This made me cry: many of the folks in it are gone now and they’re incredible dancers. [via Kottke.org]

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For this disabled job seeker, it’s all about networking It’s also all about the sound of his voice: he gets calls from people interested in his resume but his dysarthria scares them away. That’s his (and my) theory anyway. No way to prove it but it makes sense. It would have scared me before I [...]

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Figures in a park My good friend Joy Brown is in China and just finished and installed three of her bronzes in a city park in Shanghai. These are the first of a number of bronzes she’s working on for this and other parks.

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Bullied is a documentary film that chronicles one student’s ordeal at the hands of anti-gay bullies and offers an inspiring message of hope to those fighting harassment today. It can become a cornerstone of anti-bullying efforts in middle and high schools. Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History As one who [...]

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I’ve been collecting quotations for years and figured I’d put my collections online for others to use as they wish. Enjoy these quotations, use the comment form to share any quotations about dogs you don’t find here. My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can’t decide [...]

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Technology Leads More Park Visitors Into Trouble The national parks’ history is full of examples of misguided visitors feeding bears, putting children on buffalos for photos and dipping into geysers despite signs warning of scalding temperatures. But today, as an ever more wired and interconnected public visits the parks in rising numbers — July was [...]

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Even though I’ve had an iPod since they came out and sometimes use mine in my truck, I generally make CD mixes to play in my 2004 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. This morning a CD that I’d left in the truck’s stereo wouldn’t play and wouldn’t eject. In other words it was stuck and the [...]

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Flickr member Jason Travis has photographed a variety of people in and around Atlanta, Georgia and an inventory of what they carry and created a great collection of these diptychs: Persona. Here’s Jason’s Persona self-portrait: Great stuff, beautifully executed.

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Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain As they head down the tight curves the San Juan has carved from ancient sandstone, the travelers will, not surprisingly, unwind, sleep better and lose the nagging feeling to check for a phone in the pocket. But the significance of such changes is a matter of debate [...]

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New York City. Walking along 42nd St. between Grand Central and Times Square the people watching is incredible. Being the (un) street photographer that I am, I looked up instead of across and found the scene a bit less crowded, in fact, quite desolate.

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Now that the JetBlue/Steven Slater incident is almost a week behind us, the fact that the echo chamber of the internet has turned Slater into a folk hero is starting to look like yet another example of social media lynch mobs getting it wrong. As passengers tell their stories it looks like Slater, a seasoned [...]

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iHelp for Autism Though there are other computers designed for children with autism, a growing number of experts say that the iPad is better. It’s cheaper, faster, more versatile, more user-friendly, more portable, more engaging, and infinitely cooler for young people. “I just couldn’t imagine not introducing this to a parent of a child who [...]

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Times newsreader for iPad Wow, this is another fantastic aggregator like Flipboard that allows one to read a variety of feeds on an iPad in a well designed format. The nice thing about Times is that there will be a Macintosh version of it too. I hope they sync with one another… wouldn’t that be [...]

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Interview: Author Susan Orlean on her life with the iPad I’ve been reading Susan Orlean since she started writing for The New Yorker. She really goes into detail on how she integrates these devices (iPad, iPhone, iMac) into her life as a professional writer. [via Daring Fireball]

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My Cooking Diary Hello my name is Sharon Hwang. This is my diary of recipes tried, delicious meals eaten, and things that inspire my cooking. I’m not a chef – I’m a graphic designer, but love to cook and learn new recipes in my small home kitchen in San Francisco. These are the dishes I’ve [...]

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I’ve been collecting quotations for years and figured I’d put my collections online for others to use as they wish. Enjoy these quotations, use the comment form to share any quotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson you don’t find here. More on Ralph Waldo Emerson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make [...]

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Actually, this is my life, sort of. Fascinating ADD support site: TotallyADD.com. Note that some of the videos are slow to completely load but they’re worth waiting for.

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Flipboard Stumbles in Its First Days Flipboard, maybe the first killer app for the iPad has gotten off to a rocky start and I have to say, I’ve been considering getting an iPad just to run it (it looks that good to me). I hope they get over the bumps and succeed, they have a [...]

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New York City. Gary and I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and into Brooklyn, then back across and up Broadway to dinner at 27th St. and then to Times Square and back to Grand Central. New York is a lot of fun to "hike," even on a relatively hot and humid day. Note: I rented [...]

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Macworld iPhone 4 Cover I’ve always thought it would be cool to photograph the cover of Macworld magazine using an iPhone as my camera. When the new iPhone 4 was released with the 5MP camera, the editors at Macworld were excited to see if it could be done. What better way to showcase the phone’s [...]

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