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(I’m pretty much stealing this post from Walt. I didn’t ask him. Is that a breach of civility?) So the Today show is doing a series called “Is Civility Dead?” Below is the initial segment. Sorry to those outside the US – it’s from Hulu (I couldn’t find it on YouTube). And for those in the US… only available until Sunday. I totally agree with everything in that segment. Did incivility exist before the . . . → Read More: Death of Civility I spent this weekend in a house owned by my family in the mountains. We do this a few times a year. My father’s family had been coming to this area for many years, staying in one of the many cabins in the area before they bought the small house nestled in a valley by a creek. I’ve been coming here since the 1970′s – in other words, all my life. I’ve heard stories for . . . → Read More: The day I was chased by a tree – a lesson viscerally learned “Dude,” (for some reason this conversation frequently begins with “dude”) “you’re the most technical person I know. How can you not even have a cell phone?” This conversation (or a variation focusing on a different piece of technology) comes up in my life with some regularity. It happened again recently. It’s true. I don’t have a cell phone. (Well… technically, there is a cell phone that exists with my name on the account. But my . . . → Read More: The Neo-Luddite Geek Technologist This thing has “inspiring Disney movie” written all over it. Two guys grow up in Cleveland with disabilities, both physical and environmental, join the wrestling team, and become inseparable friends. There’s even a Hollywood ending. The friend who introduced this to me said, “I dare you not to get choked up.” I almost made it. There’s a little more in the related article (which, to me, was slightly more affecting). I said it was . . . → Read More: ESPN goes for the heart – Tuesday TubeWatch …it helps to have good friends to let you know. Earlier today I was sitting at my work computer doing a seemingly endless series of mind-numbingly boring, repetitive tasks. I was annoyed that I couldn’t figure out a better way to do them, I was annoyed that the system wasn’t flexible, and I was annoyed that I even had these tasks to begin with. Both hands were bothering me a bit as a warning to . . . → Read More: When you’re being an idiot… I’m willing to bet that you’ve heard of Jon and Kate Plus 8, even if you don’t watch the TLC program yourself. It’s getting a lot of publicity lately, led by a focus on the potential break-up of their marriage. For any who may not know what it is, a family with a pair of twins followed by sextuplets have invited cameras into their home and lives to follow them around and show what life . . . → Read More: Jon and Kate Plus 8… plus 10 million… minus one For simplicity’s sake, I’m combining the statements of both daughters (currently 4 and 3). Kids: I don’t like much boys. Me: Why don’t you like boys? Kids: I don’t know. Me: Oh. Kids: You’re a boy! We love you! We don’t like any other boys except we love you. And that’s the way it better stay for at least 15 years. Well, another year has come and gone. In just a few hours it’ll be 2009. Lots of people all around the planet are gearing up for some serious, I-can’t-remember-what-I-did-last-night celebrations. Others are having a simpler party with friends at their house. Still others are just settling in at home for a night focused on the ball drop, excitement, and reflection. My wife and I are going to put the kids to bed at their normal . . . → Read More: Mundane New Year’s Eve That’s not a euphemism. I actually felt the earth move last night. We had an 3.4 earthquake at midnight last night, with an epicenter about 5 miles from my house. This is the second earthquake in this area that I’ve been able to feel in the last 15 years. The epicenter for the first one was about a 40-minute drive away, and it felt like a huge truck was driving past my window at about . . . → Read More: I feel the earth move under my feet… Human Brain Transplantation Protocol Approved To Reverse Nerve And Brain Damage This is one of the coolest science pieces I’ve come across ever. You know why brain injury is so bad? Because cells in the brain don’t regenerate. Once you kill them, they’re dead. No healing. Now there’s a workaround on deck. While growing cells in petri dishes has been done for more than a century, this old technique is being applied in ground-breaking new . . . → Read More: Human Brain Regeneration |
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