Michael’s Two Cents

I came across this video on TED.com. It’s a talk by Dr Irwin Redlener on the ever present possibility of nuclear attack. When I was a kid I remember hearing a lot about the threat of nuclear war and what we needed to to survive. Ironically back during the cold war surviving a nuclear war [...]

I was watching this video on TED and discovered the website We Feel Fine. Very cool idea. It searches the world of blogging for words like “I Feel” and then creates an animation that lets you see how the world is feeling, and dig through. Very cool. Check it out for yourself at wefeelfine.org.

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Even if you are not an architect you should watch this. Great ideas for spreading the simple idea of open source code to architecture and just about any idea if you just take a moment to extend it to your work.

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Why is this not on the TV News every night? Oh yeah right, never mind. In any event mark your calendars, host an event, attend an event, just watch the films. This will definitely be interesting, Pangea Day.
What Is Pangea Day?
Pangea Day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions [...]

Have you seen TED? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It began in 1984 as a conference that brought together people from those three worlds. It’s now a much bigger deal and it’s online. At night while coding I’ve been listening to the videos and I must admit not getting much work done but my [...]