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well, except that they're young and beautiful...
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i make no secret of my admiration for christopher hitchens -- just hit my christopher hitchens label on the sidebar to go through the numerous videos and links i've shared over the past 5 years. while i don't always agree with it, his work moves me both intellectually and emotionally and i can't calculate how much it's enriched my life.
in this debate, the first things i noticed was a relative weakness in his voice from the powerful one i'm used to hearing, but as i gradually became accustomed to his words and intonation, it reverted, in my mind's ear, to its usual captivating tone.
as for barry brummett, i sensed a nervousness, which i won't try to interpret except to state that it was there. he was quite interesting and thought provoking himself, a welcome change from hitchens' usual debating antagonists.
although, as i said above, i have embedded very many videos with hitchens over the years, it's been a while and i'm very glad to be able to share this playlist:
in 8 parts.
in this debate, the first things i noticed was a relative weakness in his voice from the powerful one i'm used to hearing, but as i gradually became accustomed to his words and intonation, it reverted, in my mind's ear, to its usual captivating tone.
as for barry brummett, i sensed a nervousness, which i won't try to interpret except to state that it was there. he was quite interesting and thought provoking himself, a welcome change from hitchens' usual debating antagonists.
although, as i said above, i have embedded very many videos with hitchens over the years, it's been a while and i'm very glad to be able to share this playlist:
in 8 parts.
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(edit: sorry for the autoplay)
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this film looks fascinating -- i look forward to seeing it... learning more about what it's saying.
connected the film
connected the film
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richard dawkins, on the NYT.
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spiderman jr. was having lunch with his dad and sister at the table next to mine a few days ago. obviously accustomed to being photographed by his dad, he tried to avoid this paparazzi, yours truly, by hiding behind his chair.
but i got him! yay!
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on track and living dangerously.
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from the ISS -- HD timelapse
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this is jeff han and his multi-touch screen in a video that i embedded on this blog in 2006 . it wowed TED then... and now we have this technology on our everyday devices.
now, in 2011, john underkoffler presents the future of UI, again on TED:
now, in 2011, john underkoffler presents the future of UI, again on TED:
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[pEzume ikologikA]
77 artists, 40 locations around attica -- the greater athens area -- greece, playing ecologically.
του κύκλου τα γυρίσματα που ανεβοκατεβαίνου
και του τροχού που ώρες ψηλά κι ώρες στα βάθη πηαίνου,
και των αρμάτω οι ταραχές, έχθρητες και τα βάρη,
του έρωτα η μπόρεση και της φιλιάς η χάρη,
ετούτα μ'εκινήσασι τη σήμερον ημέρα
ν'αναθιβαλω και να πω τα κάμαν και τα φέρα
τότες μια άγάπη μπιστική στον κόσμο έφανερώθη
κ'εγράφτη μέσα στην καρδιά κι ουδέ ποτέ τση έλειώθη.
και με τιμή ήταν (ήσαν) δυό κορμιά στου πόθου το καμίνι
και κάμωμα πολλά ακριβό σ' έτοιους καιρούς εγίνη
ήκουσες αρετούσα μου τα θλιβερά μαντάτα,
που ό κύρης σου μ' έξόρισε στης ξενιτιάς τη στράτα;
τέσσερεις μέρες μοναχάς μου'δωκε ν'ανιμένω
κι άπόκει να ξενίτευτώ,πολλά μακρά να πηαίνω
και πως να σ' άποχωριστώ και πως να σου μακρύνω
και πως να ζήσω δίχως σου στον ξορισμόν έκείνο;
κατέχω το κι ο κύρης σου γλήγορα σε παντρεύγει
ρηγόπουλο, αφεντόπουλο, σαν έισ' έσύ γυρεύει.
κι ο κύρης όντε βουληθεί και θε να με παντρέψη
και δω πως γάμο κτάσσεται και το γαμπρό γυρέψη,
καλλιά θανάτους εκατό την ώρα θέλω πάρει,
άλλος παρά ο ρωτόκριτος γυναίκα να με πάρη.
