July 2010
27 posts
Mantra, Tantra and the Art of Beautiful Writing →
Calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing, has a deep history in much of Buddhist Asia. At one level, the art of writing can be an act of merit: repeatedly copying sutras or mantras. It can also…
There’s no beginning and no end?... →
There’s no beginning and no end? http://bit.ly/bu6mDU The big bang may not explain things as well as “it always was and will be”.
There’s no beginning and no end? http://bit.ly/bu6mDU The big bang may not explain things as well as “it always was and will be”.
African Zen →
Is it possible to make a Soto Zen sangha flourish in a small rural town in Eastern Africa? Apparently, it is. This article describes the dojo of Morogoro town, in rural Tanzania, but also explores…
Tegan and Sara – On Directing →
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics,... →
Scott McCloud’s serious explorations of comic craft, culture and commerce are incredibly insightful and treat comics with the respect they demand. Making Comics is an incredible resource for…
Tearing down the walls between “boy” and “girl” →
If men and women tend towards different strengths and interests, it is due to a complex developmental dance between nature and nurture that leaves ample room to promote non-traditional skills in…
Nick Cave is rewriting the script for The Crow... →
Nick Cave is rewriting the script for The Crow reboot? http://bit.ly/bI2a21
Nick Cave is rewriting the script for The Crow reboot? http://bit.ly/bI2a21
The Experiment and The Practice →
We could all be more skillful at conducting effective change in our lives, and I’ll raise my own hand high if we’re going to count failures in change. Recently I’ve been learning from…
A Very Brief History of Airships →
From the Hindenburg to the Goodyear Blimp, airships have for centuries captured our collective imagination and, in recent years, given lift to the popularity of the steampunk genre. But how much…
Race, Privilege, and Color-Blindness: A White... →
In much the same way that a healthy feminism can only flourish alongside a healthy masculism, i believe that questions of race and racism must be as much of a struggle for whites as it is for anyone…
Speculative Words to Live By →
Great science fiction and fantasy novels don’t just expose us to other worlds and alternate timelines — they expand our minds and give us compass to steer by. Here are our favorite bits of advice…
Aeon Now! – My Clock Explodes →
"Our lives are about development, mutation and the... →
“Our lives are about development, mutation and the possibility of change; that is almost a definition of what life is: change.” — Iain M. Banks
Last.fm Top Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Janelle Monáe Menomena Elastica MC Frontalot Ed Kowalczyk
“Our lives are about development, mutation and the possibility of change; that is almost a definition of what life is: change.” — I M Banks
My transhumanist heart’s a-beating over @JanelleMonae. James Brown, Octavia Butler and Ray Kurzweil channeled through wicked music is fire.
My transhumanist heart’s a-beating over... →
My transhumanist heart’s a-beating over @JanelleMonae. James Brown, Octavia Butler and Ray Kurzweil channeled through wicked music is fire.
Janelle Monae turns rhythm and blues into science... →
She’s deep into futurist Ray Kurzweil and loves Octavia Butler’s writing. But her science fiction stories play out over itchy beats, under a James Brown cape. io9 interviews the unclassifiable…
Janelle Monae – Many Moons →
Kindle Books Outsell Hardcovers →
E-books have hit a significant milestone. In each of the last three months, Amazon reports that sales of books for Kindle have outpaced the sale of hardcover books, and that growth is only…
Last.fm Top Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
Live Black Mountain The Bird and the Bee Menomena Marit Larsen
Scanography: Self Portraits via Scanner! →
Russian duo Timur Akhmetov and Yulia Yukashova … created an online gallery called Face Your Pockets.
The instructions are simple: place your face along with the objects in your bag or…
The weather in Halifax is magnificent and I am out... →
The weather in Halifax is magnificent and I am out walking. Care to join me for a walk?
The weather in Halifax is magnificent and I am out walking. Care to join me for a walk?
MC Frontalot – First World Problem →
June 2010
20 posts
Love and Evolution →
Love was here long before we were. It was here when this universe first exploded into existence. It was here when atoms first began to form molecules. It was here when those molecules first began…
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: free OS that Just Works →
So there you have it: Ubuntu: It Just Works. Install it, spend two weeks wondering where the cutlery drawer is, watch it disappear. Thereafter, only notice it when it does something amazing, like…
I’m still feeling a 5-6 hour walk with my friend... →
I’m still feeling a 5-6 hour walk with my friend Derek from earlier today. Now it’s time for some Tom Cochrane, corn on the cob and Dr. Who.
I have 5 books left to scan and then I will be... →
I have 5 books left to scan and then I will be paperless. It’s glorious.
I’m still feeling a 5-6 hour walk with my friend Derek from earlier today. Now it’s time for some Tom Cochrane, corn on the cob and Dr. Who.
I have 5 books left to scan and then I will be paperless. It’s glorious.
RSS Feed Pillow →
Justin of Chicago’s Craftsquatch handmakes these bold RSS Feed Icon Pillows. They’re $20 at the Boing Boing Bazaar in the Makers Market. As Justin says, “It will certainly aggregate all…
Reading the internet history segment of Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Comics was a wonderful reminder of just how astounding this all is.
Reading the internet history segment of Scott... →
Reading the internet history segment of Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Comics was a wonderful reminder of just how astounding this all is.
A Session with Ken Wilber →
Ken: Well, you can have an integral diet with or without meat. There are numerous reasons to have a meatless diet and many of them are economic, because it takes an enormous amount of grain to feed…
I had a lovely day being driven around the small... →
I had a lovely day being driven around the small towns in this area by @gwen154. Who knew there were multiple flavours of Turkish delight? Lime, blueberry, tangerine?
I had a lovely day being driven around the small towns in this area by @gwen154. Who knew there were multiple flavours of Turkish delight?
MinimalWall →
Your Desktop, simplified. MinimalWall features truly minimal desktop wallpapers with Basic Colors, Mindful Words and Minimal Graphics, for your simplified, disctraction-free computer experience,…
“Girl with Stars in her Hair” series by Gene Guynn →
Gene Guynn has been releasing some images from a new series of paintings he has been working on. This series is entitled “Girl with Stars in her Hair”, and each one is 4? x 6?, graphite with…
Flower Grenades →
Gardening’s gone guerilla - You’ve seen them, you may
have looked away, but you’ve seen them. Those forgotten
areas of the estate, left to fall apart and fall into disrepair.
The municipal…
What Happened to Frozen Truth? →
It is June 2010 and I am retiring the name that my blog has had for more than 7 years. I decided to unify my online identity and I want to bring my writing to my ApolloLemmon.com and Lifestreamer.ca
ThunderCats Ho! http://bit.ly/bNwgis Childhood nostalgia in a major way.
I began reading a Charles de Lint novel, Spirits in the Wires, yesterday and had forgotten how warm and alive his characters and style are.
“What you want you are / You always were” I’m enamored by the new Stars song “Fixed” and am very excited for their new album,
Mucking about with CSS is tedious, but http://lifestreamer.ca is shaping up.
May 2010
113 posts
I’m merging my blog and lifestream to have a single site. It’s going to be messy in my online world for a while.
I’m making a badass vegetable tofu curry. I tasted one mushroom and it burst with flavour. Delicious! #curry
Apollo shared a link: Suffering: The Cliff Notes →
As I continue to practice, I start to see suffering in the attachment and preference of one side or the other. No matter how hard I try to get rid of the unpleasant sensations they continue to…