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Oct 31, 2024: New FTC rule banning fake reviews took effect this past Monday. A variety of scenarios are covered, like: AI-generated fake reviews, Did not have …

Oct 27, 2024: “Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and war. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or wise. Indeed …

Oct 25, 2024: Dan Rodricks: ‘Kind of fantastic,’ lightning bugs to come alive in Reservoir Hill mural (via Baltimore Sun)

Oct 20, 2024: Jon Batiste, Für Elise - Batiste 🎶 From his new album titled, “Beethoven Blues”, a re-imagining of Beethoven with a New Orleans twist. My first …

Oct 17, 2024: “Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings” I’d backed away from Marvel overload in recent years (and since story lines started to feel duplicative & …

Oct 15, 2024: The more mechanical the age, inevitably, it becomes less humane. -Atticus Pünd, in Moonflower Murders

Oct 11, 2024: Last night’s ⚾️ game brought to you by the letter “C” and the letter “D”. 🙂

Oct 9, 2024: Interesting stat from recent poll by UMBC Institute of Politics regarding Attitudes toward the Size of Maryland State Government • 40 percent of …

Oct 9, 2024: Been following the MoneyLetter group now for a few years and overall like their analysis and portfolios. Because of my background, I’ll layer in …

Oct 9, 2024: In 2009, the median home price was $220,900, according to the Federal Reserve, and a new car cost an average of $23,276, according to the Energy …

Oct 7, 2024: Just to put some punctuation on the end of the O’s ⚾ season here: Certainly hoped for a better result than to be swept again in Round 1 of …

Oct 5, 2024: Bookstores are making a comeback. Here’s one with 50,000 titles by Dan Rodricks in The Baltimore Sun In Baltimore, the Ivy Bookshop and Greedy …

Oct 3, 2024: My wife accused me the other day of stealing the thesaurus … I was shocked, surprised, and amazed.

Sep 25, 2024: ⚾Feels like gang’s back together (with players finally coming back from IL), and great to be able to celebrate the O’s clinching their …

Sep 12, 2024: Cataloging here a free “Link in Bio” service called BioSites.

Sep 12, 2024: Came acrosss this as a reasonably priced graphics editing suite -> Affinity.

Sep 12, 2024: Maryland must reverse its competitive decline Maryland’s alarming slide from 22nd to 31st place in CNBC’s 2024 Top States for Business rankings is …

Sep 7, 2024: A good explanation of the infield fly rule - Essentially, it prevents the defense from intentionally missing an infield fly ball and forcing a double …

Sep 4, 2024: Remarkable Paper Pro – Been enjoying the Remarkable 2 for a year, and these next improvements seem to be in all the right areas (e.g., size of …

Sep 4, 2024: This looks like a helpful set of tools for creating personal financial wellness – Called MyBlocks, it has 5 Pillars of Financial Wellness: …

Sep 4, 2024: Maryland to cut $1.3b from Transportation Budget Hundreds of millions of dollars for planned transportation improvements across Maryland would be …

Sep 2, 2024: 30 Stoic Wisdom Sayings — Essentially all good reminders.

Sep 2, 2024: Liberty is the disciplining of desire so as to make the achievement of the good first possible and finally effortless. -Classical definition of …

Aug 30, 2024: Apparently it’s getting to be that time of life … readers. Not crisis mode yet, but for certain font size & lighting situations, definitely …

Aug 27, 2024: John Shea formulated a principle in this regard that is as helpful as it is difficult: criticize someone precisely in the measure that you are willing …

Aug 26, 2024: For any baseball ⚾️ fans out there - this deal good til midnight. (MLB TV + All Teams to end of season, normally $69.99 this time of year.) (via AG)

Aug 26, 2024: Downtown Havre de Grace set to undergo restoration focusing on walkability and scenery Work has begun to transform the heart of downtown Havre de …

Aug 23, 2024: I don’t know when exactly it happened, but somewhere along the line, Cheerios became Fruit Loops … It’s a slippery slope I tell ya. ;)

Aug 19, 2024: Discovered on the interwebs. Immediately forwarded to attorney friend as a diversified revenue stream offering to consider further. :)

Aug 17, 2024: Interesting data point on population movements within the U.S. based on 2022 tax filings.

Aug 16, 2024: After suggesting my son and I play a board game together - 7 yo: Do you know to play dad? Me: Well, I haven’t actually played this game before - maybe …

Aug 15, 2024: Pedestrian deaths are up in Maryland, opposite national average Maryland saw an 18% increase in pedestrian deaths in 2023 amid a 5% decrease …

Aug 14, 2024: Fun, and laced with truth, video about a dad who effectively functions Assistant Manager to his wife for household management and how the family org …

Aug 14, 2024: Orioles hold first Faith Night, joining 18 other MLB teams ⚾️ McCann’s testimony might have been the most dramatic. He asked crowd members to close …

Aug 2, 2024: An article about how a magician needed a license for the proverbial rabbit, but not if it was an iguana … Connected to Supreme Court Justice …

Jul 24, 2024: President Biden articulates his exit of the Presidential race, while appealing to American ideals, casting his public service career, and supporting …

Jul 20, 2024: I’ve been asking people what time it is since this morning, but everyone I ask tells me something different. -son, reading from “Crack Yourself Up: …

Jul 11, 2024: Man, I get hit by the same bike everyday going to work … it’s a vicious cycle. 🚲

Jun 30, 2024: “Maryland pardons prove marijuana legalization not about social justice” via Baltimore Sun opinion page …Moore’s decision to pardon these prior …

Jun 30, 2024: “The poster’s guide to the Internet of the future” via verge, via @manton Encouraged to see the evolution of thinking around individual posting on the …

Jun 29, 2024: Nothing quite like a Cub Scout day camp - Wonderful to experience Scout Spirit alive and well! 😀

Jun 27, 2024: Report finds ‘staggering’ utility hikes in Maryland since 2010 Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s gas delivery rates have more than tripled since 2010, …

Jun 25, 2024: Watched Bob Ross on PBS with the kids for the first time this past Saturday, and they seemed definitely intrigued. This morning, I get out the …

Jun 20, 2024: Wow!! - Didn’t expect this for today’s ⚾️ game: Let’s Go O’s!!

Jun 20, 2024: This tweet thread on the “missing middle of housing” provides some interesting reflections. I suspect parts are a little caricatured, but the overall …

Jun 20, 2024: Willie Mays of Giants baseball fame has passed - An incomparable player who truly loved the game & brought joy to so many. May he rest in peace …

Jun 19, 2024: Cataloging here Micro.blog’s emoji tags for finding other microbloggers. (Plus testing the Scheduled Post feature.)

Jun 18, 2024: Personal Technology Renaissance I feel like I’m having a personal technology renaissance. A long-time user of Evernote, they were acquired by Bending Spoons in recent years …

Jun 17, 2024: Very interesting read about how content creators are fighting back against LLMs sourcing their material to power their economic model. How We’re …

Jun 16, 2024: Been awhile since I was last able to get a physical copy of The Sun (harder to find in my neck of the woods, despite many attempts). Good (and …

Jun 15, 2024: Assateague Island

Jun 15, 2024: Hello world! Although not a coder, somehow I still feel this an appropriate start to my Micro.blog. 🙂 Chanced across the platform when I discovered a friend/ …

Jun 11, 2024: <h1></h1> 5 Pencil and Paper Games to Do When You’re BoredThe first 3 are ol’ faithfuls (hangman, battleship, & squares), but the last 2 are new to me …

Jun 10, 2024: <h1></h1> Remember the early days of the Internet? There were all types of easy blogging platforms, most people had a blog of some sort, there were commentaries …

Jun 9, 2024: <h1></h1> Some days, right? 😜Garfield, 9 Jun 2024 via Baltimore Sun

May 21, 2024: <h1></h1> AI Transcription optionsBeen giving serious thoughts towards activating an AI Transcription tool for business use (predominant use cases of virtual …

May 18, 2024: <h1></h1> “Books are a frozen conversation”This reality understanding at a deeper level as I continue (slowly) making my way through Merton’s “Conjectures of a …

May 8, 2024: <h1></h1> Boy Scouts’ first-ever change of name will reflect inclusion - Baltimore Sun“ Boy Scouts of America” to become “Scouting America”.

May 7, 2024: <h1></h1> CloudConvertCloudConvert - Online file converter between all different media types, including video, audio, image, text, etc.Could be very useful, …

May 3, 2024: <h1></h1> The Weekend Hustle

Apr 25, 2024: <h1></h1> Many of Conan’s podcast episodes have wonderful insights shared by guests – Here, Jimmy Carr shares a nugget:You escape competition through …

Apr 24, 2024: <h1></h1> Many of Conan’s podcast episodes have wonderful insights shared by guests – Here, Jimmy Carr shares a nugget:You escape compet

Mar 19, 2024: <h1></h1> Newspaper Club - Make and print your own newspapersHere’s a neat service that’ll enable you to print your own newspaper, from 1 copy to …

Mar 10, 2024: <h1></h1> St. Thomas did not seek to be imposed on the world. He asked only to be understood in the world, as revealing the possibilities the world had in …

Mar 4, 2024: <h1></h1> Lawmakers eye changes to pot laws Md. lawmakers eye changes to pot lawsvia The Baltimore Sun

Feb 25, 2024: <h1></h1> Tied up for a few meaningful minutes on a downtown Baltimore street Enjoyed this recounting & reflection by Dan Rodrick’s in today’s Sun about an …

Feb 18, 2024: <h1></h1> Teflon Bone foldersAh yes, when it’s time to get serious with folding paper - a modern version of the bone folder.

Feb 3, 2024: <h1></h1> Fonts hanging outFonts Hanging Out by Elle Cordova.

Feb 1, 2024: <h1></h1> Interactive presentation softwareGreat live polling tool during video sessions.

Jan 19, 2024: <h1></h1> Meet the woman who doles out the snacks to keep the Ravens fueledA good run-down of healthy and active snacks as cataloged by the Baltimore Ravens’ …

Jan 18, 2024: <h1></h1> Save emails into Evernote(Note to self)Standard format for sending email into your Evernote:Email Subject: [Title of note] ![optional date for …

Jan 10, 2024: <h1></h1> Newsletters spam test by mail-tester.comWith the enhanced email verification going on lately (seems a decade or two past due), this turns out to be a …

Jan 3, 2024: <h1></h1> HoCo By Design final version now is onlineHoward County releases a new Master Plan

Dec 29, 2023: <h1></h1> In 2023, I started believing in ‘horseshoe theory’ of politicsInteresting take by political commentator Jonah Goldberg, as syndicated through The …

Dec 26, 2023: <h1></h1> Lessons from spacE“Lessons from Space” via The Baltimore Sun.In which “Hoot’s Law” is shared: “No matter how bad things may seem, they can always get …

Dec 24, 2023: <h1></h1> Note: IKEA Vintersaga mulled spice drink + Tanqueray Gin = Magic 😉 …Merry Christmas all, and to all a good night! 👶🏽🌟🎄😃

Dec 21, 2023: <h1></h1> I’m sure I posted this years ago, but this is one of those fun (and now, for me, classic) Christmas shorts with which to mark the season, Ornaments by …

Dec 17, 2023: <h1></h1> From today’s comics …Cookie Monster was always my favorite Sesame Street character. :)

Dec 12, 2023: <h1></h1> Beautiful image of the Holy Family.By artist Ruth A. Stricklin of New Jerusalem Studios, Phoenix.

