Baked stuffed eggplant I made for mom.
My sister's cello.
My energy-efficient light bulb.
Joy only a mother knows.
The old radio sitting on my grandmother's dresser in her bedroom.
Mango and lime, a perfect combination.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
project365
One of my favorites from my parents' travels, a vain mermaid swinging from the ceiling.
Baked stuffed eggplant I made for mom.
My sister's cello.
My energy-efficient light bulb.
Joy only a mother knows.
The old radio sitting on my grandmother's dresser in her bedroom.
Mango and lime, a perfect combination.
Baked stuffed eggplant I made for mom.
My sister's cello.
My energy-efficient light bulb.
Joy only a mother knows.
The old radio sitting on my grandmother's dresser in her bedroom.
Mango and lime, a perfect combination.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Impressive
Oh man.
This kid has serious dedication, artistic ability, and confident - at the same time it's just plain old hilarious for over four glorious minutes. Even my mom couldn't stop laughing at it.
Superstar.
This kid has serious dedication, artistic ability, and confident - at the same time it's just plain old hilarious for over four glorious minutes. Even my mom couldn't stop laughing at it.
Superstar.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Indigenous Rights (a small victory)
Lightning is striking and we're about to shut off the power switch that includes the router, so this will be brief. The Federal Government announced today that the Native American Tribal Card issued by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to its members is as an acceptable form of identity and citizenship for travel in the Western Hemisphere. This is great because it recognizes - in part - a tribe's sovereignty. Tribal identification often is not an acceptable form of identification or citizenship. Thus, because Native Americans do not have U.S. passports, Native Americans have no acceptable form of identification or citizenship and are not able to travel outside U.S borders.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Sharing the wealth
I found a few cool links and things online today to which I thought I'd direct your attention.
First, Google has an "In-House Philosopher." I want that job. I found this out by listening to a TedTalk by Damon Horowitz. I like to listen to them during the job search-cover letter-resume writing process. You can find the talk here and find out more here.
Next, I found this amazing artist whose work you should check out. He makes art using data, digital technology, and crowdsourcing. Wikipedia says crowdsourcing is "the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a 'crowd'), through an open call." The artist's name is Aaron Koblin.
His work is seriously amazing on both visual and conceptual aesthetic levels. Really. His bio says:
Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies. Aaron's work takes real-world and community generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and technology. He received the National Science foundation's first place award for science visualization and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He made Radiohead's "House of Cards" video and two of his other music video collaborations have been Grammy-nominated. In 2010 Aaron was the Abramowitz Artist in Residence at MIT and currently leads the Data Arts Team in Google’s Creative Lab.
To find out why this post has a "sheep" tag, check out his TedTalk and website.
First, Google has an "In-House Philosopher." I want that job. I found this out by listening to a TedTalk by Damon Horowitz. I like to listen to them during the job search-cover letter-resume writing process. You can find the talk here and find out more here.
Next, I found this amazing artist whose work you should check out. He makes art using data, digital technology, and crowdsourcing. Wikipedia says crowdsourcing is "the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a 'crowd'), through an open call." The artist's name is Aaron Koblin.
His work is seriously amazing on both visual and conceptual aesthetic levels. Really. His bio says:
Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies. Aaron's work takes real-world and community generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and technology. He received the National Science foundation's first place award for science visualization and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He made Radiohead's "House of Cards" video and two of his other music video collaborations have been Grammy-nominated. In 2010 Aaron was the Abramowitz Artist in Residence at MIT and currently leads the Data Arts Team in Google’s Creative Lab.
To find out why this post has a "sheep" tag, check out his TedTalk and website.
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