παρακαλώ, θυμού καλά, ό,τι σου λέγω τώρα
και γρήγορα μισεύγω σου, μακραίνω από τη χώρα
μα όπου κι αν πάγω, όπου βρεθώ και τον καιρό που ζήσω
τάσσω σου άλλη να μη δω μηδέ ν' ανατρανίσω
καλλιά 'χω εσέ με θάνατο παρ' άλλη με ζωή μου,
για σέναν εγεννήθηκε στον κόσμο το κορμί μου.
τούτο εδώθη σ'ολους μας: ότι κι αν πεθυμούμε,
μ'ολον οπού 'ναι δύσκολον, εύκολο το κρατούμε
κι εύκολα το πιστεύγομε κείνο που μας αρέσει
και κάθα είς σ' τούτο μπορεί να σφάλει και να φταίση.
tα πάθη πια δεν κιλαδεί το πρικαμένο αηδόνι,
αμέ πετά πασίχαρο, μ' άλλα πουλιά σιμώνει.
ετούτ' η αγάπη η μπιστική με τη χαρά ετελειώθη
και πλερωμή στα βάσανα μεγάλη τως εδόθη.
για τούτο οπού 'ναι φρόνιμος , μηδέ χαθή στα πάθη
το ρόδο κι όμορφος αθός γεννάται μες στ' αγκάθι.
και κάθα είς που εδιάβασεν εδά κι ας το κατέχη :
μη χάνεται στον κίνδυνο, μα πάντα ελπίδα άς έχη.
στάλα τη στάλα το νερό το μάρμαρο τρυπάτο
εκείνο που μισεί κανείς γυρίζει κι αγαπάτω.
τα μάτια δεν καλοθωρούν στο μάκρεμα του τόπου
μα πιο καλά και πιο μακριά θωρεί (βλέπει) η καρδιά του ανθρώπου.
απ'οτι κάλλη έχει ο άνθρωπος τα λόγια έχουν τη χάρη
και κάνουσι κάθε καρδιά παρηγοριά να πάρει
για μένα όλα σφάλουσι και πάσιν άνω-κάτω
για με ξαναγεννήθηκε η φύση των πραγμάτων.
για μένα όλα σφάλουσι και πάσιν άνω-κάτω
για με ξαναγεννήθηκε η φύση των πραγμάτων.thank you to my friend, panos, for mailing this to me.
77 artists, 40 locations around attica -- the greater athens area -- greece, playing ecologically.
του κύκλου τα γυρίσματα που ανεβοκατεβαίνου
και του τροχού που ώρες ψηλά κι ώρες στα βάθη πηαίνου,
και των αρμάτω οι ταραχές, έχθρητες και τα βάρη,
του έρωτα η μπόρεση και της φιλιάς η χάρη,
ετούτα μ'εκινήσασι τη σήμερον ημέρα
ν'αναθιβαλω και να πω τα κάμαν και τα φέρα
τότες μια άγάπη μπιστική στον κόσμο έφανερώθη
κ'εγράφτη μέσα στην καρδιά κι ουδέ ποτέ τση έλειώθη.
και με τιμή ήταν (ήσαν) δυό κορμιά στου πόθου το καμίνι
και κάμωμα πολλά ακριβό σ' έτοιους καιρούς εγίνη
ήκουσες αρετούσα μου τα θλιβερά μαντάτα,
που ό κύρης σου μ' έξόρισε στης ξενιτιάς τη στράτα;
τέσσερεις μέρες μοναχάς μου'δωκε ν'ανιμένω
κι άπόκει να ξενίτευτώ,πολλά μακρά να πηαίνω
και πως να σ' άποχωριστώ και πως να σου μακρύνω
και πως να ζήσω δίχως σου στον ξορισμόν έκείνο;
κατέχω το κι ο κύρης σου γλήγορα σε παντρεύγει
ρηγόπουλο, αφεντόπουλο, σαν έισ' έσύ γυρεύει.