Dec 6, 2023: <h1></h1> Nate Bargatze & SNL crew sharing George Washington’s dream … for a country of many measures. :’)

Dec 5, 2023: <h1></h1> Norm Lewis sings “Make Them Hear You” from the musical Ragtime. As performed in the PBS production, American Voices with Renee Fleming.Outstanding, …

Nov 30, 2023: <h1></h1> Reno Is Beating the Odds in Solving HomelessnessInteresting take on the growing issue of homelessness in cities.(Update: Article in similar vein from …

Nov 11, 2023: <h1></h1> The feeling for this moment. :)(Ben Rector’s “Thank You” from his latest album, The Joy of Music)

Oct 11, 2023: <h1></h1> Been a fan of Einaudi’s for a bit now and ran across this 2019 performance at Steve Jobs Theatre – Great to listen to in background while doing …

Oct 10, 2023: <h1></h1> Been a fan of Einaudi’s for a bit now and ran across this 2019 performance at Steve Jobs Theatre – Great to listen to in background while doing …

Sep 28, 2023: <h1></h1> Seems I learn, and then promptly forget, the easiest way to access alternate letters when composing in another language on the computer.So hopefully …

Sep 26, 2023: <h1></h1> Combat the Sleep Problems That Hit in Middle AgeDon’t think I was aware that sleep patterns changed as early as 40s - interesting to read and compare …

Sep 13, 2023: <h1></h1> Absolutely uncanny - Nails one singer after the other! A fun watch. :)

Aug 19, 2023: <h1></h1> ebookporn:• An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.• A dangling …

Jul 15, 2023: <h1></h1> Baseball vs. Football“Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball …

Jul 14, 2023: <h1></h1> A fun tabletop game, Klask.Also a knock-off version via Amazon.

Jun 23, 2023: <h1></h1> Podcast #905: Become a Morning Workout PersonThe arrival of kids, and the connected disruptions to the morning and evening schedules, threw off some …

May 15, 2023: How to Cook Bacon in the Oven

Apr 13, 2023: Keeping with the Tiny Desk concert theme, here’s Ludovico Einaudi’s appearance from 8 months ago. I came across Einaudi’s music probably around a …

Apr 12, 2023: “Fred again…” performs a Tiny Desk concert for NPR. From the video description: When Fred again.. first proposed a Tiny Desk concert, it wasn’t …

Mar 23, 2023: Gotta post this one of course: After two hard-working years, Kirby Ferguson has released in full the new-and-improved “Everything is a Remix”, …

Mar 22, 2023: Online Custom Picture Frames & Art Framing | Framebridge

Mar 8, 2023: Basic Syntax | Markdown Guide

Mar 7, 2023: Artist Kirby Ferguson just released his swan song video production: “AI and Image Generation” as the capstone to his newly re-edited series, …

Feb 19, 2023: <h1></h1> Thomas Merton in “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”, 1965.It behooves us to clarify what we’re progressing towards.

Feb 4, 2023: <h1></h1> Fr. Guissani talks of the origins and aims of the Communion & Liberation movement.Fascinated by the combination of both romantic and humanist …

Jan 28, 2023: <h1></h1> Gary Gulman describes a short documentary on how the states got their abbreviations.Not what you would think. ;)

Jan 24, 2023: <h1></h1> A winter morning in the mountains …Fragment from Thomas Merton’s, “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander” (c. 1965).

Jan 15, 2023: <h1></h1> When does Christmas actually end?The age ol’ question, which would seem simple enough, has multiple answers, shared here.Perhaps the most profound …

Dec 30, 2022: <h1></h1> This song came to mind recently and had to lookup - what a fun rhythm and melody. :)Petula Clark sings, “Downtown”.

Dec 22, 2022: <h1></h1> Made me smile. :)

Dec 16, 2022: <h1></h1> Time for the Christmas simulated fireplace …For your viewing, if not warming, enjoyment. :)

Nov 28, 2022: <h1></h1> Just a couple a guys, at a bar, grabbing a drink, and singing a song … ;)

Nov 7, 2022: <h1></h1> Kaiyo - Buy and Sell Used FurnitureApparently the world is recognizing the cost of ‘fast furniture’ and services like Kaiyo have been emerging to keep …

Oct 8, 2022: <h1></h1> Ah yes, fall — that time of year when if you ride your bike at dusk with mouth slightly ajar, you’ll unexpectedly suck in some bugs …I mean, at least, …

Sep 7, 2022: <h1></h1> Groups.io: Email Groups, SuperchargedLooks like a strong, and better, alternative to Google Groups.

Sep 2, 2022: The 6 best InDesign alternatives

Aug 18, 2022: <h1></h1> “Do not accept anything as truth that lacks love. Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth. One without the other is a destructive lie.” -JP2 …

Aug 17, 2022: <h1></h1>

Jul 12, 2022: Do you know how fast your website is?

Jul 7, 2022: Okay, didn’t see that coming – In the course of her interview, Colbert invites Dua Lipa to switch roles to interviewer. She pauses, then asks a very …

Jul 4, 2022: <h1></h1> Measure Twice, Cut Once: Applying the Ethos of the Craftsman to Our Everyday Lives“Applying the ethos of craftsman to our everyday lives” by Brett …

Jun 7, 2022: <h1></h1> This caught me just right. ;) - That duvet of truth; I’m reeeally close.

Jun 2, 2022: Tailscale

May 22, 2022: <h1></h1> “To be an artist …” -Viggo Mortensen(via socialclubofficiel, via hannahfarthing)

May 18, 2022: Taking a deep breath, with the reminder, it’s gonna be okay. :) Hope you enjoy this fun stop-motion LEGO version of Crazy Life as sung by “Home Free”.

May 5, 2022: <h1></h1> Amiright? 😉

Mar 20, 2022: <h1></h1> How permanent time change would workWe (including me) definitely groan about the time shift each year, but good to consider what a year would look …

Mar 14, 2022: <h1></h1> Here Erik Spiekermann describes why he got back into letterpress after thirty years working on-screen (very successfully I might add). It echoes many …

Mar 13, 2022: <h1></h1> “Creativity Explained - On Type with Erik Spiekermann”Typefaces, typography, typesetting - all things I’ve found myself playing with on-and-off for …

Feb 20, 2022: <h1></h1> Not only do I really appreciate the fun use of #typography in this book cover,this is such a neat book premise & approach (not unlike the author’s …

Feb 4, 2022: Admission: I can be a sucker for well-done kids songs (as I suspect we secretly all can … go ahead, you can admit it too). ;) One show the tykes have …

Jan 23, 2022: <h1></h1> PRIXEL PressThe Prixel Press by Brandon Gamm.A great little movable type kit for kids of all ages to explore making their own prints from their own …

Dec 28, 2021: <h1></h1> M’s Christmas music playlist. Apparently 28 hours spanning centuries and styles of music. Will hafta take a listen (and perhaps you, gentle reader, …

Dec 28, 2021: <h1></h1> Not that this video needs any promotion by me (now at 5.3 million views), but it was a lot of fun listening to this medley of sea shanties by Home …

Dec 25, 2021: <h1></h1> May the God of infinite goodness, who by the Incarnation of his Son has driven darkness from the world and by that glorious Birth has illumined this …

Dec 10, 2021: <h1></h1> BrickSeek – Live Life at Half PriceLooks like worth checking out from time to time.

Dec 9, 2021: Julie Andrews - The Sound of Christmas From Around The World (1990)

Dec 3, 2021: <h1></h1> You cannot chose your future; You can only choose your next step.-yours truly

Nov 27, 2021: <h1></h1> Titan of American musical theater transformed art formStephen Sondheim has passed, age 91. :’(I have such a great respect for Sondheim as a master of …

Nov 25, 2021: <h1></h1> President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Washington, D.C.October 3, 1863A Proclamation.The year that is drawing towards its close, has …

Nov 23, 2021: <h1></h1> Back from a little time off with family in the Shenandoah - foothills compared to other mountain ranges, but still beauty as far as the eye can see :) …

Sep 18, 2021: <h1></h1> For those times when a trip has arrived but the ideas have flown your brain. :)www.rei.com/learn/exp…

Sep 1, 2021: <h1></h1> “Both Sides Now” as sung by Emilia Jones, written by Joni Mitchell, as featured in the movie Coda.(For the scene excerpted from the movie.)

Sep 1, 2021: <h1></h1> Requiescat in pace mom.

Aug 18, 2021: theXifer.net - Just a Web Based EXIF Editor for Local, Cloud, Flickr, Google Drive

Jul 22, 2021: The 1 + 1 = 3 Method — Everything is a Remix

Jun 27, 2021: <h1></h1> 25 Ways to Make Your Zoom Meetings Awesome!This came recommended to me - Haven’t had a chance to read it fully but saving here in case it’s of use to …

Jun 26, 2021: <h1></h1> AirPod Max/ Headphone StandAirPods Max Stand, Headphone Standhttps://www.lululook.com/collections/gear/products/headphone-stand

Jun 25, 2021: <h1></h1> Linoleum printmaking - Letterpress CommonsLetterpress printing using linoleum.

Jun 24, 2021: <h1></h1> The A-Z of typographic terms“The A to Z” of typographic terms.

Jun 23, 2021: <h1></h1> href.li your physical exercise too dependent on technology?

Jun 22, 2021: <h1></h1> This Is How To Change Someone’s Mind: 6 Secrets From Research - Barking Up The Wrong TreeAn insightful article on how minds are changed. (Hint: It’s …

Jun 21, 2021: <h1></h1> “Working the Water” by Jay Fleming - A photographic exploration of those who make their like on the Chesapeake.

Jun 10, 2021: Amazon WorkSpaces | Cloud Native Persistent Desktop Virtualization

May 29, 2021: <h1></h1> How to create a strong password - ProtonMail BlogFor those not already aware, “Ch@ll3ng3r%$” is not a strong passwordHere’s why and what to do about …

May 24, 2021: <h1></h1> Foxes & Fossils cover “Landslide” by Fleetwood MacI first heard, and was captivated, by this song under the Dixie Chicks version of it years ago. …

May 12, 2021: <h1></h1> I feel like Seinfeld may have gotten some things right on the nose here about marriage. ;)Hope you enjoy. :)

May 8, 2021: ZED: Zoom Easy Downloader

May 7, 2021: I saw this video awhile ago but was recently reminded of it: In it Sir George Martin (producer of The Beatles) sits down with Brian Wilson (of the …

May 6, 2021: “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish Highly recommend by an acquaintence, and …

May 3, 2021: Clearly on a Bee Gees kick here folks, so apologies. But here’s a profile made in 1997 that shows a lot of the backstory and takes its time so you get …

Apr 30, 2021: To add to the list of “Not Well Known BeeGees Songs that Should Be” 🎶 -> ‘Songbird’, an American piano man-style song 🎹 with moving lyrics that …

Apr 23, 2021: <h1></h1> Cases where less is better.

