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Souls, Conciousness, and Love
I've been reading I am a Strange Loop by Doug Hofstadter for the past few weeks. It's a book that explores the notion of "I", "self-awareness", "consciousness", the "soul", etc. Hofstadter draws analogies between feedback systems and specifically to an interesting feedback loop discovered by Kurt Gödel that pops out of a rigorous mathematical ( Read more... ) -
Inauguration Thoughts
Many times I feel like I'm not very good at expressing my thoughts with words and that usually keeps me from writing things here. This case is no different except that people (mom) tell me I need to write down my thoughts because the inauguration of Barak Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America is an important event that I ( ( Read more... ) -
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Lj on the iPod
I wonder if now that I can post to LJ from the iPod touch if I will update more often? Probably not too much since it's kinds slow to type. The interface and form factor is better suited to micro-blooging. So expect more twitted updates :)
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Libraries
I really like libraries. The concept and the physical entities themselves. There is something awe-inspiring about walking through shelfs holding thousands of books, most of which you will probably never read. It is also somewhat overwhelming if you're trying to find something to read but not sure what. I wish there was a better way to browse ( Read more... ) -
Repeated Encounters
Isn't it interesting how all of a sudden you can start to see a random stranger seemingly all over the place? I guess in this particular incident it isn't ALL over the place, but it felt like it. A few weeks ago I got on the Smart Way bus for my weekend jaunt to Colorado. A curly haired guy got on the bus a few minutes after me and I noticed he ( Read more... ) -
Belgium
Belgium is a very beautiful country, and we all agreed, friendlier than France when it comes to interacting with random people on the street. We started in Brugge, which lived up to its expectations for charm and beauty. Carl was informed of a good Hostel near the center city which turned out to be very decent indeed. The dormitory style rooms ( Read more... ) -
France
Where to begin? Maybe the beginning, but that might make for a long post if I try and put all the events of the last 13 days or so into one. My trip got off too a late start with a canceled flight out of D.C. But, when United gives you lemons, make lemonade, right? So I spent a day in D.C. and got to visit Stephen (who's parents graciously let ( Read more... ) -
Down on the Farm
On Saturday I joined a group of grad students to do some volunteer work down at Miracle Farm in Floyd. It is a beautiful little and Bed & Breakfast run by a couple dedicated to organic growing and sustainability. The experience was truly enlightening and inspirational, it certainly reaffirmed my feeling that one way or another I will end up ( Read more... ) -
Checking In
Oh man, it's been such a long time. The thing is there have been so many times over the past (how many months has it been) that I've thought "I should really post something tonight" and I (clearly) never did. I've been busy lately, some good busy, some annoying busy. It feels like I have been fussing with the hardware and software related to the ( Read more... )