Adrian’s Microblog

campfiresmell:

doin it right. ~CFS

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 short.’

arainert:

From birth to 12 years in 2 min. 45. (by Frans Hofmeester)

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 context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. — Reinhold Niebuhr (via @ronaldbaker)

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 inside, maybe there’s a movie stirring or something. At any rate, it certainly captures my imagination, and I think there may be other uses for it too – now just to figure out what … :)

More details available from their website, and iTunes page.

(by FCTN)

soultips:

The reason why we cannot keep our good resolutions is that we count too much on ourselves. - St. John Vianney

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

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. Imagine something has to go from start to finish. In the plot above, notice how finish is lower than start, meaning it has a lower energy. Things want to have a lower energy, so it’s natural to go from start to finish. But there’s a problem: In order to get from start to finish, it has to go over a hump, which has higher energy than both start and finish. The energy required to go over this hump is called the activation energy. It’s like some extra energy required to get to an overall better (lower energy) state.

Gonna hafta remember this one. ;)

African-Americans are aborted at higher rates than

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. — G. K. Chesterton

by A

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, Great Britain. Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images

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

thefutureisbuiltofdreams:

Design Thinking: ‘devising ways to change existing situations into preferred ones’.This is a really great introduction to design thinking, and contains some gem quotes, such as:—The “making” step combines reflection, imagination, and reflection to expand what we know, and therefore what we can do.—We can’t simply “decide” our way to the future, we have to “design” our way to the future.—Design thinking involves spending time in the “dragon gap” — that unknown space between vision and reality, between what is and what could be.—Good design exhibits virtues: e.g., responsibility, courage, honesty, substance, curiousity, thriftiness, helpfulness, and wit.—To know truth. To make beauty. To do good.—We have to adopt a new management model that has a moral dimension.—True innovations become platforms for progress.I was really struck by the observation that good design exhibits virtues: that what we create should be a reflection of the values we hold dear. How well do we do that? Or for that matter, how well do we know our values? It reminds me of a quote I read in a book recently (more on that at a later date), which said:I am convinced that the pursuit of excellence sincerely undertaken, in even the most humble of legitimate occupations, is a way to encounter the whole truth of the universe—an inchoate search for God. Sirico

Whoa.(via @jasonmblumer; Marty Neumeier’s Innovation Workshop (by holdon67)

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 to love to the point of sacrifice. - Blessed Pope John Paul the Great

I dunno why, but the processes people create I find interesting:

ayjay:

In our exciting and information-rich Internet Age, everyone needs a readflow: a way to get to the things you want or need to read, and then a way to sort through them once you’ve read them. For me, Instapaper is the key to my readflow. My system works especially well on iOS, because the key apps are all hooked to each other.

First, I figure out what I want to read via the web, my Twitter feed, and Google Reader. (On my iPad and iPhone I read my RSS feeds on Reeder; on my Mac I use NetNewsWire.) Anything that looks interesting gets sent to Instapaper.

Then, usually two or three times a day, I visit Instapaper to read all this stuff. If it’s something I want to share with others, I send it to this tumblelog; if it’s something I want to keep for future reference myself, I send it to Pinboard; and if it’s of no particular interest I send it to the trash.

So, basically, I have three inputs to Instapaper and three outputs from it. Simple, yet effective.

by yours truly

Can We Thrive On 7 Hours Of Sleep?

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 @cardinaldolan

by yours truly