Apr 5, 2021: <h1></h1> “In the Morning” by The Bee Gees, sung here at their One Night Only concert in 1997 in Las Vegas.A beautiful song to think about your life to.(For the …

Apr 3, 2021: Robin Gibb (d. 2012) shares thoughts about a Christmas album he released, followed by an interview where he reflects on the creative process of …

Mar 29, 2021: <h1></h1> Been keeping an eye on Remarkable Paper & curious about itHard to justify another tablet over the iPad & have also considered the special iPad …

Mar 23, 2021: “This is Where I Came In” - The Official Story of the Bee Gees. Released in 2001 and two hours in length, an enjoyable and insightful look at the …

Mar 13, 2021: OMG, the Bee Gees circa 1963 singing “Blowing in the Wind” - brothers harmonizing is imitable. Never seen them this young, but you can experience how …

Mar 9, 2021: <h1></h1> “I’ve Learned”Words by Maya Angelou, letterpress printing by PC PressI’ve seen bits and pieces of this, but the whole thing together is really …

Mar 8, 2021: <h1></h1> Trusted RV rental marketplace | OutdoorsyJust was recommend this by someone who used it last year - Sorta like an AirBnB for RV campers.Been looking …

Jan 22, 2021: <h1></h1> “The role of the designer is that of a very good thoughtful host anticipating the needs of their guests.” – Charles Eames

Jan 15, 2021: “Hank” by Ben Rector. First released in 2008 (one of his earlier songs) but only published to his YouTube channel last June (12 years later). Still …

Jan 2, 2021: <h1></h1> Janus WordsA word that can mean its own opposite, a contronym.E.g., “sanction”, which can mean both allow and penalize depending on context. Or …

Dec 31, 2020: <h1></h1> “What is the amount of timeGiven in each moment?What is the amount of timeLeft to us to fill?What is the amount of timeLiving in each moment?What is …

Dec 30, 2020: <h1></h1> The H&Co Catalog No. 11From the type designers at Hoefler & Company (headed up by Jonathan Hoefler) comes the latest type specimen book, …

Dec 13, 2020: <h1></h1> Predictions for the winter A great peek inside the second oldest Almanac still printed in the U.S., based right here in Maryland. Fun to learn about …

Dec 11, 2020: <h1></h1> Inspector StampsOkay, is this not the coolest: Back in the day train conductors, health inspectors, and others working in the field had custom stamps …

Dec 10, 2020: <h1></h1> Withhold v. ThresholdBecause yeh, English can’t be relied upon for consistency. ;)

Dec 1, 2020: <h1></h1> “It is time—past time—to make plain that, while the pan­demic poses many grave chal­lenges, there is no world in which the Con­sti­tu­tion tol­er­ates …

Nov 30, 2020: <h1></h1> Host multigenerational game night during the holidaysThough we played board/ card games as a family off-and-on growing up, it wasn’t a centerpiece per …

Nov 28, 2020: <h1></h1> “Skating” by Vince Guaraldi for “A Charlie Brown Christmas”.From a green vinyl album recently received as a birthday present, just in time for the …

Nov 24, 2020: <h1></h1> From the wise, 9 unsung ways to have deeper conversations

Nov 23, 2020: <h1></h1> The Best Waterproof Fountain Pen Inks | JetPensI recently revived use of my Lamy Safari, telling myself I’d go for 30 days before making any decisions …

Nov 10, 2020: <h1></h1> Apparently I completely missed that this technology was possible: and ink pen whose ink turns colorless under a jet lighter: Frixion from Pilot.All …

Nov 8, 2020: <h1></h1> Each has something to say. The only thing more dangerous than truth is half-truth.

Nov 2, 2020: <h1></h1> Celebrated a birthday recently and the Mrs. got me a card I really took a fancy too …For Gutnis’ sake. :)

Oct 25, 2020: <h1></h1> The Caslon typeface.Originated by William Caslon I (d. 1766) of London, who established the H. W. Caslon & Sons type foundry and played a large …

Oct 18, 2020: Okay, rant time: I’m certainly not the first to hit upon this, nor will I be the last, but for the love of all that is holy, can we agree what A6 is!? …

Oct 17, 2020: Dictionary by Merriam-Webster: America’s most-trusted online dictionary

Oct 16, 2020: And here it is: “The United States of Letterpress” video on Field Notes’ 2020 fall special edition. A great peak into the community and spirit of …

Oct 16, 2020: I’ve recently been inspired by letterpress - like, majorily. I’ve had an affinity for typography, layout, and design for awhile (was the newsletter …

Oct 16, 2020: How to Check and Adjust Bike Disc Brakes

Sep 5, 2020: <h1></h1> St. Teresa, pray for us.

Jul 3, 2020: <h1></h1> “The heart has its reasons that reason knows not.” -Blaise Pascal

Jun 20, 2020: <h1></h1> Encryption technologies have been around for a long time and back in the late 90s early 2000s I thought for sure they’d be more widely integrated into …

Jan 31, 2020: <h1></h1> “Trail mix is really just candy with obstacles.” -Christiana Tosi

Jan 20, 2020: Dreyer’s English is supposed to be quite good (and fun).

Jan 9, 2020: Ooo – pretty Joco. Check out this Behance page: www.behance.net/gallery/3…

Dec 2, 2019: <h1></h1> Ah, the good old days. :)

Dec 1, 2019: <h1></h1> What parent hasn’t experienced this? 😜

Nov 30, 2019: <h1></h1> Interesting poll on where people get their news and which sources they trust.(via Baltimore Sun buff.ly/2Dvnpn9)Poll: Political news via social media …

Nov 20, 2019: <h1></h1> 5 Secrets to the Perfect Cup of Earl Grey TeaI’ve come to really like Earl Grey, and as an occasional special treat its derivative London Fog.Recently …

Sep 16, 2019: <h1></h1> The evolution of expertise. :)(via Peter Wolf)

Jun 30, 2019: <h1></h1> Been awhile since I last checked in on Olafur. This video intros his album released last year, and definitely an aficionado of his style. May have to …

Jun 13, 2019: <h1></h1> I never seem to be able to remember the hierarchy of poker hands, but this graphic (among the many I’ve looked at) clicks the best for me. Gotta tell …

May 31, 2019: <h1></h1> Design for me is not about pandering to luxury buying incentives, but producing orientation- and behavioral-systems for a complex and complicated, yet …

May 28, 2019: <h1></h1> I’ve never seen this Disney movie, but have enjoyed pieces of the soundtrack I’ve heard. Seems the movie ratings aren’t the strongest, but thinking …

May 16, 2019: <h1></h1> A female athlete explains why pregnancy should not be treated as an injury under sports endorsement contracts, and asks Nike to ‘dream big’ that women …

May 6, 2019: <h1></h1> China bid to birth baby boom a bust“There’s just one problem: Now, most people don’t want to have more than one child anymore.“Raising a child just …

Apr 27, 2019: <h1></h1> The future of Spain: five parties, two modelsA short breakdown of the five parties vying for votes in tomorrow’s elections in Spain.Bonus reading: One …

Apr 20, 2019: <h1></h1> Although I’ve never seen the movie this song is drawn from, I’ve previously posted a Celine Dion Vegas performance I thought was particularly well …

Mar 23, 2019: “A Million Dreams”, from The Greatest Showman. Saw this movie via stream recently and enjoyed many of the songs, including the above. Going to be …

Feb 9, 2019: <h1></h1> We don’t get to choose the consequences of our actions, only the actions themselves.Yours truly

Feb 2, 2019: Brick and Mortar Retail

Feb 1, 2019: I’ve run across the book a number of times in the last few years, and always in a way that grabbed my attention. Posting here for possible future …

Jan 14, 2019: <h1></h1> To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one’s self. Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.Søren KierkegaardWhich reminds me of another …

Jan 11, 2019: <h1></h1> The man who took no interest in the affairs of state was not a man who minded his own business, but a man who had no business being in Athens at …

Jan 4, 2019: <h1></h1> (via catholicgentleman.net)

Jan 3, 2019: <h1></h1> The eyes are useless when the mind is blind.Unknown (to me)

Jan 1, 2019: <h1></h1> “Hard times come again no more”A reflective hymn-like tune capturing the weariness yet hope that life can sometimes embody.(via mags)

Dec 24, 2018: <h1></h1> We’ve come a long way baby! (Or have we?) ;)

Dec 2, 2018: ”Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)” as sung by Rosemary Clooney, written by Irving Berlin for the movie “White Christmas” Two Christmases ago, …

Nov 26, 2018: Really enjoyed the style and creativity of this cover: turning a pop tune into a retro jazz piece. Ah, for the good ol’ days. ;) Also check out the …

Nov 19, 2018: <h1></h1> So true. :)Lots of other great comics at The Awkward Yeti.

Oct 20, 2018: <h1></h1> The great pumpkin patch, by yours truly. 🎃 It’s been awhile since I last visited one, and the magic’s still there. :)

Oct 5, 2018: I was excited to read about legendary designer Dieter Rams again recently, and also to learn Gary Hustwit has just released a documentary on his life …

Aug 25, 2018: by yours truly

Aug 24, 2018: by yours truly

Aug 14, 2018: Inside Evernote’s brain

Jul 20, 2018: <h1></h1> Deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complicated.—Mister Rogers, as quoted in “Mister Rogers & Me”

Jul 18, 2018: Learn about Shadow now!

Jun 15, 2018: <h1></h1> St. Thomas More Prayer for Good Humor I recently saw the movie, Pope Francis: A Man of His Word in theatre and really enjoyed it. A unique movie …

Jun 11, 2018: LunaPic.com Photo Editor tool

Jun 7, 2018: Apparently “studying” videos are a thing now - kids video themselves studying for test, doing homework, or similar, and other kids watch or have in …

Jun 6, 2018: <h1></h1> When love is robbed of truth, it loses its power.yours truly

Jun 5, 2018: Sometimes brand/story extensions don’t seem to do justice to the characters and live up to the spirit of the original. From the trailer at least, this …

Jun 4, 2018: So, remember that 2D heliocentric solar system model from school? Turns out it should really be a 3D vortex with the sun like a comet dragging the …

Jun 2, 2018: The background behind Ben Rector’s newest album, Magic, scheduled to come out Jun 22. I know I pre-ordered my vinyl with digital download :) …

May 15, 2018: FiftyThree has been finding their way with the Paper app, one I took to early on and have continued to use. My primary attraction to it was that it …

May 14, 2018: Ran into these at a surf shop recently - they’re a brand of silicone rings made for those who find themselves in circumstances that a traditional …

May 1, 2018: A great 7m video on how to play Mexican Train Dominoes. Been wanting to learn how to play this for awhile, and it really is a neat game and has some …

Apr 30, 2018: Proud to say changed out my bike chain over the weekend. A step in my aspirations to become an amateur #bikemechanic. Couple things I learned in the …

Apr 28, 2018: Archival video footage in mint condition from 1911 that has been synchronized to normal speed. It’s equal parts eery and enchanting - you feel like …

Apr 21, 2018: Been continuing to evolve the “there and back again” digital/analog mediums for everyday function. Lately I’ve been experimenting with overall lists …

Mar 25, 2018: Where Have All the Beautiful Women Gone?

Mar 24, 2018: <h1></h1> If you want to understand something, learn to stand under it. If you stand over it, you are “over-standing” (bringing in your preconceptions and …

Mar 18, 2018: 24 Things You Should Know Before Starting A Vinyl Collection

Mar 10, 2018: What a great idea I saw at a friend’s house recently - custom “easel calendars” from Shutterfly. You can use their designs along side your photos, or …

Mar 10, 2018: <h1>22 Rules from The Manual of a Christian Knight</h1> Paraphrased by Abp. Charles Chaput from Erasmus of Rotterdam’s work, ”The Manual of a Christian Knight“: Rule 1: Deepen and increase your faith. Rule …

Mar 7, 2018: CarBargains - Car Buying Service

Jan 25, 2018: Nigel Stanford’s music video, “Automatica: Robots vs. Music”. A great engineering feat, as well as a reflection on the line (or lack thereof) between …

Jan 21, 2018: ”La Concha”, a traditional Mexican pastry. Fluffy and light inside, with mild sugar topping, for a very tasty treat. Read about conchas and more …

Jan 8, 2018: <h1>Winterizing Your Commuter Bike</h1> So I’m gonna make a go at bike commuting this winter, and have been trying to see what may need to be done to my bike to help that be successful. So …

Jan 2, 2018: ”Brand New Day” by Joshua Radin. This song helped me get through a rough year a number of years back, and just recently re-watched the official music …

Jan 1, 2018: 6 Tips for Wearing a Cycling Cap Properly

Dec 31, 2017: Flahute Cycling Cap by Red Dots Cycling. Definition of “Flahute” as provided by Flahute.com: The type of rider who wins races where 125 riders start …

Dec 31, 2017: L’enfer du Nord Winter Cap by Red Dots Cycling. Derivation of the name, as described by Whitstable Printworks: ”First run in 1896, Paris-Roubaix …

Dec 31, 2017: Search Twitter - #capsnothats

Dec 4, 2017: “Seagulls (Stop it Now)”, a bad lip reading. A comically disturbing re-reading of the transformation stage of Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes …

Dec 4, 2017: YouTube

Dec 3, 2017: <h1></h1> Melvin Krazenberg’s Six Laws of Technology1. “Technology is neither good or bad; nor is it neutral.”The impact of a technology depends on its …

Oct 22, 2017: I first ran across this Kickstarter company, Nomatic, last year when I saw their travel bag video last year that was really cool: …

Oct 21, 2017: I tend to key into sound, and my mind tends to mental map its shape to some degree. This video does a really cool job of showing what those shapes …

Oct 20, 2017: Really enjoyed this video by Dr. Rick Rigsby sharing real life wisdom from the wisest person he ever knew, a third grade dropout.Hope you enjoy too.

