Sometimes you are amazed at the serendipity of life…I discovered Felder Rushing a few years back while wandering the web. I started listening to the podcast of his weekly public radio program, The Gestalt Gardener, and keeping up with his travels. I even posted a link and his picture back in 2007 on my original [...]

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Reading the news this morning, I saw this short spot:
Marion Nestle went to see Food, Inc and she gives it two thumbs up. I’ve only seen clips and heard a talk by the director and stars Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan about the making of the movie. It’s going to be a BIG DEAL when [...]

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The irreverence of designers…

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This project began as so many good things do, over a cup of coffee.
So begins the preface to Rebooting America, Ideas for Redesigning American Democracy for the Internet Age. Dana Boyd blogged about the availability of the download this morning and I pulled the pdf down before leaving the house. You can probably forgive me [...]

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I saw this via KurzweilAI.net…
Photovoltaic Moore’s Law Will Make Solar Competitive by 2015 (Tech Talk)
Silicon-based solar technology has decoupled from the semiconductor industry and is achieving steady cost reductions, so that those following PV discern a kind of Moore’s law at work. In 2005, production of silicon for solar cells already surpassed production of silicon [...]

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Garrison provides a quotation upon Cervantes birthday that is as insightful today as it must have been during his life…
The Writer’s Almanac from American Public Media
Miguel de Cervantes said, “Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.”
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Thanks to Rebecca Blood for the link… I agree with her assessment. It is great advice on living well.
Reflections On Italy
TODAY WHILE TROLLING the hard drive on my Macbook Pro I came across a .txt file titled “Reflections on Italy.”
Link: Seat 1A: Reflections On Italy
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Walking our talk | Gristmill: The environmental news blog [...]

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For many years back in the late 1980’s and into the early 1990′ I spent way more time than I should have exploring fractal images. On Friday GreenmanTim over at Walking the Berkshires posted an image from The Fractal Bargain Bin that brought all of those hours tumbling back on me.
I don’t claim that any [...]

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