i have this fantasy…
oh, don’t get exited. it is arguably the most boring fantasy ever .
the report from hell. (absolutely factual, but to be grossly misinterpreted at face value.) e.g.
1. “doubled county population.” small print: for 2 days while hosting RAGBRAI 2008 :P
2. “annual 2008 county grants $ approved exceeded $ approved 2000 – [...]
Archive for July, 2008
heat stroke
July 31, 2008
iowa memes
July 18, 2008
help! i just opened an email which quoted $39234923479237 to produce a short 2-4 min tourism video for october’s iowa tourism conference. time to crack open the planks on the back of the barn and check what memes the good people of iowa have uploaded to the web. here are some of the best i [...]
“tarnation” as citizen journalism
July 17, 2008
hey, we should all do this at one point in our lives: create a non-judgmental “tarnation documentary” on what shaped your being. notes to self:
a) record while immersed in the formative experience. raw is good. but careful about forcing an editing perspective unless you reached the other side of the tunnel
b) don’t use EVERY [...]
its like apples and oranges…
July 15, 2008
“no don’t do it! comparing apples and oranges is wrong!“
WRONG!
*points to the two pictures* see? sometimes the fusion of two different and plain everyday occurances, can create synergy and staying power.
do’s & donuts
July 14, 2008
mhmm, i guess 2 out of 6 ain’t THAT bad :P
winners!
July 13, 2008
just got back from 6 days in the concrete jungle of DC. loved hopscotching the interwoven transportation networks. loved exploring a differentiating industry built around museums. loved getting reacquainted with south african nando’s chicken. but i really, really loved meeting people in my own age bracket that are also developers, also internationally orientated, and holds [...]
so what trumps vanilla beauty?
July 6, 2008
yes, like other woman i have qualms with society’s perceived cookie cutter molds on beauty. but there is something redeeming about the casting of she’s got the look (a tvland show on wannabe mature models). okay 2 things: a) a noteworthy attempt is made to feature a diverse array of beauty, and b) “imperfection” [...]
a philosophy on happiness :)
July 6, 2008
here is another one of my TED favorites. in Barry Schwartz: the paradox of choice, he makes a compelling case that the abundance of choice in today’s western world is actually making us miserable. infinite choice, Schwartz argues, is paralyzing and exhausting to the human psyche. it leads us to set unreasonably high expectations, question [...]
the many faces of development
July 6, 2008
i may not be a computer programing developer, but us old school developers also have our fair share of colorful personalities as celebrated in this cartoon Click twice to read:
If you liked that, you might like this web 2.0 evolution even more: the project cartoon.
