I should really start compiling a list of things to read every year. You know---just one reading doesn't make an idea stick with you. Some stuff just seems so important that it needs to be re-read every year. Here are just two things that I learned today that I want to re-learn next year:

Relayed to me by fdmts, from Life As A Healthcare CIO, the 10 ( Read more... )

I went to the pub (the Royal Oak in Oxford) tonight with four of capital_l's co-students, and had a great time. Not only were they nice people, and thoughtful and conversational, but I felt like I got a glimpse of the future. And you probably know that I'm a fan of the future. Maybe I was a little tipsy, and of course I'm not great with words, but I simply ( Read more... )

In the UK, when they say *, an American should understand it as **.

UK USA
Sunny intervals Sunny
Partly cloudy Mostly sunny
Light rain Partly cloudy
Heavy rain Rain
Grey cloud Overcast
White cloud Overcast

Keep this handy when in the UK.

Found an illuminating paragraph in another terrific article from Vanity Fair. This article is about the Greek bond crisis, but it reveals a lot about Greeks in general. Anyways, the author is meeting the number two monk in a large monastery in northern Greece, and writes:

He points to a sign he has tacked up on one of his cabinets, and translates ( Read more... )

in which I complain about how scientists don't want art and artists don't want science.I wish I had more time to properly express my displeasure at how difficult it has been to convince either side of the validity of my own special breed of art-science crossover. For all the talk of how important it is to bridge the gap between art and science, to ( Read more... )

I find myself looking at the clock every hour or so and doing the math and wondering what all of you are up to.

Hi Mark, this is you, but it's 2047 now. I paid to send a timecoded message back to you (I couldn't resist---this is too cool) in 2010. You won't be able to directly ask me any questions, but that's just a limitation of the technology ( Read more... )

"Since most (admittedly not all) climate palliation measures are blatantly "things we ought to do anyway" (TWODA), in order to seek economic success, reduce dependence upon foreign petro-lords, dominate new industries and make a safer world, this obstructionism is especially nonsensical. Indeed, this is the smoking gun proof that koolaid-drinking ( Read more... )

It's been over a month since I've logged a journal entry here. Life is changing a lot, and I am having difficulties keeping up with it. Compound that with multiple major computer hardware failures in the last two weeks and a visit from my parents and you'll see why I've been too frazzled to write ( Read more... )

[and other thoughts that were taking the place of slide-producing brainpower ( Read more... )