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Listening to the rain
Originally posted on Zen Flash: Because the mind is free – Listening to the rain Dripping from the leaves, The drops become One with me. ~ Dogen ~ Poetry Gardens
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Confessions of a Google Glass Explorer | The New Yorker
Author Gary Shteyngart beta tests Google Glass… On February 23, 2013, I entered a Twitter contest run by Google to pick the first batch of Glass Explorers with the following tweet: “#ifihadglass I could dream up new ideas for the TV adaptation of my novel Super Sad True Love Story.” This…
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These are words that go together well – confused of calcutta
Wonderful book review that becomes a thoughtful piece on translation. Translators do a very hard job, and are often underappreciated. We take them for granted. Yet they perform a very important function, expressing something from one language into another, switching contexts skilfully. If I stay with the original theme of…
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Ancient Fisherman of Folklore
Originally posted on Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy: Silence. Before the break of dawn, there is the pure ‘silence of nature’ as a man begins his day. There are no beeping alarm clocks, no blare of traffic, and it is the noticeable absence of the incessant sounds of technology ~…
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Daodejing 20
#20* Sincerity’s “yes” and Flattery’s “yes”: How much difference Is there between them? Good and evil, how much difference is there between them? What people fear, they cannot not-fear. [1] So vast; how never endless it is! People who are busy and merry seem to enjoy magnificent feasts. Or as well,…
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Acrylic Storm – Michelle Manly
Texas-based artist Michelle Manley explores the intensity of nature through dramatic acrylic paintings. In her Storm series, she uses earthy color palettes to create landscapes filled with dark clouds swirling together into distant and powerful storms. As the severe weather overtakes the atmosphere, the clouds seem to take on a…
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World’s greatest bookshops | Lonely Planet
Bookshops are a traveller’s best friend: they provide convenient shelter and diversion in bad weather, they’re a reliable source of maps, notebooks, and travel guides, they often host readings and other cultural events, and if you raced through your lone paperback on the first leg of your trip, the bookshop…
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Picturing Doomsday: All the Asteroids that Could Destroy Life on Earth
It’s no surprise that NASA is keeping track of all potentially hazardous objects, or PHOs, that surround our planet. If it’s closer than 4.6 million miles away and larger than about 350 feet in diameter, NASA’s watching it. And if a comet or asteroid’s orbit comes close enough to ours…
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Ayn Rand – Funny Lady
John Hodgman over at the New Yorker has a grand old time sending up that dreadful pseudo-philosopher Ayn Rand. Sit back and enjoy how much you will laugh out loud… My moral philosophy is founded on the idea that there is an objective reality, and that man’s senses can perceive…
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Some Great Advice: Stop Being an Asshole
As often is the case, some great words from the listmakers at Cracked.com. Today, how the assholes in our society should catch up with the 21st century and stop being assholes. Listen: You’re an asshole. It’s who you are. But lately you look around and you see your fellow men…
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Art in London: Not ticking | The Economist
THE shadow of a giant second hand sweeps in silent arcs around a sundial’s shaft, patterning the floor. It lengthens, then reverses, crossing tracks with shorter stripes that represent the minute and the hour. In the industrial vault of London’s Roundhouse theatre, an artificial sun illuminates this enormous clock, a…
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Some Wild Bird Photographs | National Geographic
Every week we are amazed by the ingenuity and passion required to capture the thousands of amazing wild bird photographs submitted by hundreds of photographers as pat of the Wild Bird Revolution. This is one of the most colorful and magical collections of wild bird photographs ever compiled. The photographers…
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What’s Inside Play-Doh That Makes It Different — Wired – YouTube
Accept no substitutes because there is only one Play-Doh. Learn the magic formula inside that classic yellow tub. Hint: there’s more to it than flour and water. via What’s Inside Play-Doh That Makes It Different — Wired – YouTube.
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Concentrating on U.S. Prisons
Ted Asregadoo speaks with Truthout Executive Director, Maya Schenwar, about her current book project on prisons in the United States, solitary confinement, the nature of time, and why the humane treatment of prisoners is integral to the preservation of human rights via Truthout Interviews featuring Maya Schenwar – YouTube. Related…
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When Talking About Science, We Need More Tony Stark and Less Big Bang Theory | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
A conversation well worth your time and effort… Editor’s note: Communicating about science can be perceived as a life-or-death issue in some cases, or as hype and stereotype in others. In this conversation, scientists Sean Carroll and Dave Goldberg — dedicated to bringing “physics to the people” — share their thoughts on why they do (and how…
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Holding onto Anger
Originally posted on Untamed Slave : Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~Buddha
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