Adrian’s Microblog

Wow. Nice.

hilker:

(via Why Is Willie Nelson Covering Coldplay on YouTube?) brilliant. absolutely brilliant.

“Watching mountains drift by…” :)

qliu:

Depth Perception xkcd

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 things in perspective.

(via TED.com)

gary:

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

Don’t Fear The Internet

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 finger notes is the smallest part of music. The real key is timing. It’s like telling a joke. Anyone can remember the words. Anyone can repeat them. But making someone laugh requires more than that. Telling a joke faster doesn’t make it funnier. As with many things, hesitation is better than hurry.

from Chapter 10 of The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss

Sinek Arts & Business

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by yours truly

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

Creativity is inefficient. — yours truly

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 don’t understand people, you don’t understand business”.

nationalgeographicdaily:

Gecko and Palm Frond Photograph by Lorenzo Menendez A small gecko pokes his head out from between the ridges of a palm leaf. How I ever saw him I will never know.

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 theaters, and want to rent someday. The song above, which won an Oscar, is captivating in a gentle way, nudging the soul towards something lasting.

Hope you enjoy. :)

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 beautiful, I know it is wrong. — R. Buckminster Fuller (via livejamie)

LastPass

adj.

having ready insight into and understanding of things

e.g., it offers quite a few fact to the perspicacious reporter

from Latin perspicax, perspicac- ‘seeing clearly’ + -acious .

derivatives: perspicacity (n.), and perspicaciously (adv.)

A great word: “p” pops, tempo, and utility :)

Have we even begun to tap the possibilities?

davemorin:

Revolutionary Books for Kids

jeffmiller:

Kid dancing to Thriller at Safeco field (good quality) (by carlosmarquez2013)

Ain’t that the truth.

(via davemorin, dpstyles, startupquote)