In a short, funny, data-packed talk at TED U, Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house — looking at real energy numbers, not hype. What choices matter most? Not the ones you think.
Renowned philosopher Slavoj Žižek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving.
RSA Animate – First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
“The proper aim is to try to reconstruct society in such a basis that poverty is impossible and the altruistic virtues have prevented the carrying out of this aim. The worst slaves owners are those who are kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system from being realized by those who suffered from it, and understood by those who contemplated it,” he says, partially quoting Oscar Wilde.
Interesting talk. Watch it if you have the time.
Aug 23
Testing ScribeFire
Found a Safari extension called ScribeFire and I’m testing it. If it really is good, it could be my preferred way of blogging.
I just discovered Apple Safari has extensions. I’m a little late in trying out this feature; it makes me so excited:
(Oh my god Apple Safari has extensions.)
I now feel so 1999 again!
Aug 23
Some server issues
My instance on Rackspace Cloud appears to be having some issues lately. The host machine of my instance went down.
Aug 21
No stereotype bad man
Okay random quote:
You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype bad man in this world. Under normal conditions, everybody is more or less good, or, at least, ordinary. But tempt them, and they may suddenly change. That is what is so frightening about men.
– Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石), Kokoro
Well, I’ve been thinking a bit lately.
Aug 21
Lady Java song
Teaser video for JavaZone 2010 featuring Jenny Skavlan.
LadyJava Music Video for JavaZone (High quality)
Lady Java singing showing love to Oracle Java.