Sep 26, 2017: Weekend Update: Anthony Crispino

Sep 25, 2017:

Sep 25, 2017: Authentic argument as path to peace - Catholic Bishop Barron at Facebook HQ

Sep 8, 2017: Walt Disney explains his vision for his Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow in 1966, shortly before his death from lung cancer in December of …

Sep 1, 2017: <h1></h1> “They crossed the barrier from the life they lived, to the internal world where myth lives in all of us - and Disney provides the passage.”Ron Suskind …

Aug 28, 2017: Movies are the grown-up version of make-believe. — Random thought that occurred to me today.

Aug 22, 2017: AllPosters.com - The World’s Largest Poster and Print Store!

Aug 21, 2017: Overnight Oatmeal. Apparently it’s a thing - who knew? ;) Recently was introduced to this phenomenon and must say, it’s quite good. :) I’ll definitely …

Aug 18, 2017: Zamzar

Jul 25, 2017: Markdown Cheatsheet

Jul 24, 2017: How to Hold a Baby from Art of Manliness blog post New Dad Survival Guide: The Skillset Also handy. :) (Further reading: The Mindset)

Jul 23, 2017: How to Burp a Baby from Art of Manliness blog post New Dad Survival Guide: The Skillset As a dad of a newborn, this is handy. :)

Jul 8, 2017: Inside the Box.Book shared by Jeff Kinney as large impact on his life. Shares innovation techniques that look for solutions from within the frame of …

Jul 8, 2017: Humor = tragedy + time — shared by Jeff Kinney during interview

May 30, 2017: Okay, so I originally learned iMovie probably around 2005′ish and really got comfortable with it. About five years ago or so they did a complete …

May 29, 2017: Ran across this YouTube channel providing some great commonsense and simple video production tips, from gear to editing to keeping it simple.Will be …

May 25, 2017: Commuter Bike Gear: How to Choose

May 2, 2017: For all you Amazon Prime subscribers out there, I’d recommend checking out “Everything and Nothing” - it’s an excellent layman’s exploration of the …

Apr 18, 2017: by yours truly

Apr 3, 2017: That entertainer of entertainers, the inimitable Topo Gigio, defines a jazz classic, Strangers in the Night.Enjoy …

Feb 3, 2017: <h1>I have a theory: that social media can give us an over-inflated sense of our own opinion.</h1> As much as it claims to be social, it’s really more of a publishing platform. The conventions of “likes”, “re-tweets”, and even replies give all the …

Jan 16, 2017: Got a record this Christmas from Mrs. Claus, and it’s been really neat. Herewith, The Monkees sing Daydream Believer.

Jan 16, 2017: Beauty has want of being desired, and strength has want of being used. — yours truly

Jan 5, 2017: Always had major respect for this guy.

Jan 2, 2017: A scrumptious Nutella latte to close out the year with friends - many thanks.

Sep 23, 2016: Was reminded of Sara Bareilles cover of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which then led me down the path of finding one of her newer tunes: She Used to be …

Jun 14, 2016: The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty and boredom. Those have always been where creative …

Jun 1, 2016: I need to circle back to annotate this more, but suffice it to say, really enjoyed this video by Kirby Ferguson entitled, Everything is a Remix …

May 31, 2016: This is a pretty neat design for a versatile garment bag from the folks at Hook & Albert.They also have an interesting 3-way carry-all, and a …

May 19, 2016: <h1>Everything is a Remix: The Force Awakens</h1> austinkleon: Kirby Ferguson returns to his series on creativity, originality, and copyright, Everything Is A Remix, with an episode on Star Wars: The …

May 12, 2016: (via Tim Ferriss shares how to master any skill by deconstructing it | The Next Web - YouTube)

May 12, 2016: When you thwart what’s real about you in order to keep creating content for financial need, you’re just not gonna make it. You’re not gonna keep …

May 12, 2016: Apparently I’m on a Tim Ferris quote run.(via alyssa)

May 5, 2016: Tim Ferris demonstrates how he uses an Aeropress to make a cup of coffee.

May 3, 2016: Take risks and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It’s that simple. — On Tim Ferris’ desk Also there: “Do one thing …

May 1, 2016: I think I could totally get behind this product – The Slow Watch. It does seem that presentation of time would also shift perception, and trickle over …

Apr 29, 2016: This is one of my favorite songs, and James Smith on Britain’s Got Talent in 2014 sang it in a fresh new way that’s captivating – check it out!

Apr 28, 2016: A humorous reminder that “design” can go too far - it’s not an end in itself. :)Or as Papa Francis said, “It is not enough to seek the beauty of …

Apr 25, 2016: “Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.” -Lord Acton

Apr 18, 2016: Markdown Primer

Apr 9, 2016: Pretty amazing to watch this SpaceX rocket land on such a small platform in the water – quite an engineering feat, and kudos for them sticking to it …

Mar 21, 2016: <h1>9.7″ iPad Pro finally delivers on laptop-replacement</h1> When tablets first came out, everyone was wondering if they could ditch their laptop, but it was a new category of device, not a replacement. Until …

Mar 13, 2016: <h1>Amazon Prime suggestions</h1> Finding a good series to watch on Amazon Prime is a great reward, Over the last couple years, here are ones I’ve enjoyed, and hope you might …

Feb 27, 2016: austinkleon: John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings A good deal of this book is nonsense, which I think Cage himself knew (“I don’t give these …

Feb 25, 2016: I’ve thought about doing this before, but never actually did. I’m glad someone did though, and really enjoyed hearing his tale.James Veitch, sharing …

Feb 22, 2016: I think I’ve linked to this show before, but recently returned to their site to watch more episodes – one of my favorites: Jerry’s meet up with Steve …

Feb 6, 2016: Okay, so I’ve started something I’ve tried various attempts at, and so far really like how’s it working out – I purchased Day One v2 for iOS a week …

Feb 2, 2016: <h1>Want to learn to draw? Try these two books</h1> austinkleon: People often ask me to recommend books on drawing. My favorite drawing book is Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book: Make a World: It’s a …

Jan 30, 2016: Sara Bareilles covers Elton John’s, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.This is such a powerful performance.Part of many that were featured in American Voices …

Jan 26, 2016: Ben Rector performs ‘Brand New’ on TODAY

Jan 26, 2016: And now for one of my favorite Pebble apps: “Forecast Weather App” by Nate Bean.Aside from standard weather stuff, this one actually has some added …

Jan 26, 2016: Timeline for Classic Pebbles Arrived!Thanks Pebble for doing this – it breathes even newer life into my Pebble Steel, and I’m continually impressed …

Jan 25, 2016: Bonavita 1-Liter Variable Temperature Digital Electric Gooseneck KettleApparently 205 degrees is the right temperature for coffee. And while boiling …

Jan 24, 2016: Evernote and the Brain: Designing Creativity Workflows - Evernote Blog

Jan 19, 2016: I embrace the idea that there’s a new demystification process going on between the artist and the audience…. I’d like to see what the new construction …

Jan 18, 2016: dannielle: offbeatorbit: “I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached …

Jan 8, 2016: <h1>Don't discard. Keep all your pieces in play.</h1> austinkleon: austinkleon: I’ve been thinking about that Margaret Atwood quote I posted, “You’re supposed to do one thing. If you do more than that, …

Jan 7, 2016: Raul Esparza sings Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.I know there’s been a lot of covers of this song. I just feel like this performance was the first time I …

Jan 6, 2016: 9 Things People With Clean Houses Do Every Day

Jan 5, 2016: Mother and child; by yours truly

Jan 4, 2016: St Helena prays at Bethlehem on the feast of Epiphany to the three kings: ‘Like me, you were late in coming. The shepherds were here long before; even …

Jan 3, 2016: <h1>For you in 2016 . . .</h1> “May God, the source and origin of all blessing, grant you grace, pour out his blessing in abundance, and keep you safe from harm throughout the …

Dec 29, 2015: You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew. — Albert Einstein

Dec 20, 2015: <h1>10 last-minute stocking stuffers for artists and creative types</h1> austinkleon: Here are some of my favorite things that make easy gifts that will work for lots of different people: Journaling kit This is what I …

Nov 27, 2015: Stress and recovery should be our rhythms, and physical interval training can be an excellent tool for improving mental recovery. One of many problems …

Nov 16, 2015: Given the interrelationship between living space and human behavior, those who design buildings, neighborhoods, public spaces and cities, ought to …

Nov 5, 2015: I highly recommend this video – American Voices with Reneé Fleming.In it, she gathers together American vocalists from many different genres for …

Oct 27, 2015: Bad times, hard times - this what people keep saying; but let us live well and times shall be good. We are the times. Such as we are, such are the …

Oct 11, 2015: This has got to be one of the funniest product explanation videos I’ve seen - in it, Kumail Nanjiani explains how the new Jet shopping club works.Side …

Oct 6, 2015: Okay, this is amazing: paper 2.0 with Near Field Computing. Tap the card to load contact details, launch a video call, bring up a playlist, and …

Sep 30, 2015: Okay, so I really like this table. It moves, and yet it’s calming and balanced. It has energy, but is well directed. Now, if only it weren’t …

Sep 29, 2015: Michael Jackson homage by the Bottle Boys – herewith: Billie Jean. Well done, well done indeed. :) (via Chris)

Aug 24, 2015: Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of change. They are shorthand for ways of being, or philosophies of life. Fast is busy, controlling, …

Aug 20, 2015: Cabin Pressure - BBC Radio 4

Aug 10, 2015: “Prayer in C” by Lilly Wood & The Prick.I don’t know what it is about this guitar melody and vocal that is just entrancing. I hit replay many …

Aug 7, 2015: These Planned Parenthood videos speak for themselves. Things like, “If we alter our process, and we’re able to obtain intact fetal cadavers [to …

Aug 6, 2015: Posting just because I like this. :)

Aug 3, 2015: Okay, you may have noticed I’ve been on a Pixar kick lately. ;) In this 27m interview released just over a week ago, Pixar and Disney Animation …

Jul 27, 2015: The art of speaking, without something to say. :)(via Ed)

Jul 27, 2015: <h1>Apple polish wearing off?</h1> I’ve been an Apple user from around 2002 when I got my first iBook. One of the things that drew my to the brand was the seamless digital life that …

Jul 26, 2015: Sometimes you just gotta dance. ;)(via katykelley)

Jul 22, 2015: Uncertainty and change are life’s constants. And that’s the fun part. The truth is, as challenges emerge, mistakes will always be made, and our …

Jul 20, 2015: George Gilder on economy, learning, EFT’s, etc.

Jul 20, 2015: Ryan T. Anderson shares a very articulate 8m recap of why SCOTUS got it wrong on the marriage issue in the Obergefell case.

