A fascinating storof that begins with a squirrel chewing on Andrew Blum’s Internet, and ending in secret switches and sub oceanic cables.
David Blaine fascinates me. I remember when his “Street Magic” special aired on television and I recorded it on VHS tape, watching it over and over again, mesmerized. When his autobiography, Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic, came out five years later, I pored over it in the same fashion, taking in every bit of history…
BEING AUTHENTIC Artist Gregory Manchess has put together what he’s calling “10 Things to Remember About Training” – a list of items dealing with creativity in practice and in theory. You can read the full list here, but I wanted to point out number two on his list: “2. Learn to be authentic. No one…
[vimeo 39051288 w=500 h=281] One Minute Wonder 10 from Present Plus on Vimeo. One Minute Wonders is “a series of video portraits featuring wondrous people telling their personal story in 60 seconds flat. Artists, entrepreneurs, designers, and rain-makers offer insight into their individuality, their motivations, and what really makes them tick. These are the people who…
I came across the following article on pursuing your passions. While I don’t agree with everything Leo Babauta has written (his original article can be found on ZenHabits), I think there are some important points. Here’s the first part of the article: A lot of you are like me — trying to do what you…
I have such incredibly talented friends, and I count myself lucky to know them. The world is truly a better place because of them, and their dedication to their passions. They inspire me to do and to be better. Here are a few things some of my pals have been up to: KIMBERLY MUELLER Kim…
[reposted from My Modern Met] “Last year, over the course of a month and a half, Pixar story artist Emma Coats grabbed the Internet’s attention when she shared some of Pixar’s golden rules of storytelling, via Twitter. They were guidelines that she had learned, that she wanted to pass along to others. There were 22…
Absolutely incredible blog post from Joel Runyon, on meeting the man who invented the first computer. “I’ve always believed that nothing is withheld from us what we have conceived to do. Most people think the opposite – that all things are withheld from them which they have conceived to do and they end up doing nothing.” …
And, in case you missed the Mister Rogers remix, here it is again: