September 2010
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ATL Tumblers + Tomorrow = Flux?
Are any of the Atlanta Tumblers that happen to follow me going to this Flux thing tomorrow night? I had never heard of it until this morning. It looks pretty sick.
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NY Times: 'Basic Religion Test Stumps Many... →
When researchers surveyed “more than 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions about the Bible, Christianity and other world religions, famous religious figures and the constitutional principles religion in public life,” atheists and agnostics scored the highest.
I wonder if they gave the participants the correct answers in the end. If they did, those ignorant about their own...
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WatchDeparture First; Then Arrival
“A cross-country timelapse of our trip from Seattle, Washington to Memphis, Tennessee.”
At first I thought the scenes were video, but they’re actually photos pieced together. 4,500 images taken over the course of a week to be exact. (rb)
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GOOD: ''Waiting for Superman' a "Mishmash of... →
That said, the film strikes me as a mishmash of contradictions and unsupportable generalizations—even half-truths. And while it may make for a box office splash, its message is oversimplified to the point of being insulting.
Though I have yet to see the film, after watching Oprah’s two shows this past week inspired by it and hearing other people’s comments surrounding it, I’m...
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“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different...”
– Hermann Hesse
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The New Yorker: 'The Face of Facebook' →
This is an incredible piece, written by Jose Antonio Vargas, about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Believe it or not, Zuck opens-up a little bit. Those parts alone are worth the read.
“I remember flying in, driving down 101 in a cab, and passing by all these tech companies like Yahoo!,” he said. His gray T-shirt was emblazoned with the word “hacker.” “I remember thinking, Maybe someday we’ll...
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“One never reaches home… but where paths that have affinity for each other...”
– Hermann Hesse
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