Jul 20, 2015: John Lasseter dedicating an exhibit on the movie-making of Pixar.In it, he shares three keys to a great film:–A compelling, but unpredictable, …

Jul 19, 2015: We begin life, as children, being open to the ideas of others because we need to be open to learn. Most of what children encounter, after all, are …

Jul 4, 2015: When to Doubt a Scientific Consensus | The Stream

Jun 24, 2015: (via Reason and Emotion - YouTube)

Jun 24, 2015: Andy Greenwald interviews Pete Docter, Director of Pixar’s new movie, Inside Out.Aside from adding to my already keen interest to see this movie, this …

Jun 21, 2015: by yours truly; quote from book entitled Boys to Men

Jun 18, 2015: He says we should stop talking about ‘addiction’ altogether, and instead call it 'bonding.’ A heroin addict has bonded with heroin …

Jun 17, 2015: So here you are. Standing at a place that is ‘Not Amazing’ and you’re trying to get over there to 'Amazing’. There is no shortcut …

Jun 16, 2015: Too much attention on the big, long-term goals and we despise the little daily steps needed to make progress. But too much focus on the granular, and …

Jun 14, 2015: This video has been out for a bit, but wanted to post here: Brene Brown, qualitative researcher, on the importance of vulnerability. So, so …

Jun 1, 2015: austinkleon: How to graciously say no to anyone“There is no money in answering letters.” —Groucho MarxA couple of years ago, I was getting sent this …

May 29, 2015: I’m not fully able to articulate why, but this space is really appealing. Maybe it’s the mixture and good balance of basic materials. There’s both a …

May 28, 2015: Grant Thompson - “The King of Random”

May 28, 2015: I’ve been told that this is a pretty accurate depiction of what ordering coffee in San Francisco is like – not for the uninitiated.(Video by the …

May 25, 2015: The AeroPress – allegedly the bees-knees when it comes to coffee presses, and carrying only a $30 price tag.From the maker of the Superdisc, you know …

May 22, 2015: Scapple, “an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them.”Although I haven’t used it as much …

May 21, 2015: How To Set SMARTER Goals

May 15, 2015: Paper, by the folks over at FiftyThree, was a step forward in blending digital and analog worlds.Looks like they’ve taken another step forward with …

May 14, 2015: What3Words.This is a fascinating idea that solves a global problem and has lots of hidden applications. Creative, simple, and practical. Three words …

May 9, 2015: How is technology habituating our moral horizons? Is it helping or hurting the formation of character? I’m not a technophobe. I think it helps …

May 8, 2015: by Octavio Alburto, taken in Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo.For a great video on how Cabo Pulmo has become the most successful marine reservation in the world, …

May 7, 2015: C: Buenos nachos! B: Hasty bananas! : )

May 4, 2015: For some reason I’ve been curious about bitcoin lately. I watched two documentaries (I thought The Bitcoin Story was pretty good, though short), read …

May 2, 2015: Felt App

Apr 27, 2015: I played this game on Saturday for the first time, and it was a blast! (no pun intended) ;) BANG! was created by Italian game-maker Emiliano Sciarra, …

Apr 19, 2015: You can do anything, but not everything. — by David Allen; shared by Shawn Blanc in his blog post entitled, “No. Times A Thousand”. Reminds of a book …

Apr 8, 2015: A great 3m vid about what our e-mail would look like in real life – fun watch. :) And if you’re serious about making e-mail better, check out …

Mar 23, 2015: <h1>Elizabeth Magpie and the true origins of the board game Monopoly</h1> austinkleon: While the popular legend has been that Charles Darrow invented the board game Monopoly during the depression, its roots go back decades …

Mar 21, 2015: My favorite character from Sesame Street has apparently turned life coach – he says some pretty profound things in here. :) (Btw, if you haven’t seen …

Mar 15, 2015: by yours truly

Mar 13, 2015: austinkleon: In this week’s newsletter: 10 things I learned while writing my last book. Great tips.

Mar 7, 2015: hey jen renee: folded notes + love notes, junior-high style

Mar 1, 2015: nonconcept: San Francisco Bay View Residence by McCracken Architects. (Photography: Rien Van Rijthoven)

Feb 19, 2015: This is pretty funny. katykelley: actionjacksonlovesbbq:bookoisseur:apsies:allisonunsupervised:gladtoseayou:Jeff Jackson, a young Democratic NC State …

Feb 18, 2015: Ash Wednesday starts Lent today. If you’re Catholic, I highly encourage you to avail yourself of the great gift that is the Sacrament of Confession, …

Feb 12, 2015: Swipes - Task List made for High Achievers

Feb 4, 2015: sufficientlyantique: The dark and dangerous Mantis Shrimp Officially amazing.

Feb 3, 2015: staff: Don’t let this happen to your internetThe internet belongs to all of us. It’s an open, fair, democratic place that we’ve all helped to create, …

Feb 2, 2015: How to play Cuban dominoes? by 3 Guys from Miami. Great summary of an awesome game. :)

Jan 28, 2015: Marissa Mayer (an ex-Googler and now Yahoo! CEO) interviews Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg of Google about their book: “How Google Works”. Fun …

Jan 24, 2015: Wooowww… (via katykelley)

Jan 23, 2015: <h1>Personal qualities not measure by tests:</h1> katykelley: Creativity Resilience Motivation Curiosity Question Asking Humor Endurance Relatability Enthusiasm Civic-Mindedness Self-Awareness …

Jan 23, 2015: Happiness Hacks: The 10 Most Unexpected Ways to Be Happy

Jan 22, 2015: Being prevented from being born, makes the debates about other rights hypotheticals. — yours truly

Jan 18, 2015: There are houses, and then there’s Ricardo Bofill’s house: a brutalist former cement factory of epic proportions on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain. …

Jan 16, 2015: That you exist…is comfort enough…

Jan 13, 2015: HomeAway. “At HomeAway, our mission is to make every vacation rental in the world available to every traveler in the world through our online …

Jan 12, 2015: by yours truly; the iPhone HDR can produce some neat results

Jan 11, 2015: Choosing Better Work Over More Tools

Jan 10, 2015:

Jan 10, 2015: “As Few Points of Failure as Possible”

Jan 9, 2015: by yours truly

Jan 8, 2015: How to you play Cuban Dominos?

Jan 8, 2015: The only caveat within the sustainability of this trend toward niche product categories is that by living a life surrounded by only the best things …

Jan 6, 2015: Moon on the Water; by yours truly

Jan 5, 2015: Great 24m review of the 2015 Subaru Forester. Gotta say, I recently purchased one (not the XT model featured here) and really like it after a couple …

Jan 4, 2015: B showed this to me a few months back – neat stunt driving tricks with a Subaru WRX I believe. Some of the later tricks are really neat. Enjoy! :)

Jan 3, 2015: The best summer sandal imho: the Chaco Zong. Easy to slip into and kick off, toe loop for great hold and maneuverability, built of rugged materials so …

Jan 1, 2015: by yours truly; with C

Jan 1, 2015: <h1></h1> Another lap around the sun! :) 2015 holds many good things - here we go, and love you C!

Dec 24, 2014: He’s coming! :) (via ayjay)

Dec 17, 2014: Brewer House, Wanaka, New Zealand I like this modern-styled house, because I think it’s different from a lot of the contemporary/minimalist attempts …

Dec 16, 2014: What an excellent presentation style: Hans Roslin tells a story, uses a variety of visuals, integrates emotion, integrates intellect, and shapes …

Dec 15, 2014: Okay, so this is funny. ;p

Dec 10, 2014: What would Christmas be for the last three years without a Pentatonix Christmas cover – herewith, a church hallway version of Silent Night, with the …

Dec 6, 2014:

Dec 6, 2014: suchtango: (via How to Build the World’s Simplest Electric Train | Colossal)

Dec 5, 2014: Perhaps the great struggle of knowing God’s plan for your life is being comfortable not knowing the plan. Maybe our belief in his Providence is made …

Dec 4, 2014: “The Creative Life”, a 9m video by Shawn Blanc as part of his Delight is in the Details kit. He does a good job of capturing essences of the creative …

Dec 4, 2014: And now for some pretty photos… :) (via definitelydope, by Vladimir German)

Dec 2, 2014: I dunno, Austin Kleon has just been hitting all my buttons recently. This post (extended version) is no exception. (via austinkleon)

Dec 1, 2014: I like this idea of keeping a logbook – not a diary, not a journal, but a logbook. Just like on the ships, or weather takers. Seems a good way to …

Nov 30, 2014: Phil Libin’s keynote at the 2014 Evernote Conference. Evernote is trying to change the way people work – which is an audacious goal. But I think …

Nov 29, 2014: For most of history, success meant success at zero-sum games. And in most of them meanness was not a handicap but probably an advantage. That is …

Nov 21, 2014: Remove Yourself from Junk Mail Lists

Nov 21, 2014: austinkleon: That Steve Alibi bird/fart metaphor is here. Ask me anything you can’t Google and vote for my book in the Goodreads Choice Awards!

Nov 20, 2014: SpiderOak | Online File Sharing & Secure Cloud Backup Software

Nov 19, 2014: Stay safe on public Wi-Fi with Cloak

Nov 18, 2014: DuckDuckGo

Nov 17, 2014: Acton University, 10th annual. June 16 - 19, 2015; Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Be inspired to build a free and virtuous society.” This looks like good …

Nov 2, 2014: by yours truly

Oct 12, 2014: Zong Men’s Sandals - School - J103997 - Chaco Sandals

Oct 12, 2014: PICK Program: Love Thinks

Oct 10, 2014: I remember the first time I saw a universal remote - I said, this changes everything. — ;)

Oct 7, 2014: The making of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”. This has been fun to watch. There certainly is a lot of coordination that goes into making a movie. …

Sep 30, 2014: Glif, a tripod mount and stand for smartphones. By Studio Neat. This looks like a great idea, and with a key chain attachment.

Sep 24, 2014: 4 Things NASA can teach you about a good night’s sleep

Sep 22, 2014: <h1></h1> I would venture to say that most of the time God works through the ordinary; God is supernaturally practical. When you scrape your knee as a child, …

Sep 16, 2014: nonconcept: The Willow House, Singapore by GUZ Architects. Yeh, so like a lot of the design elements here. :)

Sep 14, 2014: Part 1 of an interview of Tim Cook by Charlie Rose. Listening to Tim Cook speak at length is very enlightening. A couple of his comments I scribbled …

Sep 9, 2014: umnie: “Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we …

Sep 3, 2014: I enjoy playing sports, but found this funny anyways. ;) Available where quality apparel is sold, online that is.

Aug 30, 2014: by yours truly

Aug 29, 2014: “I’m pretty sure…” This SNL sketch does a laugh-out-loud job parodying this saying. :) (via M)

Aug 15, 2014: I know this is a kid’s song, but it’s so important even as an adult. Thank you…

Aug 14, 2014: Zidisha

Aug 13, 2014:

Aug 12, 2014: by yours truly; thinkin of C

Aug 12, 2014: But beware the false break. Make sure you have a real one. — The New York Times: Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain (via davemorin) This is a great …

Aug 11, 2014:

Aug 11, 2014: Introducing Savings-Led Microfinance | Catholic Relief Services

Aug 10, 2014: History, and personal life, is messy, and rarely, if ever, proceeds by a straight line. It’s an admixture of wheat and chaff, while straining towards …

Aug 8, 2014: Killer Whale versus Great White Shark: who wins? Killer Whale. Really interesting 50m video that goes into the why’s, and provides some neat …

Aug 3, 2014: by yours truly; with C

Jul 29, 2014: ughjxnna: OH MY GOD THIS CARD

Jul 29, 2014: I see a difference between: ‘the dignity of each person demands care for their basic health needs’, and: ‘human rights include life, liberty, …

Jul 28, 2014: Had a cappuccino with C yesterday, and really enjoyed it. I dunno - I may have to get into this coffee thing. :)

Jul 25, 2014: Two “Books” you should check out…

Jul 23, 2014: Withings Activité A Swiss-made, smart watch with responsive glass, running/swimming/walking accelerometer, vibration alarm, sleep monitor, iOS …

Jul 23, 2014: Tricks to Creating a High-Quality Video With Your iPhone | Entrepreneur.com

Jul 22, 2014: What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? — :)

Jul 21, 2014: Carol Dweck - A Study on Praise and Mindsets - YouTube

Jul 21, 2014: by yours truly; with C

Jul 20, 2014: No true vocation starts with “what I want” or “a work I would like to do.” — Fulton J. Sheen (via marylikesbagels)

Jul 19, 2014: Fireworks shot with a GoPro camera strapped to a drone. Funny how perspective changes things. (And how the drone apparently came away unscathed!) :) …

Jul 18, 2014:

Jul 17, 2014: davemorin: JIBO: The World’s First Family Robot

Jul 16, 2014: isaia: samati: skeletales: This is unexpectedly not about make-up haha reblogged before it was even finished. SUPREME 

Jul 16, 2014: sufficientlyantique: Remote physical interaction is the next great thing. Remote operated humanoid robots may be obviated by remote operated surfaces …

Jul 15, 2014: It was said of one of the elders that he persevered in a fast of seventy weeks, eating only once a week. The elder ask God to reveal to him the …

Jul 12, 2014: “There’s a difference between feeling good, and doing good.” From the folks at PovertyCure, an 8m trailer for their 6-part DVD series on how to …

Jul 7, 2014: sds: This pretty much sums up the left.

