A good friend of mine, Matt Rinard, just sent me the following terrific video:
For more of his great work check out his New Orleans gallery.
Category Archives: Interesting Chunks
The Problem with Alternative Energy
Sunday, October 18, 2009
My last post dealt with the need for alternative sources of energy, to save money, decrease pollution, and help slow climate change. A cautionary post should be added, as the race to develop and utilize alternative energy is not all good. I took the above picture on a trip to Borneo in 2008, riding in [...]
Rory Stewart & Afghanistan
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A friend sent me a link to this Bill Moyer’s program with an interview with Rory Stewart, a professor from Harvard University who among other things has walked across Afghanistan during the war and written a book about it. He explains why Obama and the West have it wrong in Afghanistan, and it’s one of [...]
Required Watching
Friday, September 18, 2009
The video below should be required watching for all teachers, anyone who has kids or wants to have kids, for older kids…well, for everyone. Excellent stuff:
Best Toilet Paper Holder
Saturday, August 22, 2009
We’ve gone a little too far into politics lately, and away from reading on the toilet. It’s time to get back to toilet talk! What better way to start than with the best toilet paper holder in existence? The people over at Rack and Roll have created the perfect, stylish solution for reading on the [...]
High Frequency Trading
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
If there’s one thing that definitely needs to be flushed down the toilet, it’s high frequency trading. If you’ve got any money in stocks, you’re likely losing some due to companies like Goldman Sachs using your bailout money to artificially inflate the value of stocks by using super computers to make millisecond trades. They’re watching [...]
Food on the Moon
Monday, July 20, 2009
I came across this great food blog today with an interesting post on space food. Not much to add here besides…happy moon walking anniversary.
Nothing is Free
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
There’s a lot of talk these days about “free” being the new business model, especially in the online world. But there’s actually nothing free about free. Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine says $0.00 is the future of business. As an example he writes, “Virtually everything Google does is free to consumers, from Gmail to Picasa [...]
Zuljana, Peljesac, Croatia
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Please excuse the lack of posts recently…and for the next week or so. My wife and I are on vacation in Croatia, discovering hidden beaches from our Folbot folding kayaks. We’ve been to Croatia several times now, and if you’re considering visiting (highly recommended), here’s a bit of advice:
Zagreb is a cool city if you’re [...]
Dog Walking, Poo Poo, and Shoes
Thursday, June 25, 2009
If either you have a dog or you know someone with a dog, then this post is for you. As we all know, dogs pee and poo like all other humans. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately depending on your disposition, they don’t tend to do so on a toilet designed for humans. There are LOTS of [...]
