Archive for October, 2007

links for 2007-10-29

Kamana Naturalist Training Program – A Wilderness Training Home Study Course
Possible resource for changing life direction. Wilderness Awareness School has home study and regular classes.
(tags: education lifework homestudy tracking naturalist)

Home Study Course in Bird Biology
Another home study course; I already have the book for this. Bird-specific.
(tags: eduation homestudy lifework naturalist birding)

Baja Kayak Tours [...]

links for 2007-10-27

Towelie | Soundboards
(tags: towelie quotes)

links for 2007-10-26

Mary Queen of Scots Skull Watch
Wow, beautiful pocket watch in the form of a decorated skull.
(tags: watch skull skulls jewelry)

Bibliotherapy from Wikipedia
Bibliotherapy is an expressive therapy that uses an individual’s relationship to the content of books and poetry and other written words as therapy. Bibliotherapy is often combined with writing therapy.
(tags: psychology books)

Wrap Art
Interesting ways [...]

links for 2007-10-24

Time to Punch Out? « The Petri Project
(tags: toread work lifework)

In Praise of Piles « The Petri Project
(tags: toread work gtd clutter)

Pumpkin Bread | The Fresh Loaf
Great recipe for pumpkin muffins or bread
(tags: recipe pumpkin bread muffin)

This is my brain on the brain machine

As Maker Faire Austin closed, I got a chance to try the Brain Machine.

The Brain Machine was a featured project in MAKE 10 by Mitch Altman.
I didn’t expect much from the Brain Machine, but I was quite interested, given my recent experiences with meditation, which has been quite different than putting on psychedelic [...]

‘Cause I’ll Be the One With My Heart in My Lap

This must have been an amazing show.

The video quality sucks, I know. But to hear this, outside, at night. Lovely, in the most painful way.
Chimney falls and lovers blaze
Thought that I was young
Now I’ve freezing hands and bloodless veins
As numb as I’ve become
I’m so tired
I wish I was the moon tonight
Last night I [...]

Thunder Mountain Monument

I’m almost done getting all of my vacation photos organized, but here’s an interesting subset of them, from our stop at Thunder Mountain Monument. Here’s a random selection from the set…more details about the monument and photos from our visit are on the Flickr set page

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links for 2007-10-11

La vida de vagabundos americanos (42 fotos) » Curiosidades :: Fotos, videos, cachondeo, humor fresco, todo en Ziza.eS
via Kevin Kelly (http://www.peregrinefund.org/american_falconry.asp), interesting photos of “american vagabonds”.
(tags: art photography)

links for 2007-10-10

Witness for theWho, Exactly? – Dick Cavett – Opinion – New York Times Blog
(tags: lennon ono cavett nixon oped audits)

A Cameo Appearance

We’re back from vacation…more on that later, undoubtedly.
I return to find I’ve made a cameo appearance in a fine film that also features my friends Tony, Mark, Goli, Marc, and Jay. Maybe others.

I also see that Justin and Stephanie are visiting some of our favorite places. We were traversing a route [...]