ
If you were cheering or blowing your vuvuzela for a native English speaking team this world cup, odds are you believe the refs screwed you, your team, and your World Cup championship aspirations. Goals for both the American and UK players were withheld, while the ESPN and ABC commentators added their own razzle dazzle special [...]
17.Jun.2010 Lose your career? Here’s a voucher!
Caught this from one of my favorite sites: “Colleges not training students to growing fields“. It’s interesting to me because on NPR this morning (DC) there was a guy talking about the lose of jobs due to computers vs. the oil rig fiasco in the Gulf. Either way, he proposed, out of work American’s should [...]
14.Jun.2010 Quote – “In the Singularity University, Humans are so yesterday”
Dr. Barry, a former astronaut and “Survivor” contestant with an M.D. and a Ph. D., has put his ideas into action. He has a robot at home that can take a pizza from the delivery person, pay for it and carry it into the kitchen. “You have the robot say, ‘Take the 20 and leave [...]
07.Jun.2010 Video – Optimus Prime and the Evolution of Dance
12.Apr.2010 A pail blue dot (Carl Sagan) – updated
Pale Blue Dot from Amy Bach on Vimeo. I’m not sure why they took down the original version (which was very, very cool). But here’s a replacement that’s AOK as well.
19.Mar.2010 “I’m here” by Spike Jonze
Sponsored by Absolut Vodka, “I’m here” is a short movie about…uh…robot hipster love. Great soundtrack (to be expected from Spike) and a few good laughs and touching parts. I thought the film was a pretty endearing retelling of the classic robot-boy meets robot-girl (plus a bit of tragedy). Give it a watch (it’s about 25 [...]
27.Feb.2010 Traffic. Get some.
I started Moodlemonthly.com late November 2009. I thought of it while I was running (there are many benefits to a solo jog). While working for GlobalClassroom.us I was collecting a vast repository of information (and tracking new information) on a daily basis. Unfortunately, a huge majority of topics, sources and subjects were unusable (after all, [...]
24.Feb.2010 Welcome to Straighterline.com
A few months ago (Sept 09, “All you can learn for 99 bucks a month”) I wrote about Straighterline.com after reading about them in the Washington Monthly. I was floored by the concept (floored=positive). It was everything I thought about higher education rolled up into a company. A working, growing business. On a whim, I [...]
