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Lunch Loop
January of 2019 marked 15 years since I first started to commute to work by bike. Commuting to work by bike is something that would/could be a blog category all it’s own. There’s that much to say. I won’t say it here. What commuting to work by bike did end up facilitating was The Lunch…
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All Minus One: Notes
There’s been quite a bit of ugliness down in the States the past few years, particularly on college campuses with ‘deplatforming’ and ‘disinviting’ of speakers, speakers and professors being shouted down, censured or even fired, mostly over free speech issues. A disturbing trend for sure. Professor Jonathan Haidt and others started an organization called the…
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Custom Baltic Birch Apartment Storage
Posted in: Art, Architecture & DesignI am digging the custom cabinetry and millwork in this apartment posted over at dezeen.com, however I think I’m most transfixed by the massive blank wall over the kitchen sink. I can’t decide if it’s genius as it is or begging for something to be hung there. Maybe it’s both, and that’s what makes it…
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Greatest NBA Teams of All Time Illustrated 40 Foot Mural
Posted in: Art, Architecture & DesignI’m not a huge basketball fan, but I do dig illustration, murals and public installations of this sort. Also love a good process video. Timothy Goodman with a slam dunk from free throw line. More photos and the aforementioned process video at designboom.
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On ‘Public Philosophy’
Posted in: Philosophy & ThoughtCame across the beginnings of what so far is a great series of articles on ‘Public philosophy’ over at The Point Magazine by Agnes Callard. In the first article, Is Public Philosophy Good?, Ms. Callard writes: “Recently, there have been rumblings of a Great Escape, one that goes by the name of “Public Philosophy.” Public…
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Neurointerventions Could Hijack the Free Will You Think You Actually Have
Posted in: Science & TechnologyWe aren’t really in control so why worry about neurointerventions? – aeon.co “But I want to suggest that the loss of control that might be delivered by some neurointerventions is not really the issue because we are never actually in control anyway, even though it might seem that we are. The real issue is that…