October 2009
18 posts
WatchThis is a fantastic TED talk (even though it’s 3 years old) by Ken Robinson about how our traditional education system kills, rather than fosters, creativity.
September 2009
10 posts
Portobello / Portobella / Portabella
Do you ever apply computer applications to non-computer activities? Sometimes I subconsciously try to use a photoshop toolbar when I’m painting in real life. Just now I was writing a grocery list on a piece of paper. I was trying to decide if I had spelled ‘portabella’ correctly, but then I realized that spellcheck would have (of course) underlined it in red if I was wrong. ...
LOGJAMMER
Austin has been my home for 2 weeks now. I have three roommates in my temporary abode: my friend, Cory, who I’ve known since middle school, Mark, a 50-something widower-carpenter, and the cockroach I saw crawl behind Cory’s bookshelf last night. When I moved in, Cory informed me of his “2% Theory”. The theory states that, while the majority of the time, Mark seems...
Tamarind: an Indian date (fruit, not love) vs. ...
Cory: What's a 'tamarind?
Me: I think it's a kind of monkey.
Cory: Whaaat?! I really hope you're wrong.
Me: Why?
Cory: Because I drank tamarind juice for lunch today.
me: smell ya later elevator
Kienan: and see you later levitator
me: after a while T-mobile
Kienan: U.S. Cellular.......kbye
