Dance Dance

This makes me happy.

Trying Software

So I’m trying a new blogging platform for the Mac called Desk.  It took me about 10 minutes to log into this blog because neither the software nor I were smart enough to figure out you need to put “www” in front of kendisbrow.com to get it to recognize the account.  Really?  in 2014?  Can't wait to try and hook up to my work wordpress blogs.

I’ll give the dev a break in that this is a release 1 but a few instructions or smarter software would save him a lot of support headaches. 

More soon.

Twice a Year

OK. Here's something cool. And yes I decided to post twice in 2014. Who knows maybe three times in 2015?

Anti-TED talk

I don't agree completely with this (TED is entertainment - nothing more) but he's got some great points - the idea that a lot of what we do is rearrange the puzzle pieces expecting change and this misses the mark rings true to me. Anyway this is worth 12 minutes of your time.

Ending corruption in Government

Lawrence Lessig has powerful ideas.  If you’re not familiar with him you should be.  Here’s something he’s doing right now to end the role of money in Government.

A more eloquent overview of the Rootstrikers movement can be found below.

Hate Hospitals

For some one who isn't a medical professional nor been sick a day in my life I spend too much time in hospitals.

Who'd of thought?

Love to know why...

 

Scary Stuff

I guess it's never routine.  

Gotta Love These Guys

One of the more coherent arguments for the existence (and our support) of this.

Appearance does not equal character

I had a psychology prof in college that had his hair cut in a "crew cut".  This was in the days when I (and just about everyone else) had a beard and hair down to my shoulders.  My prof, Bob, was a great instructor and became a mentor to me.  We socialized outside of class on a number of occasions.  One day the regular group of us were sitting on a beach outside of Steilacoom Washington just shooting the breeze and I asked Bob why he kept his hair so short when it was so unstylish - didn't he want to display his individuality?  His response was pretty simple:

 "When I was 17 I joined the Marines.  I had slicked back hair and a duck tail (look it up for those of you that don't know what this is).  They immediately shaved our heads and put us all in green uniforms.  When you all look the same real character stands out.  Appearance doesn't correlate with character.  Individuality comes from within."

Meteorite over Russia

I love that a large number of humans now carry video recording devices (in their phones). It enables us to get stuff like this:

Science and Art