Jack Kerouac audio

linked via this article: http://www.openculture.com/2013/10/jack-kerouac-allen-ginsberg-margaret-mead-explain-the-meaning-of-beat-in-rare-1950s-audio-clips.html  Thanks OpenCulture!

photo thanks to phawker.com, read Paul Maher's take on a book about Ginsberg/Kerouac correspondence here:

http://www.phawker.com/2010/07/16/books-the-letters-of-kerouac-and-ginsberg/

The Smiths, of course, because The Smiths

Those who know me well know me to be a Smiths fan. The occasion of Morrissey's autobiography is pumping plenty of Smiths bits though the internet. This post is my contribution.







Slate:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/21/the_smiths_best_songs_for_a_new_listener_from_first_album_to_strangeways.html

The book, on Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-MORRISSEY/dp/0141394811

updated, another fun articles in Slate.   Thanks +Slate!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/08/morrissey_autobiography_playlist_every_non_smiths_song_mentioned_in_morrissey.html

yesterday, Mt Diablo

Yesterday we visited Mt Diablo. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Diablo

Is the idea of radical longevity going mainstream?

If I were anywhere near Washington DC in early October I'd attend this event:
http://futuretense.newamerica.net/events/2013/the_future_of_longevity

More people are starting to realize that advances in various health and aging sciences are going to lead to significantly longer lifespans, and, I like this term (new to me) 'healthspans'.  We'll be challenged to adjust our mental models of the world and our place in it as fast as the changes will come. Not to mention the challenges for the existing institutions and mores of our culture.

Here is another related article, from Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/09/four_scenarios_for_our_future_lifespans.html


thanks to http://chinesecalligraphystore.com/free-chinese-symbols/chinese-symbol-for-longevity.html for the image

August 18th, Dogpatch

Sorta recently, nearby...

public safety building

A recent snap, they are making lots of progress.  Maybe I'll add a couple more similar photos soon to compare and contrast.

Sterling on the NSA, Wikileaks, Assange, Manning, Snowden. Oh my.

Bruce Sterling frequently gets to the real point very clearly, and he's outdone himself in this article posted on Medium: https://medium.com/geek-empire-1/a1ebd2b4a0e5

recently, in a city where we used to live

Boston

Earth, from Saturn

There are a lot of things to be in awe of here in the 21st century.

Image Credit: 

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20130722.html#.Ue52GKxzf8I