Jun 23, 2014: Sometimes you just feel like movin’ to the music. :) Dancing to Parov Stelar’s “All Night” (can’t find dancer’s name).

Jun 23, 2014: Just had horchata for the first time this weekend – it was the rice-based, Mexican variety: very good stuff. I think I’ll be having that again! :) …

Jun 21, 2014: homelimag: The Desk Collection by Grovemade via Homeli.co.uk ~ { Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr } Nice lines. Really like the succulent planter. And the …

Jun 20, 2014: One of the things I try to show my students is that historical grounding does not exclude being contemporary. The future is not the opposite of the …

Jun 18, 2014: wondrouspilgrim: Sunset on the Atlantic has the most peculiar light. #assateague Makes me yearn for the beach again.

Jun 6, 2014: I’ve learned that letting go is an active, continuous process. The default assumption is that we want to be interrupted: notifications are enabled, …

Jun 5, 2014: This strikes me as cheating somehow, but the three electric skateboards featured here are neat nonetheless. ;) (via WSJ)

Jun 4, 2014: A great series of pics – really like his style. marvinking: Nagoya to Osaka. 

Jun 4, 2014: Naval Adm. William H. McRaven gives the 2014 commencement address to University of Texas graduates. A great reminder about resilience in life, as …

Jun 3, 2014:

Jun 2, 2014: Commit iPhone app, by Legend. Very simple concept, and simple execution: setup something you want to improve by doing it daily, and confirm you’ve …

May 9, 2014: Bach, “Little” Fugue (G minor, BWV 578) A visual experience. :) I really like how it helps you “see” the music unfolding. And if you’re feeling like a …

May 8, 2014: Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965), 19m. What a great piece, especially the second movement of Psalm 23/Psalm 2, which starts at 3:43, and …

May 2, 2014: I do things like get in a taxi and say, ‘The library, and step on it.’ — David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest (via juliettetang)

May 1, 2014: LIX: The World’s Smallest 3D Printing Pen Lets You Draw in the Air. Check out the vid for more info. (via M)

May 1, 2014: Stop looking for the “right” career, and start looking for a job. Any job. Forget about what you like. Focus on what’s available. Get yourself hired. …

Apr 28, 2014: by yours truly; with C and B

Apr 25, 2014: davidjphooker: 도자기제작과정(종합편) (by 이천시청) To work with our hands…

Apr 18, 2014: Action Kid Movie Vol. 1 – A collection of the shorts. A lot of fun: this is the way it happens in our heads, right? ;) Enjoy! :) (via @joey_b)

Apr 17, 2014: wondrouspilgrim: From the Cherry Blossom Festival last week. #tidalbasin #cherryblossomfestival #washingtonmonument #vscocam Very nice - color cast is …

Apr 16, 2014: A great 10m overview on the key differences between backpacking stoves. Featuring MSR models.

Apr 13, 2014: <h1></h1> What is the sun, except the brightness of your love? What is the moon, except the light of your abiding presence? What is the wind, except your touch …

Apr 12, 2014: I think Spring finally made it. :) by yours truly

Apr 11, 2014: Really enjoying this cover by Ben Rector of the iconic Whitney Houston song, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. He’s got some other fun stuff too on his …

Apr 10, 2014: Rise up, warriors, take your stand at one another’s sides, our feet set wide and rooted like oaks in the ground. …learn to love …

Apr 9, 2014: Short-term File Sharing — Torpedo

Apr 7, 2014: Commit on the App Store on iTunes

Apr 7, 2014: ‘; austinkleon: mlarson: lacienegasmiled: Demo of Beat It composed using only Michael Jackson’s voice As Jackson couldn’t fluently play any …

Mar 28, 2014: ' .Classic Architecture Studies by Chema Pastrana | Posted by CJWHO.com . ; ' .Classic Architecture Studies by Chema Pastrana | Posted by CJWHO.com . …

Mar 22, 2014: New words enable new thoughts. — yours truly; from discussion with B about equipollance, and the connected terms of bijection and surjection

Mar 21, 2014: My analog watches are my reminder that utility exists apart from an internet connection and usefulness doesn’t require the latest software. — Dumb — …

Mar 17, 2014: Believe that this life must be a continual preparation for the next, because we never know the day and the hour of our passing. — Pier Giorgio …

Mar 14, 2014: Can 10,000 hours of practice really make you an expert at anything?… The psychologists reanalyzed data from six previous studies of chess competitions …

Mar 10, 2014: The Three Temptations and the Three Antidotes, by Timothy Cardinal Dolan. Good stuff. And if you’re interested to track his 2m videos the rest of …

Feb 25, 2014: A great exposition of how awesome people are using the iPad to further their activity: whether it be mountaineering, marine biology, Bollywood, stage …

Feb 21, 2014: Interesting insight into illustrator/storyteller Craig Frazier’s creative process. Especially like the reference to the sketching at the beginning as …

Feb 20, 2014: Why Writers Are the Worst Procrastinators - Megan McArdle - The Atlantic

Feb 19, 2014: photojojo: Independent filmmaker Rick Mereki traveled over 38,000 miles to 11 different countries to create this simple one minute video. Sound like …

Feb 19, 2014: austinkleon: Hey friends! My book Show Your Work! is making its way out in the world early — it’s on sale at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powell’s, and …

Feb 4, 2014: “Olympic Skier Julia Mancuso’s Workout” Couple of notes: –Neat shoes; never seen ones like that before. Apparently Nike Studio Wraps. –Keep seeing …

Jan 31, 2014: As history demonstrates, democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism. — JP2, Centesimus Annus, 46

Jan 14, 2014: Gollum Juice

Jan 13, 2014: John Butler plays OCEAN, and releases as a free download to his fans. This is twelve minutes of really talented guitar playing – I promise you’ll …

Jan 12, 2014: Aquaponics – combining aquaculture (raising aquatic animals) with hydroponics (growing plants without soil). This idea has been attractive to me for a …

Jan 10, 2014: Moss Glen Falls, VT by yours truly

Jan 3, 2014: Driving in a Winter Wonderland -yours truly

Dec 31, 2013: Randolph, with C. :)

Dec 25, 2013: Heaven touches earth - Happy are we at his coming!

Dec 20, 2013: Forget setting goals and commit to a process

Dec 19, 2013: <h1>Christmas Snow</h1> I really enjoy snow: it’s a reminder that the right conditions can produce something magical. It’s like a little bit of the invisible becomes visible …

Dec 16, 2013: I’m telling ya, I’m am continually impressed with the folks over at Evernote. I think I may be upgrading to the Premium level soon, and the …

Dec 9, 2013: “Snorbet”, courtesy of B: snow + milk/cream + sugar + vanilla + chocolate chips. Tasty. :)

Dec 8, 2013: Beethoven, Große Fuge (complete, Great Fugue), op. 133, string quartet (animated score) (by smalin)

Dec 5, 2013: Always enjoy watching behind the scenes: how the sausage is made. :) Herewith, some of the voice acting from Disney’s latest animated movie: Frozen. …

Dec 4, 2013: itsbrittanywilmes-blog: I always appreciate your pragmatic and straightforward opinion on working and creating. I’m a creative nonfiction writer …

Dec 1, 2013: Video trailer for Worn Wear, a film about the stories we wear, presented by Patagonia. A response to the Black Friday phenomenon, it’s an invitation …

Nov 28, 2013: First attempt at cranberry sauce from scratch. Came out quite good if I do say so myself, ;) and preparation not as hard as I imagined. Next year may …

Nov 25, 2013: Video: Mandolin Master Chris Thile Plays Bluegrass and Bach | Watch PBS NewsHour Online | PBS Video

Nov 24, 2013: “3 Queens” - a three-minute video about three mothers. Thank you moms. (via sds)

Nov 21, 2013: Your phone needs to be constantly recharged, and you do too. — Jared Lafitte

Nov 19, 2013: This album dropped today: “The Symphony and the Static”. From the artist, Fr. Pontifex: “The idea for “The Symphony and The Static” as a concept …

Nov 19, 2013: by yours truly

Nov 18, 2013: “How Twitter Hijacked My Mind”

Nov 14, 2013: A chameleon credit card, that does membership and gift cards too…all in one. Great idea. And set to ship 2014. (via davemorin) UPDATE: Read an article …

Nov 13, 2013: Are You Happy And In Love? Here’s Why That Makes You So Sad.

Nov 8, 2013: The sound of the waves… …washing, washing, washing against the shores of my soul. The longer I listen, the more I begin to hear them… …until my heart …

Nov 4, 2013: Christ does not die in the noble detachment of the philosopher. He dies in tears. — Joseph Ratzinger, Eschatology (via marylikesbagels)

Nov 4, 2013:

Nov 4, 2013: confessionsofsomeoneanonymous: Man & Woman

Oct 31, 2013: Didn’t get to post this at the time, but Apple’s latest desktop operating system was released recently. And the price is…free. Amazing. OS X Mavericks …

Oct 28, 2013: This was really neat to watch – great job Buckeyes! :) moviescore: The Ohio State marching band did something cinematically awesome this weekend. …

Oct 20, 2013: New personal best too.

Oct 10, 2013: Clutch poverty like a treasure, for only in our emptiness can we be filled. — yours truly

Oct 8, 2013: Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer. — Padre Pio

Oct 5, 2013: Stumbled across this radio show a few months back, and was literally stunned: RadioLab. An entirely different sound, and an entirely different format. …

Oct 4, 2013: www.copyblogger.com/how-austi…

Oct 4, 2013: Message From Your Heart - Kina Grannis I wasn’t aware that this video is what started her music career. I’ve previously linked to another of her songs …

Oct 3, 2013: It can be a challenge to find wallets that aren’t actually bulky by design. The folks over at Bellroy seem to have gotten it right with their line of …

Oct 2, 2013: 53, makers of the award-winning iPad app called Paper, have partnered with the folks at Moleskine, to allow you to print out your digital sketchbooks. …

Oct 1, 2013: “The award-winning author-illustrator–a former architect and junior high school teacher–is perfectly poised to be the Great Explainer of the whirrings …

Sep 30, 2013: If it smells like salad and tastes like salad, there’s still a good chance it’s an organic vegan chocolate chip cookie. — Andy Marsolais…good food for …

Sep 29, 2013: This Guy Writes a Confession Letter to His Daughter with Down Syndrome That Will Break Your Heart in 100 Ways – FaithIt.com

Sep 17, 2013: “Death by Living”Haven’t looked at this book yet, but the trailer sure caught my attention. hilker: sds: You did not choose where to set your feet in …

Sep 14, 2013: Okay, so I’m still on a Pentatonix kick – now enjoying their cover of “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence & The Machines. Highly recommend …

Sep 12, 2013: ;)

Sep 4, 2013: <h1>Progressive Reduction</h1> layervault: I’m very excited to talk about a technique that we’ve started using at LayerVault. We call it Progressive Reduction. Read More

Aug 26, 2013: Happiness is not a destination, it’s a method of travel. — St. John of the Cross

Aug 23, 2013: ayjay: My friend Captain David Ryan, of Sailing Montauk, has many opportunities to take pictures, and as an amazingly talented photographer he can …

Aug 21, 2013: sds: A Man Who Has Saved 1,000 Babies For more info, see WhoWillStand.net. Lord, open our eyes and hearts…

Aug 18, 2013: Okay, so I can’t stop hitting repeat on this vid: Pentatonix sings their arrangement of “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. (singing starts …

Aug 16, 2013: Here we are…at the end of all things…and it’s finally come down to this:…it’s time to do laundry again. — yours truly ;)

Aug 12, 2013: swissmiss | Kindness

Aug 10, 2013: by yours truly

Aug 9, 2013: But this bombardment you’re talking about, that’s a choice you make. If you’re interested by a piece of music, you can miss the next twenty new pieces …

Aug 8, 2013: When we are our own end, we are unfulfilled. Only when we are pointed to something bigger, do we feel our own worth. — thought that occurred to me

