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John Butler, Ocean, 2012
Posted in: MusicJohn Butler has been playing this song his entire career from busking on streets to stadiums. Like his career it has morphed and changed over time, and like one of his shows is unique each time he plays it. Many artists have ‘signature tunes’ that become canon. This is his. So cool to see a)…
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Ancient Roman Roads Rendered as Modern Subway Maps
Posted in: Lost & FoundFrom Open Culture: Ancient Rome’s System of Roads Visualized in the Style of Modern Subway Maps The Roman Roads of Spain and Portugal Visualized as a Subway Map The Roman Roads of Britain Visualized as a Subway Map It’s hard for me to pinpoint exactly why these appeal to me so much but in part…
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Sun’s Out, Guns Out
In hindsight, probably should’ve covered the ‘guns’ a bit more. Got home today and the sun was shining, it was a balmy 4ºC and the roads were clear so I jumped at the chance to get out for a bike ride and let the cold air clear out my head. When my buddy Andrew and…
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We Are Not the Thinkers of Our Thoughts
From a post over on kottke.org, Tiny Private Mind Motions “Every morning, when I screw the lid onto my steaming thermos of coffee, I think to myself, automatically, the phrase “heat capture.” I have no idea why. I’ve never used that phrase in any other context in my life. And yet I couldn’t stop it…
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“This nonsense of earning a living.”
“We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We…
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Snow, Covered
Posted in: The Fack RanchWas listening to CBC Information Morning Fredericton (yep, good old-fashioned terrestrial radio) a few weeks back and there was a gentleman who emailed in reporting that he had tracked ‘days of snow cover’ in New Brunswick for several years. By ‘days of snow cover’ he meant days after the first snow that sticks, and doesn’t…