advent day 5
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...of the moment
It's really awful to see what has happened with a century of people trying to say "THIS dog goes up to ELEVEN"
"I love to take in the good whenever I eat an orange. I have at least two a day, so I get an opportunity to experience this moment often. As I break through the skin, I gently close my eyes and breath in the sweet scent. I hold that pleasure in my mind and think about how I'm the first person ever to see inside this orange and taste its fruit. Although this experience takes less than a minute, it has an enormously positive effect on my mood and energy level. I look forward to it throughout the day."
--Man quoted in "Hardwiring Happiness". The image, especially the part of the privilege of being "the first to see inside", has stuck with me.
Man, all this international McDonalds looks amazing.
blender of love
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advent day 4
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...of the moment
Thinking about the power of mindfulness. It seems greatly empowering to be gatekeeper of one's mind, letting good thoughts hang around and linger and dismissing the distractions and negative ideas. Trying to think of why it scares me a little though, and I realize it's because of past frustrations with people who are very contentedly ensconced in a particularly arbitrary mindset or faith or belief system, and utterly unassailable to logical debate of what they're believing. I... don't want to me one of "them".
http://blog.bignerdranch.com/4428-dont-start-company-kid/ - interesting counterpoint to the usual ra-ra-entrepreneurship thinking.
The dramatic oversimplification of one of the longest studies ever: "Happiness = Love. Full stop."
Playlist November 2013:
Taking over some Java Swing UI code... compared to HTML5/js, it feels SO WEIRD to try and build your nouns via a series of verbs...
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advent day 3
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...of the moment
Do you ever get bogged down with nervousness or small insecurity?
Do you have any tricks or habits that let you find courage?
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advent day 2
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...of the moment
http://www.quora.com/Twitter-IPO-1/How-has-Twitters-UI-changed-over-time/answer/Jackson-Mohsenin Interesting seeing Twitter's design evolution over time, especially the changeover 2008-2009.
"Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue… Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say, Napoleonic times."
--Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse Five
"'You're like an onion--so many layers' 'Yes, but you peel off one layer and you find another very similar layer' -@improvboston Jam"
--http://twitter.com/SteveDelfino
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advent day 1
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...of the moment
It's pretty much a rule that when you are straightening up and come across a hat, you have to wear it for awhile, right? Otherwise I'm wearing this courtesy yarmulke for no reason.
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