Interrelativity: musings about interrelatedness
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Technology-enhanced Vinification
Wine Spectator recently published an article about how my former colleagues at Accenture Technology Labs have deployed wireless sensors to measure “microclimate data such as soil and air temperature and moisture content, rainfall and leaf wetness” over a 30-acre area in Sonoma’s Pickberry Vineyard, which supplies grapes to Ravenswood. I’m reminded of another wireless vineyard…
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The End of Suburbia @ CHAC: Think Global, Live Local
I watched “The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream” last night in the Lower Level of the Capitol Hill Arts Center, preceded by a presentation by Jake Perrine of the Art Institute of Seattle and followed by a discussion led by Eric Magnuson of Bainbridge Graduate Institute [there will…
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Kokopelli Redux?
I’ve joined the ranks of Native American flute players, with my purchase of a High Spirits “Golden Eagle” flute in F# (cedar, with turquoise inlay), after a rather synchronistic series of events. On my way home from a particularly moving Reiki session with Eileen Wurst, I decided to stop by East West Bookshop to look…
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Unemployed Programmers Going Phishing
Chris Arnold reported on “Tips to Avoid Internet Identity Theft, E-Mail Scams” during today’s Morning Edition on NPR. One recent development is organized crime’s growing involvement in such scams, for which unemployed computer programmers are being hired to write code for phishing attacks, “‘spoofed’ e-mails and fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal…
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On Creativity, Cultivated Ignorance and Cool Sheep
Shortly after moblogging the placard “Smile … you are simply amazing” at Zoka, I read a note from Sean, who sent me a link to this inspiring post about creativity by ‘hugh “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards” macleod’. I smiled yet again when I read an elaboration on the first step of…
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A reason to smile at Zoka
This simple placard … and the Kenyacaragua 🙂 [In case the hyperlink to the photo breaks, the caption reads “Smile … you are simply amazing”]
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We, Robots
Mike mentions a New York Times article on “Seeing Double to the Perfect You” that talks about the decreasing differentiation between human and non-human beings. As part of “the relentless, and uniquely American, drive to self-improvement” people are augmenting their bodies, for enhancing either form (e.g., plastic surgery) or function (e.g., pacemakers); a reference to…
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RTFB
I recently read “Blogging Off,” an article by Whitney Pastorek that originally appeared in The Village Voice and was reprinted in the July / August issue of Utne Reader. Whitney presents an amusing analysis of “How Blogs Are Ruining My Life” that includes “No one shows up for events anymore” (they simply post something about…
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Frisbee Wisdom: Life Is Good
I was out walking along the Tolt Pipeline Trail this afternoon with my dog, JoJo, listening to The Ultimate Anti-Career Guide audiobook by Rick Jarow on my new iPod (which I purchased primarily to listen to this 9 & 3/4 hour program, though I think I’ll be downloading more Audible titles … perhaps even some…
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Marc, Lisa & Jason @ Mobile Coffee Unit (@ Street Talk)
Marc Horovitz and Lisa have brought their Mobile Coffee Unit to Street Talk. They are so busy serving up free coffee & conversation, they aren’t able to physically attend the event up here at the Intel Research Berkeley lab. There’s no wireless access outside on the street, so posting this picture is the best solution…