Aug 8, 2013: The Truth About Men, Women, Love, and Porn (In 2 minutes and 37 seconds)

Aug 2, 2013: ‘; Audrey Assad has a great talent. Featured here, “Good to Me”, available as a single on iTunes. Hope you enjoy, and thanks again sds for the …

Aug 1, 2013: Yeah, you know those montage scenes in the movies where the character undergoes a transformation?…yeah, there’s no nice soundtrack, it’s not smooth, …

Jul 28, 2013: <h1></h1> There is a thread which runs through the world… from the faintest flap of the moth, to the thunderous clap of the waterfall from the brightest ray of …

Jul 9, 2013: davemorin: Tile - The World’s Largest Lost and Found Okay, new things are possible that weren’t before…with each new discovery, the horizon widens.And …

Jul 6, 2013: Lytro

Jul 5, 2013: The patrimony of four symbolic cities of western civilization—Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, and London—culminated in a fifth iconographic city, …

Jul 2, 2013: davemorin: Adrift (by Simon Christen)

Jul 2, 2013: fuck-yeahcamping: The Kammok Glider is the first ever consumer camping shelter to include built-in rain retention technology. An adjustable suspension …

Jun 28, 2013: “And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of Heaven. And the name of that river was suffering. And I saw the boat …

Jun 28, 2013: Transformers 4 to Prime - Interview with Optimus Prime voice Peter Cullen : Beyond The Trailer (by BeyondTheTrailer)

Jun 26, 2013: Helen Alvare on Windsor

Jun 25, 2013: Australian photographer Mark Tipple has taken some great shots as part of “The Underwater Project”. Get me to the water! :)

Jun 25, 2013: Los Angeles Review of Books - MOOCs And The Future Of The Humanities: A Roundtable (Part 1)

Jun 18, 2013: Kickstarter

Jun 18, 2013: UP: Designed for Everyday Life (by jawbone)

Jun 17, 2013: A Bit Of Fry And Laurie - Critics - YouTube

Jun 11, 2013: The Heart of Jesus is an open Heart… It is a school of Jesus where you come to learn and to know the Heart of Jesus—where the teachers are His Mother …

Jun 8, 2013: “Hey There Delilah” - Plain White T’s - sung by Kurt Schneider (via KurtHugoSchneider)

Jun 7, 2013: A modern day psalm … Josh Garrels - Words Remain Heaven and the earth will pass away But your words all remain And my hands are growing old And weary …

Jun 7, 2013: hilker: “James is a bicycle lover, historian, and collector, and I can almost guarantee no one has ever taken you on quick chronology of bikes with …

Jun 6, 2013: I’m not sure there’s any number of Facebook likes that can replace a hug. — Seth Godin

Jun 4, 2013: Live life with abandon … make others happy … see the beauty. Thank you Zach. (20m video; My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech via soulpancake)

Jun 3, 2013: Five Things I Wish I Knew at 22

May 31, 2013:

May 30, 2013: Online Course Providers Reach Out to Wary Professors - WSJ.com

May 29, 2013: Mailbox - Put Email In Its Place

May 29, 2013: hilker: explore-blog: Daniel Dennett True of science, and almost everything else we do.

May 27, 2013: Our worthiness to possess freedom corresponds to our willingness to fight for it. To the men and women in red, white, and blue…thank you.

May 23, 2013: This new album and music video shoot looks pretty cool – if you’re interested to back this Kickstarter project, just head on over to the page for “The …

May 20, 2013: So glad to see continued innovations in this arena - and just cool stuff, you know. ;) carlboygenius: Printable A3-sized solar cells hit a new …

May 5, 2013: When you are drawing your weapon for the purposes of clearing a room, a SEAL will tell you, “slow is smooth; smooth is fast.” In other words, if you …

May 4, 2013: via A :)

May 3, 2013: Telling the news on Twitter is different than telling the news in a magazine or newspaper. I realize journalists have a difficult job these days. The …

May 2, 2013: sds: www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013… Pull back the veil.‘We shall be the generation that has seen, and has not believed.’ -G.K. …

May 1, 2013: hilker: Hate the fruit, love the bloom. #crabapplessuck #nofilter Okay, now that’s pretty.

Apr 30, 2013: Valedictions

Apr 26, 2013: by yours truly

Apr 19, 2013: Looks like it rained a little overnight … :) (via G)

Apr 17, 2013: Sifteo Cubes. A new type of toy that blurs the boundary between physical and virtual. (by sifteo)

Apr 10, 2013: Race Against the Machine

Apr 8, 2013: Our insistence on disconnecting body and soul has led to many of the difficulties of our times. — thought that occurred to me recently

Mar 29, 2013: Some great remarks about marriage and the recent Supreme Court cases – check it. :) (via Heritage’s Ryan Anderson Debates Marriage on The Blaze by …

Mar 28, 2013: A reminder to focus on the things that last. :) Andrew Peterson & Ben Shive sing Planting Trees. (by Laity Lodge)

Mar 27, 2013: DocumentCloud

Mar 27, 2013: If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless …

Mar 23, 2013: hilker: (via Andrew Peterson | You’ll Find Your Way: A Letter and a Video) For my sons. Beautiful.

Mar 16, 2013: A beautiful video commemorating the historic election of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. (via askthecatholic)

Mar 14, 2013: Amazon’s Kindle Website

Mar 12, 2013: Warby Parker Shop for glasses on the web. Virtual try-on. Have 5 pairs shipped to your house, pick the one you like. $95. So many innovative parts to …

Mar 8, 2013: “Research shows it’s pretty hard to be creative in a quiet space. But, the mix of calm and commotion in an environment like a coffee house is proven …

Mar 2, 2013: Happy birthday Mom! :)

Feb 24, 2013: I am one of those who believe that a human being is not an autonomous construction with no given structure, order, status, or role. I believe that the …

Feb 14, 2013: Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign of Christian service, so that, as we take up battle against spiritual evils, we may …

Feb 13, 2013: Some insightful observations from Cardinal Arinze about the Pope’s recent announcement. (via E, M, and CatholicNewsService)

Feb 5, 2013: by yours truly

Feb 1, 2013: davemorin: Foundation: Dave Morin on Maintaining Genuine Relationships Via Social Networks (by revision3)

Jan 29, 2013: Incorporate beauty into your life. In its varieties of forms. — yours truly :)

Jan 26, 2013: thesciencellama: Acoustic Levitation Using sound waves to levitate individual droplets of solutions containing pharmaceutical drugs and drying them in …

Jan 26, 2013: sufficientlyantique: Fujiyama like you’ve never seen before. Perfect clouds on the perfect mountain. scribkin:bluepueblo:Lenticular Clouds, Mount …

Jan 23, 2013: To know God and to live is one and the same thing. God is life. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession (via marylikesbagels)

Jan 22, 2013: It’s not about fate…it’s about changing fate. — The Observer, from Fringe

Jan 17, 2013: katykelley: How a key works. In case you were curious. Awesome illustration!

Jan 16, 2013: GPS Tracker - Follow Other Phones Using GPS

Jan 12, 2013: When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. In so far as I learn to love my …

Jan 12, 2013:

Jan 12, 2013: Misty Mountains, an extended interpretation from the movie The Hobbit as sung Peter Hollens. I came out singing/humming this song both times I saw the …

Jan 8, 2013: Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands, and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two? — …

Dec 29, 2012: Okay, now to feature the stylus shown in Monday’s video on Paper – The Cosmonaut. I think I first saw this when it had its Kickstarter campaign. It …

Dec 26, 2012: A fun family video set to the tune of Toby Mac’s “Christmas This Year”!

Dec 24, 2012: <h1></h1> He’s here, he’s here! The Christ child has come! the one who is to redeem his people Israel, and usher in a new kingdom. One not made by human hands, …

Dec 24, 2012: Many remain at the foot of the mountain who could ascend to the top. I repeat and ask that you always have courageous thoughts. As a result of them …

Dec 24, 2012: This video announces a feature addition to the iPad app, Paper, by the folks over at FiftyThree. I’m fascinated on a couple different levels: first, …

Dec 23, 2012: For the right key, the door will open. — yours truly

Dec 22, 2012: A sequel to last year’s installment, An Unexpected Christmas by stpaulsartsandmedia gives a glimpse into the prelude to Christ’s coming. Check it out …

Dec 21, 2012: :)

Dec 19, 2012: Mpix

Dec 18, 2012: The Sketchnote Handbook by Designer Mike Rohde “The Sketchnote Handbook is a fully-illustrated book and video, designed to teach regular people how to …

Dec 17, 2012: SignUpGenius.com: Free Online Sign Up Forms

Dec 16, 2012: by yours truly

Dec 9, 2012: The Sketchnote Handbook - Designer Mike Rohde

Dec 8, 2012: by yours truly

Dec 5, 2012: explore-blog: The Fixer’s Manifesto. Complement with 5 manifestos for the creative life.

Dec 5, 2012: Most of us want too many things. These things are not bad in themselves, but they are too much and they weigh us down. The secret to life, to …

Dec 4, 2012: I was like: I’ve only heard one person play the mandolin like that - Chris Thile. Sure enough, seems like he’s teamed up with a crew of super talented …

Dec 3, 2012: …[T]ime affluence is a better predictor of well-being than material affluence. — Tal Ben Shahar, from No Time for Happiness

Nov 29, 2012: This looks like it could come in handy - moldable silicon which sets at room temperature…hmmm, the possibilities… :) Sugru. (via swissmiss, via …

Nov 28, 2012: Come on snow, come on snow!… :) (via sds, via clubmonaco, Photo by Lee Rentz. -Wit & Delight

Nov 23, 2012: catholicsoul: An open mind is really a mark of foolishness, like an open mouth. Mouths and minds were made to shut; they were made to open only in …

Nov 23, 2012: If all the world were Christian, it might not matter if all the world were uneducated. But, as it is, a cultural life will exist outside the Church …

Nov 21, 2012: Three steps to yumminess. :)

Nov 15, 2012: Um…so…wow…the call of the wild. sds: theimmovabilityoftruth: About as good as you can get without actually being at Yosemite. This is worship.

Nov 14, 2012: by yours truly

Nov 13, 2012: <h1>Surrender Facebook</h1> One of the best reflections I’ve seen on social media. marylikesbagels: I have had a facebook account for about 4 years. Facebook is supposed to be …

Nov 12, 2012: For reflection.

Nov 5, 2012: When actions are robbed of consequence, choices are robbed of significance, and freedom becomes meaningless. — yours truly

Oct 3, 2012: My Tools | Michael Hyatt

Oct 2, 2012: davemorin: The next generation Nest thermostat Okay, so who knew thermostats were the frontier of innovation? :)

Sep 29, 2012: by yours truly

Sep 24, 2012: What a world full of wonder… marylikesbagels: Earth and Space category highly commended: The Milky Way View from the Piton de l’Eau, Reunion Island by …

Sep 20, 2012: marylikesbagels: A spoken-word piece about the Catholic Church’s view on same-sex attraction. He really gets to the heart of the matter, but he packs …

Sep 17, 2012: Early on in this I compared beginning to believe to falling in love, and the way that faith settles down in a life is also very like the way that the …

Sep 15, 2012: Shakesbear (via tastefully…)

Sep 14, 2012: The process in which well-defined and prioritized objectives are broken down into specific states and actions whose progress can be monitored and …

Sep 13, 2012: campfiresmell: doin it right. ~CFS

Sep 12, 2012: Sometimes speeding things up, helps us understand time’s value. Reminds me of something a friend said recently: ‘The days are long, but the years are …

Sep 11, 2012: Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes complete sense in any immediate …

Sep 10, 2012: SCOUT, an iPhone app for location scouting. Okay, so I have no practical or immediate use for this app, but I think it’s cool. :) Somewhere deep down …

Sep 9, 2012: soultips: The reason why we cannot keep our good resolutions is that we count too much on ourselves. - St. John Vianney

Sep 5, 2012: How can you say there are too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers. — Mother Teresa (via weweremade2love)

Aug 29, 2012: clearscience: In explaining why I haven’t been writing more Clear Science posts, I said the “activation energy” was high. That’s a scientific term. …

Aug 13, 2012: African-Americans are aborted at higher rates than

Aug 7, 2012: The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. — G. K. Chesterton

Jul 29, 2012: by A

Jul 26, 2012: It’s almost here, it’s almost here! :) olympics: The Finishing Touches! Workers prepare a London 2012 banner at ExCel on July 24, 2012 in London, …

Jul 25, 2012: Ottorino RESPIGHI “Antiche Danze ed Arie”, third suite, 3. Siciliana, 4. Passacaglia (by wetubemusic)

Jul 25, 2012: thefutureisbuiltofdreams: Design Thinking: ‘devising ways to change existing situations into preferred ones’.This is a really great introduction to …

Jul 23, 2012: soultips: Humanity’s future depends on people who rely on the truth and whose lives are enlightened by lofty moral principles that enable their hearts …

Jul 19, 2012: <h1>Readflow</h1> I dunno why, but the processes people create I find interesting: ayjay: In our exciting and information-rich Internet Age, everyone needs a readflow: …

Jul 17, 2012:

Jul 13, 2012: by yours truly

Jul 12, 2012: Can We Thrive On 7 Hours Of Sleep?

