Adrian’s Microblog

by yours truly

Looks like it rained a little overnight … :)

(via G)

Sifteo Cubes.

A new type of toy that blurs the boundary between physical and virtual.

(by sifteo)

Race Against the Machine

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

Some great remarks about marriage and the recent Supreme Court cases – check it. :)

(via Heritage’s Ryan Anderson Debates Marriage on The Blaze by HeritageFoundation)

A reminder to focus on the things that last. :)

Andrew Peterson & Ben Shive sing Planting Trees.

(by Laity Lodge)

DocumentCloud

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 immensity of the sea. — Antoine de Saint Exupery (via G)

hilker:

(via Andrew Peterson | You’ll Find Your Way: A Letter and a Video) For my sons.

Beautiful.

A beautiful video commemorating the historic election of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. 

(via askthecatholic)

Amazon’s Kindle Website

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 this model – plus the added inspiration of the charitable giving done by the business. Gonna have to watch this again.

(via @WSJ)

“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 to be just what you need to get those creative juices flowing. Our team has delivered the vibe of a coffee shop right to your desktop, which means when your workspace just isn’t quite cutting it, we’ve got you covered. Coffitivity Enough noise to work.”

(via @jasonfried, via Coffitivity - Increase Your Creativity!)

And for a rain-themed site, check out rainymood.com

Happy birthday Mom! :)

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 affirmation of freedom does not imply the negation of limits and that the affirmation of equality does not imply the leveling of differences. I believe that the powers of technology and of the imagination do not require that we forget that being is a gift, that life is prior to all of us, and that it has its own laws.

I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place but without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living, and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words—father, mother, spouse, parents—retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs, or pawns in a power struggle.

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 be armed with weapons of self-restraint. — Collect prayer for Ash Wednesday Mass…powerful stuff.

Some insightful observations from Cardinal Arinze about the Pope’s recent announcement.

(via E, M, and CatholicNewsService)

by yours truly

davemorin:

Foundation: Dave Morin on Maintaining Genuine Relationships Via Social Networks (by revision3)