Startups, image recognition, photography, curiosity, #maker, running and travel.
In 1968, Sedaris’s parents had just moved to Raleigh, N.C., and were eating at an oyster bar when the news came that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed. Everyone in the restaurant — except the Sedarises — burst into applause. “Our family hadn’t been in the South very long, and that was … Continue reading Calypso by David Sedaris
I used to read close to a hundred books (not related to work) a year. I haven’t done that in a while. This year I have decided to remedy that by at least committing to reading one book a week (#1bookaweek). I promised myself to start in January, and look here, it is already March. … Continue reading Insomniac City
The 1924 Everest expedition team, with (rear left and second left) Sandy Irvine and George Mallory, whose deaths left an enduring mystery. Photograph: The Times/Camera Press Digital Into the silence is a magnificent account of the British assaults on Everest in the 1920s puts Mallory’s adventures in the context of war and imperialism. It took … Continue reading They didn’t know there were limits on what men could do
Under the Sun, The letters of Bruce Chatwin So we went to San Francisco which is so unlike anything else in the US it doesn’t really bear thinking about. it’s utterly light-weight and sugary with no sense of purpose or depth. The people are overcome with an incurable frivolity whenever they set foot in it. … Continue reading So we went to San Francisco
“Ah, I see,” says George, “reporting for duty. It begins already, your double life.” He smiles and drains his cocktail. “That is what you’re proposing, you realize?” he continues. “A double life. A divided existence, schismatic even. Let me give you a bit of advice about such endeavors: they are even trickier than they look. … Continue reading Double life
The three-pound organ in your skull – with its pink consistency of Jell-o – is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we’ve dreamt of building.” David Eagleman. Continue reading Your brain
“selfish gene” has discovered that the most successful approach is to behave unselfishly. Continue reading Empathy
I am back after a few weeks of surfing, running and a visit to Nicaragua. Photos to come very soon, but you can get started here. Have you ever done a daily mug shot for a year, a few months or weeks? I got curious a while back and started it but quickly dropped it … Continue reading Bye Bye Nicaragua. Hello Toronto. Weekend reading (late)
Dan Pink on the science of motivation – a Ted Talk Born to Run: if you are a runner, run get this book and wiggle your toes at the shoe giants! Startup advice: Evaluating risk and opportunity as a human by Paul Buchheit. Homage to Alan Turing. Continue reading Weekend reading