Sound doesn’t happen outside, around us. True, the sound begins in a person’s throat, or at the meeting point of a hammer and nail, but that’s not where the sound is. Events like these cause vibrations. The vibrations travel through the air, then hit your eardrums. But that isn’t where sound is, either. The eardrum […]
This time of year the grass is usually dry and brittle, worn out after another year of rain, then relentless heat. It makes sounds on feet like stiff yellow straw. But this late summer morning the grass was fluffy shag carpet; soft and comfortable. I crossed the field as if tip-toeing towards my gifts on […]
We all have these little communication devices in our hands most of the day. They’re little extensions of us, of how we communicate. They get their energy from tiny batteries inside them, and we feed these batteries by plugging them into bigger batteries or other larger power sources like a vast array of repluggable umbilical […]
– Facebot 2020 – The boundaries between things – where lines are drawn – that’s where interesting things happen. Think coastlines, weather fronts, and the swirling eddies of freshly poured creamer in coffee; the transition from one aspect to another. These concepts involving dynamics and diversity are extremely fascinating to me. The original idea for […]
The world is changing so fast. We are truly living in the future. I’m not yet 40 years old and in my lifetime alone we’ve gone from one rotary phone per household to a cellular phone in everyone’s pocket – including children! And these aren’t merely long-distance Walkie-Talkies – they’re full-fledged powerful computers with high […]
Sometimes inspiration can be a slow, gradual process involving learning and introspection, but sometimes inspiration can hit like a lightning bolt out of nowhere. I was struck with an almost weirdly intense feeling of love, inspiration, and creativity during our recent family vacation to Disney World. We were at the Avatar area of Animal Kingdom […]
tl;dr: You can enjoy running. Persistence is key. Goals are overrated. Running = meditation = happiness. This post isn’t specifically about weight loss. I admit, the title and pictures are a little click-baity and I’m sorry for that. But, that doesn’t make it untrue. Over the past […]
I’m a hands-on type of person. I loved Lego as a child and even now begin projects by tinkering before ever planning anything out. Theoretical math and esoteric formulas confused me more than they helped explain, even though I know they work and trust them wholeheartedly. Seeing the gears turn, holding the mechanism in hand, […]
There are few things more important than simply being yourself. Doing what makes you happy and following your own path isn’t just staying true to yourself, it’s also important to society and the world as a whole. Every ant in an anthill plays their part. They’re all individuals, but they all contribute their own piece […]
Pixel art, amateur astronomy, emergence, and meaning… Start with a single pixel. A uniform colored square. Simple. Uncomplex. The most basic unit of any digital picture. It is the fundamental particle of virtual imagery, not unlike real world electrons and quarks on the quantum scale. And a rainbow is a sort-of Periodic Table of Picture […]