Jul 10, 2012: When we want to walk tall, we’d best get down on our knees. And the minute we think we’re without sin, we’ve just committed the biggest one! — via …

Jul 4, 2012: by yours truly

Jul 3, 2012: photos by your truly, from the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC Fortnight for Freedom. “God Who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a …

Jun 28, 2012: If we’re not willing to suffer for freedom, we don’t deserve it. — thought that occurred to me recently

Jun 28, 2012: Civilizations fail. … When civilizational virtues are eroded from within, people lose the capacity to defend the good things those habits enabled …

Jun 21, 2012: A really solid talk by photographer Zack Arias about being honest with yourself and where you are, and creating out of that honesty – makes for …

Jun 20, 2012: Simon Sinek talks about how to lead people and the role of management. Disclaimer: this is not your typical business management talk.

Jun 17, 2012: by yours truly

Jun 8, 2012: Haven’t actually verified the numbers, but I think there’s a lot of truth to this. (via katykelley, washingtonpoststyle, Health care vs. spending on …

Jun 8, 2012: Accounting Today TV

Jun 5, 2012: Can you say: “Watch out Skype?” This looks like it has the potential to take off. The interesting element is that it has a way for you to discover …

Jun 5, 2012: All that is not given is lost — unknown

May 24, 2012: Always been a fan of this quote…and then there’s the pipe. ;) quotevadis: “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J. R. R. Tolkien, an English writer, …

Apr 24, 2012: If We Feel Too Busy, It’s Probably Due to Having Too Much Free Time

Apr 7, 2012: PASSIONate Love by Patrick and Ben Gotham A great Holy Week meditation as we approach Easter Sunday. …there is no love without sacrifice… (via …

Apr 2, 2012: Enjoy art, but live your life. — yours truly

Mar 31, 2012: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have you ever seen the rain? (by Cerealfreak)

Mar 31, 2012: I bet you’re wondering what Amazon’s warehouses will look like in the near future… no? :) Well, check out the above video anyways, because Amazon just …

Mar 13, 2012: Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have …

Mar 12, 2012: Throwback news item here, mixed with a little video game humor. :)

Mar 11, 2012: Rowan Atkinson - ‘The Conducter’ His conducting skills really help to bring to life this classical piece. :) (via jvujcic)

Mar 10, 2012: Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always …

Mar 10, 2012: The notes are there, we have only to find them. — yours truly

Mar 8, 2012: campfiresmell: word. ~CFS

Feb 20, 2012: To dispel the darkness, you must turn up the light. — yours truly

Feb 12, 2012: Boats don’t tack while they’re standing still. — via J. On moving through life.

Feb 1, 2012: Run Fly Fall, by Paul J. Kim The video will keep you off balance, but the lyrics will drive you deep. Had to close my eyes the second and third time …

Jan 31, 2012: Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. — Charles Mingus, via Ron Baker

Jan 23, 2012: Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

Jan 20, 2012: hilker: emergentfutures: Om Malik - How our Brains respond to Multi-Tasking Link: om.co/2012/01/1… Stop it.

Jan 20, 2012: You know that part in Genesis where God says, ‘it was good’?…I believe him. :) — yours truly

Jan 1, 2012: Khan Academy

Dec 26, 2011: In Your Arms - Kina Grannis (Official Music Video) (by kinagrannis)

Dec 24, 2011: Fun with handmade pierogies for Christmas, with heavy lifting by G. :)

Dec 24, 2011: New Zealand children help us understand the meaning of Christmas. :) (via A)

Dec 23, 2011: Google Maps Easter egg, LOTR-style. :) (via katykelley)

Dec 23, 2011: No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly. — J.R.R. Tolkien (via askthecatholic)

Dec 20, 2011: Only those who are open to love are enveloped in the light of Christmas. If truth were a mere mathematical formula…it would impose itself by its own …

Dec 3, 2011: “Four Expanses” (the subtitle I’d like to give this photo)

Dec 1, 2011: Robin Williams pokes fun at Apple’s Siri assistant for the iPhone 4S - this is funny, and as with all good humor, has an element of truth. Hope you …

Nov 14, 2011: Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent. — Herbert A. Simon, The Sciences of the Artificial (via …

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Oct 26, 2011: The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. — B16 (via wondrouspilgrim)

Oct 21, 2011: More Data Was Transmitted Over the Internet in 2010 Than All Previous Years Combined

Oct 17, 2011: jeffmiller.tumblr.com/post/1149…

Oct 17, 2011: by yours truly And a different type of beauty. :)

Oct 15, 2011: simplehuman: tools for efficient living

Oct 15, 2011: by yours truly I wish I had a faster lens, but hopefully this communicates some of the beauty. Complete with band at the opposite end of the …

Oct 8, 2011: It seems every time I turn around, Ólafur Arnalds is doing something neat. This time, he’s creating and recording a new song every day for a whole …

Oct 7, 2011: As an undergrad I was an art major. Frankly, few of my fellow art majors were talented enough to make a living at it, even after four (or more!) years …

Oct 7, 2011: When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws. — G. K. Chesterton

Oct 5, 2011: Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Oct 4, 2011: hilker: “The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope array in Chile captured this shot of a combined view of the Antennae …

Oct 4, 2011: Okay folks, another leap forward, brought to you by the people at Apple. Siri personal assistant is a ubiquitous voice drive interface to your mobile …

Oct 2, 2011: <h1>Theme change</h1> For all you RSS readers, just updated my tumblelog to a new theme. Feel free to check it out, and let me know what ‘cha think.

Oct 1, 2011: Nobody is against empathy. Nonetheless, it’s insufficient. These days empathy has become a shortcut. It has become a way to experience delicious moral …

Oct 1, 2011: pulmonaire: Descend (by Hengki Koentjoro)

Sep 29, 2011: No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel …

Sep 28, 2011: Sometime it’s good to get a little clarification on these things. ;)

Sep 27, 2011: Animated GIF’s taken to a whole new level. Match a little high-speed photography with photo-masking, and you can get some really neat effects. (via …

Sep 26, 2011: Did Netflix screw up? I don’t think so.

Sep 26, 2011: Ghostery keeps places like Facebook and Google from tracking you

Sep 26, 2011: Want, in the right order. — yours truly

Sep 25, 2011: livejamie: This is a live mash-up from French boy genius Madeon called “Pop Culture.” It’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen done. I have only …

Sep 24, 2011: “Trello. Organize anything, together. “Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you …

Sep 23, 2011: ‘America needs heroes,’ it is sometimes said, a phrase that’s often uttered in a wistful tone, almost cooingly, as if we were talking about a lonely …

Sep 22, 2011: Shower faucets, and how they work. :) Seems especially true of the hotel models. (useful water temperature in green; click thru for bigger version; …

Sep 21, 2011: hilker: Opening Night ‘Projections’. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Kansas City - September 16, 2011 (by Quixotic Fusion) don’t tell me …

Sep 21, 2011: Lightning strikes from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Not sure which is more surreal, reality or fantasy. (via organized-ignorance)

Sep 20, 2011: CUBE Dieter Rams (www.the-black-cube.com) from Andreas Unteidig on Vimeo. I feel like there’s something to learn here…honesty in design, doing more …

Sep 19, 2011: livejamie: This is Gamarjobat, a mohawked Japanese miming/comedy duo

Sep 19, 2011: A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. — John le Carre (via livejamie)

Sep 17, 2011: Mike Dempsey’s Design Business Tips (via swissmiss)

Sep 10, 2011: Better to see something once than to hear about it a hundred times. — Russian saying

Sep 10, 2011: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Sep 9, 2011: The Unintended Consequences of E-Books' Crazy Popularity

Sep 4, 2011: An unbelieving world can make a saint out of almost anybody who dares to be faithful. — Stanley HauerwasResident Aliens: Life in the Christian …

Sep 3, 2011: ‘; A little pop anyone? :) OneRepublic’s Good Life. (surgeon general’s warning: an expletive is in here.) (via utookmycookies)

Sep 2, 2011: Definitely some truth to this. :) (via Social Media Marketing Madness [cartoon])

Sep 1, 2011: Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. — David Starr

Sep 1, 2011: hilker: robotsalsa: zebtronarama: aplacebothwonderfulandstrange: jackmyswagnoir: terezisexual: granfallogna: oh shit watch the fuck out tablets, THIS …

Aug 31, 2011: ' .Bixby . ; ' .Santa Cruz . ; ' .Fort Ord . ; ' .Asilomar . ; ' .Lover's Point . ; ' .Pacific Grove . ; I like these photos, and the sentiments …

Aug 31, 2011: Wow. Nice. hilker: (via Why Is Willie Nelson Covering Coldplay on YouTube?) brilliant. absolutely brilliant.

Aug 22, 2011: “Watching mountains drift by…” :) qliu: Depth Perception xkcd

Aug 22, 2011: TED Talk by Ric Elias on “3 things I learned while my plane crashed”. (One of the passengers aboard the miraculous Manhattan flight.) Helps keep …

Aug 19, 2011: gary: My 2 cents, on Open Forum, about every person here that is in business trying to get attention or % of voice on Twitter.

Aug 19, 2011: Don’t Fear The Internet

Aug 15, 2011: <h1></h1> Her playing was slow, almost stately. Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician. It’s understandable…But how quickly you can …

Aug 15, 2011: Sinek Arts & Business

Aug 3, 2011: Nosh - 404: Page Not Found

Jul 31, 2011: by yours truly

Jul 28, 2011: For those of you under the age of 25, a magazine is a blog made out of trees. — Mike Elgan, golden :)

Jul 27, 2011: Creativity is inefficient. — yours truly

Jul 26, 2011: Simon Sinek really hits home on so many different topics. I want to re-watch this again when I have a chance, but the tag line he assigned is: “if you …

Jul 25, 2011: nationalgeographicdaily: Gecko and Palm Frond Photograph by Lorenzo Menendez A small gecko pokes his head out from between the ridges of a palm leaf. …

Jul 24, 2011: Falling Slowly, by Glen Hansard; sung by Glen Hansard and Market Irglova, from the movie, Once This is one of those movies I missed seeing in …

Jul 18, 2011: When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not …

Jul 17, 2011: LastPass

Jul 16, 2011: <h1>perspicacious</h1> adj. having ready insight into and understanding of things e.g., it offers quite a few fact to the perspicacious reporter from Latin perspicax, …

Jul 13, 2011: Have we even begun to tap the possibilities? davemorin: Revolutionary Books for Kids

Jul 8, 2011: jeffmiller: Kid dancing to Thriller at Safeco field (good quality) (by carlosmarquez2013)

Jul 8, 2011: Ain’t that the truth. (via davemorin, dpstyles, startupquote)

Jul 7, 2011: A number of years ago, G and I joked about getting “How’s my walking?” stickers for our messenger bags. Looks like someone’s taken it to the next …