Excogitations, Featured Posts
At lunch I was listening to a podcast of On The Media, an NPR show that analyzes the media. Bob Garfield was inteviewing Don Corrigan, the editor of The Webster-Kirkwood Times who had covered a shooting in his hometown. He spoke about receiving phone calls from national press asking for interviews. He received one call that stood out to him and he described it like this:
Chris Bury at ABC Nightline called me and wanted to do an interview. And I had a number of funerals to attend, and I just said, Chris, I just don’t know that I can do this. And he said, you know what, don’t worry about it. It’s more important to be human at this point. On The Media 2/5/2010 Transcript
I heard that and was momentarily stunned. While the sentiment on Chris Bury’s side was truly sympathetic, I couldn’t help but think that we all need to be human all the time. The national press needed to be human at that moment too.
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Curiosities
Another Friday and look at that, the internet is just sitting there, unused. Now is the time for me to take it and do with it what I want.
The new ’search’ of the internet is ‘local’. I know, all these phrases and words that barely make sense are the new ‘I want to punch you in the face’ but this is what we are stuck with. We allowed it to grow and develop in the 80s; we only have ourselves to blame.
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Excogitations
Be lucky – it’s an easy skill to learn – Telegraph (via Lifehacker)
There is a lot of interesting information being passed in this article about this fascinating study. I feel like I qualify as a generally unlucky person. I also qualify as a tense person. I’m the proverbial cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
I’m going to look for Richard Wiseman’s book, The Luck Factor to delve deeper into this concept.
The idea that the introduction of chaos into a routine enhances the chance for good luck. That seems antithetical to basic thermodynamics – the more chaos, the more things fall apart. There is a lot to think about here.
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Technically Insightful
Oh no, a Meta post. I joined the 21st century and now have a phone worthy of a self describes geek. A phone that empowers me to blog anywhere I want (that has a decent signal).
So what is the benefit of mobile blogging? Surely blog posts written on the go aren’t going to be as well thought out as one that I work on at my desk. That is very true but mobile blogging allows a person to respond quickly to unscheduled events or blog in unusual environments.
My desk at work is an unusual environment. Trust me.
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Curiosities
I see you there… lurking about… wanting to know what I’m doing with this box. Do you know what this box is? It is the internet. I know, weird, right? Why do I have the internet in a box? Because no one uses the internet on Friday so I can borrow it for a bit and do whatever I want with it.
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Curiosities
Here it is, so close to Valloween and you don’t have any way of showing the world how evil February 14th really is. I’ve come to your assistance with four special Valloween desktops for your computer. Consider it my Valloween gift to all five of you who visit my site!
You know the drill. If you want to download, right click on the size you want and save it. Happy Valloween!
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