κι ο κύρης όντε βουληθεί και θε να με παντρέψη
και δω πως γάμο κτάσσεται και το γαμπρό γυρέψη,
καλλιά θανάτους εκατό την ώρα θέλω πάρει,
άλλος παρά ο ρωτόκριτος γυναίκα να με πάρη.
παρακαλώ, θυμού καλά, ό,τι σου λέγω τώρα
και γρήγορα μισεύγω σου, μακραίνω από τη χώρα
μα όπου κι αν πάγω, όπου βρεθώ και τον καιρό που ζήσω
τάσσω σου άλλη να μη δω μηδέ ν' ανατρανίσω
καλλιά 'χω εσέ με θάνατο παρ' άλλη με ζωή μου,
για σέναν εγεννήθηκε στον κόσμο το κορμί μου.
τούτο εδώθη σ'ολους μας: ότι κι αν πεθυμούμε,
μ'ολον οπού 'ναι δύσκολον, εύκολο το κρατούμε
κι εύκολα το πιστεύγομε κείνο που μας αρέσει
και κάθα είς σ' τούτο μπορεί να σφάλει και να φταίση.
tα πάθη πια δεν κιλαδεί το πρικαμένο αηδόνι,
αμέ πετά πασίχαρο, μ' άλλα πουλιά σιμώνει.
ετούτ' η αγάπη η μπιστική με τη χαρά ετελειώθη
και πλερωμή στα βάσανα μεγάλη τως εδόθη.
για τούτο οπού 'ναι φρόνιμος , μηδέ χαθή στα πάθη
το ρόδο κι όμορφος αθός γεννάται μες στ' αγκάθι.
και κάθα είς που εδιάβασεν εδά κι ας το κατέχη :
μη χάνεται στον κίνδυνο, μα πάντα ελπίδα άς έχη.
στάλα τη στάλα το νερό το μάρμαρο τρυπάτο
εκείνο που μισεί κανείς γυρίζει κι αγαπάτω.
τα μάτια δεν καλοθωρούν στο μάκρεμα του τόπου
μα πιο καλά και πιο μακριά θωρεί (βλέπει) η καρδιά του ανθρώπου.
απ'οτι κάλλη έχει ο άνθρωπος τα λόγια έχουν τη χάρη
και κάνουσι κάθε καρδιά παρηγοριά να πάρει
για μένα όλα σφάλουσι και πάσιν άνω-κάτω
για με ξαναγεννήθηκε η φύση των πραγμάτων.
για μένα όλα σφάλουσι και πάσιν άνω-κάτω
για με ξαναγεννήθηκε η φύση των πραγμάτων.thank you to my friend, panos, for mailing this to me.
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are you still not on google+? is it too lonely and quiet over there and you have no one to talk to?
well, i'm here to make it all better.
i've got 150 invitations for those of you without a google+ profile, just waiting to be snatched up, and an awesome list of atheists/agnostics/nonbelievers/freethinkers/etc. to follow!
after you've posted your picture on your profile, go ahead add yourself to the list. there are new people joining every day!
if you like my blog, you might consider adding me to your circles, too!
well, i'm here to make it all better.
i've got 150 invitations for those of you without a google+ profile, just waiting to be snatched up, and an awesome list of atheists/agnostics/nonbelievers/freethinkers/etc. to follow!
after you've posted your picture on your profile, go ahead add yourself to the list. there are new people joining every day!
if you like my blog, you might consider adding me to your circles, too!
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so cute!
via demetrio's travel pages.
via demetrio's travel pages.
