There’s a discussion raging among classmates of mine about Gay Marriage, and “why does it matter” and so forth.
I have tried to sanitize this site from all political discussion, but I would like to paraphrase a classmate to throw out my position - until gay marriage is legal, straight divorce should be outlawed.
It might even screw up our brains. Neuroscientists have shown that working with your hands exercises different parts of your cerebrum than sitting and cogitating. Ever wonder why Detroit isn’t producing 100-mpg cars? One reason might be that the engineers there spend all their time tinkering with CAD software — developing design concepts in a purely virtual sense. They aren’t ripping open cars to see what’s possible, the way those amateur ultra-mileage Prius hackers do (some of whom, by the way, have modded their hybrids to get 100 mpg).
[From Clive Thompson on How DIYers Just Might Revive American Innovation]
HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, SWERDLOFF DOT COM!
(There are now 88 sign photos in the sign photo gallery at Flickr… submit your own!)
UPDATE: Apparently, Swerdloff dot com is 10 and The Web is 15!
In instant message just now, Ethan’s gone all native amongst the Rhode Islanders.
Ethan: I need to till a big chunk of the front lawn.
Ethan: I intend to farm.
Ethan: food is spendy. I’ll make some.
Ethan: and if the deer eat it all, I’ll eat them instead.
I’ve owned Swerdloff Dot Com for 10 years as of today.
Quite a milestone for me.
Still Soliciting Sign Photos - email them to me!
Pictures from the April 17, 2008 Thursday Night Out are now up and available at Flickr. Flickr Set.
How come I can’t find lots of really good Automator Workflows online?
And so it begins…
Meng, one of my ITP classmates, has an interesting perspective on the ‘08 Olympics.
can you imagine how you’ll feel, if you’ve been working so hard to host a party for your faraway guest kids who you never met before, and 3 days before the party, these guest kids are responding to your invitation, saying “hey, look, we decided to boycott home party”.
[From sUch A mAGic woRld]
UPDATE: I gave this some thought this morning and I’d like to extend the metaphor a little bit - the question as I would pose it is - would you be willing to go to the pat where you knew that the parents were beating the children, but they promised to be on their best behavior when you were at their house, even if you knew they were beating the children because the children had thrown a temper tantrum?