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overcoming your fear of public speaking.
i'm not often nervous at public speaking -- but that's because i teach moderate-sized classes almost daily and mostly know my stuff. i've had the opportunity to speak with larger audiences and a bit of slight nervousness passes quickly -- i mostly end up enjoying the experience.
still, i'm naturally shy and rarely talk when addressing more than 1 person in daily life.
i enjoy sam harris' talks. he seems to speak naturally and his words really do sink in. so i was surprised to read on the friendly atheist that he only recently overcame a lifetime fear of public speaking:
snip
... i am not a born performer. nor am i naturally comfortable standing in front of a group of friends or strangers to deliver a message. however, i have always been someone who had things he wanted to say. this marriage of fear and desire is an unhappy one—and many people are stuck in it.
at the end of my senior year in high school, i learned that i was to be the class valedictorian. i declined the honor. and i managed to get into my thirties without directly confronting my fear of public speaking. at the age of thirty-three, i enrolled in graduate school, where i gave a few scientific presentations while lurking in the shadows of powerpoint. still, it seemed that i might be able to skirt my problem with a little luck—until i began to feel as though a large pit had opened in the center of my life, and i was circling the edge. it was becoming professionally and psychologically impossible to turn away.
the reckoning finally came when i published my first book, the end of faith. suddenly, i was thirty-seven and faced with the prospect of a book tour. i briefly considered avoiding all public appearances and becoming a man of mystery. had i done so, i would still be fairly mysterious, and you probably wouldn’t be reading these words.
i cannot personally attest to most forms of self-overcoming: i don’t know what it is like to recover from addiction, lose a hundred pounds, or fight in a war. i can say from experience, however, that it is possible to change one’s relationship to public speaking.
/snip
i rewatched harris' talk at TED and detected no nervousness. his emotional moment when discussing honor killings was very human and added to the texture of the talk. he connected to the audience, with healthy doses of both poignancy and humor. whatever he had to do to overcome his fear obviously worked. read what he has to say here.
i'm not often nervous at public speaking -- but that's because i teach moderate-sized classes almost daily and mostly know my stuff. i've had the opportunity to speak with larger audiences and a bit of slight nervousness passes quickly -- i mostly end up enjoying the experience.
still, i'm naturally shy and rarely talk when addressing more than 1 person in daily life.
i enjoy sam harris' talks. he seems to speak naturally and his words really do sink in. so i was surprised to read on the friendly atheist that he only recently overcame a lifetime fear of public speaking:
snip
... i am not a born performer. nor am i naturally comfortable standing in front of a group of friends or strangers to deliver a message. however, i have always been someone who had things he wanted to say. this marriage of fear and desire is an unhappy one—and many people are stuck in it.
at the end of my senior year in high school, i learned that i was to be the class valedictorian. i declined the honor. and i managed to get into my thirties without directly confronting my fear of public speaking. at the age of thirty-three, i enrolled in graduate school, where i gave a few scientific presentations while lurking in the shadows of powerpoint. still, it seemed that i might be able to skirt my problem with a little luck—until i began to feel as though a large pit had opened in the center of my life, and i was circling the edge. it was becoming professionally and psychologically impossible to turn away.
the reckoning finally came when i published my first book, the end of faith. suddenly, i was thirty-seven and faced with the prospect of a book tour. i briefly considered avoiding all public appearances and becoming a man of mystery. had i done so, i would still be fairly mysterious, and you probably wouldn’t be reading these words.
i cannot personally attest to most forms of self-overcoming: i don’t know what it is like to recover from addiction, lose a hundred pounds, or fight in a war. i can say from experience, however, that it is possible to change one’s relationship to public speaking.
/snip
i rewatched harris' talk at TED and detected no nervousness. his emotional moment when discussing honor killings was very human and added to the texture of the talk. he connected to the audience, with healthy doses of both poignancy and humor. whatever he had to do to overcome his fear obviously worked. read what he has to say here.
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professor robert winston presents his top ten scientific breakthroughs of the past 50 years.
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by roy zimmerman
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