Wired posted an interesting article on how they are starting totreat battle induced psychological trauma.. Unfortunately, they don't explain the precise role the software plays in the recovery process, so we will have to speculate about that.
My impression is that the psychological trauma has more to do with what you think about what happened to you than what actually happened to you. REvisiting it in VR and developing a different perspective, may be the secret of the treatment. Since they don't tell us, the secret remains a secret.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Monday, August 15, 2005
The soul of genius - W.A. Mozart
"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
High School LT silence broken
I spent a week in Myrtle Beach with 400 high schoolers a couple weeks ago. The conference was supposed to be for them, but it really was great for me. I took notes, I'll have to share more details later.
It was cool to see the next generation learning, working, and playing together. I had the priviledge of going out to talk with stangers about God with Jeremy and Marissa. Both of them did a great job and were really natural talking with them.
More on LT later, I hope.
It was cool to see the next generation learning, working, and playing together. I had the priviledge of going out to talk with stangers about God with Jeremy and Marissa. Both of them did a great job and were really natural talking with them.
More on LT later, I hope.
Snow Sports Injuries
OK, August is a stran=ge time to bring it up but I saw this link and had to pass it on. A site dedicated to snow sports injuries.
Ski-Injury.com also has useful information on injury prevention. For example, expeirence is a great thing for reducing your probability of getting hurt. Just like on motorcycles, snow riders age 16 to 25 are more likely to be injured. Check it out. Maybe you can keep from hurting yourself out on the slopes.
Think snow. Or go to Argentina, Chile, New Zealand or Australia to ski this month.
Ski-Injury.com also has useful information on injury prevention. For example, expeirence is a great thing for reducing your probability of getting hurt. Just like on motorcycles, snow riders age 16 to 25 are more likely to be injured. Check it out. Maybe you can keep from hurting yourself out on the slopes.
Think snow. Or go to Argentina, Chile, New Zealand or Australia to ski this month.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Truman Capote, a skier, who knew?
"I don't like to ski with other people around because I don't want to be conscious of them. Skiing gives me a terrific sense of freedom. I would define freedom as not having to be around other people."
- Truman Capote
from Amazing but True Ski Stories
- Truman Capote
from Amazing but True Ski Stories
How crazy are Tour fans?
As you follow the Tour de France, you see all kinds of pictures. I'd want this set-up if I was waiting on the course for the riders to fly past.
I'd add a beach umbrella, a black box to surround the screen, and a cooler. Then this set-up would be perfect!
Monday, July 11, 2005
Camping thought for the day
How is it that one careless match can start a forest fire,
but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
An updated truism
"Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use
the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks"
. . . unless they're on a Windows PC without virus protection. Then they'll be calling you quite soon to fix it.
. . . unless they're on a Windows PC without virus protection. Then they'll be calling you quite soon to fix it.
Friday, July 08, 2005
WiFi Mooching Ethics and Law
After finally getting my first laptop with WiFi capabilities (a sweet little 12" PowerBook with as much horsepower as my old PowerMac) I had to wait a few days for my refurbed Airport Express WiFi hub to arrive. While I was waiting, I thought I'd check and see what, if any, WiFi networks I could detect from my home.
Well it turns out there are two networks out there. This begged a second question. What are the ethics of accessing someone else's WiFi network? I asked Geo for his expert opinion and he indicated it is a no-no. Even if the network is as wide open as a barn door sans cows.
A few days later I was excited to receive my Airport Express and get connected. It was quite easy to and securing my network was simple, too. Noone will have to resist the temptation to access my network. Thanks Apple! And now thanks, to Mike Potter's timely advice, noone wil be able to see it either.
Well, I bring this whole story up because this topic is covered in a CNet article today, FAQ: WiFi Mooching and the Law . Apparently, there are still a lot of questions that are yet to be answered.
For now, I will steer clear of the mooching and stick to the using the office, home, coffeeshop & hotel WiFi. Or mooching from friends.
Well it turns out there are two networks out there. This begged a second question. What are the ethics of accessing someone else's WiFi network? I asked Geo for his expert opinion and he indicated it is a no-no. Even if the network is as wide open as a barn door sans cows.
A few days later I was excited to receive my Airport Express and get connected. It was quite easy to and securing my network was simple, too. Noone will have to resist the temptation to access my network. Thanks Apple! And now thanks, to Mike Potter's timely advice, noone wil be able to see it either.
Well, I bring this whole story up because this topic is covered in a CNet article today, FAQ: WiFi Mooching and the Law . Apparently, there are still a lot of questions that are yet to be answered.
For now, I will steer clear of the mooching and stick to the using the office, home, coffeeshop & hotel WiFi. Or mooching from friends.
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Enjoying Mars . . .
I've discovered Mars . . .
. . . Mars Hill Church, that is, podcasts in the iTunes Podcast directory. The messages on Genesis 37 & 38, are quite apropos to the current chapter of moi. Food for action.
Go for a boring trestimony. (You'll have to listen to the Genesis 36 message to get it).
If you don't use iTunes, you can get their Podcast feed here.
If that doesn't work for you, try going here.
. . . Mars Hill Church, that is, podcasts in the iTunes Podcast directory. The messages on Genesis 37 & 38, are quite apropos to the current chapter of moi. Food for action.
Go for a boring trestimony. (You'll have to listen to the Genesis 36 message to get it).
If you don't use iTunes, you can get their Podcast feed here.
If that doesn't work for you, try going here.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Crazy Armstrong stats
Can you tell that I'm getting stoked for the Tour de France?
Discovery Channel has several vignettes called "Chasing #7" and the mention that Lance's resting heart rate is 35 BPM, that's 20 lower thank most people's and and his heart is 1/3 larger than the average man's. That's nuts! No wonder he can crank those pedals!
See the vignettes here. (If you click on the pictures at the top you can avoid repeating the advertisement over and over.)
Discovery Channel has several vignettes called "Chasing #7" and the mention that Lance's resting heart rate is 35 BPM, that's 20 lower thank most people's and and his heart is 1/3 larger than the average man's. That's nuts! No wonder he can crank those pedals!
See the vignettes here. (If you click on the pictures at the top you can avoid repeating the advertisement over and over.)
Monday, June 27, 2005
Pros and cons to competitiveness
Lance Armstrong's three axioms:
1. Evaluate everything on a binary scale.
2. Attack rather than defend.
3. Block out the negative.
While these principles make Armstrong a fearsome competitor, they make him an exceedingly difficult human being. Armstrong divides the world into friends and enemies, and while he is brutal toward his enemies (a trait many Americans saw for the first time when, in a meaningless stage of the Tour de France, Armstrong vindictively chased down an Italian rider who was suing Armstrong for defamation), he can be even nastier to his friends."
The complete review of "Lance Armstrong's War".
1. Evaluate everything on a binary scale.
2. Attack rather than defend.
3. Block out the negative.
While these principles make Armstrong a fearsome competitor, they make him an exceedingly difficult human being. Armstrong divides the world into friends and enemies, and while he is brutal toward his enemies (a trait many Americans saw for the first time when, in a meaningless stage of the Tour de France, Armstrong vindictively chased down an Italian rider who was suing Armstrong for defamation), he can be even nastier to his friends."
The complete review of "Lance Armstrong's War".
Shark Attack
Another excellent post by Seth Godin.
Executive summary: The bad news is, we aren't concerned about things in proportion to thier true significance.
For example, more poeple are killed in deer accidents than shark attacks. The worse news is, it's difficult ot change perceptions, too.
Read the enire post here.
Executive summary: The bad news is, we aren't concerned about things in proportion to thier true significance.
For example, more poeple are killed in deer accidents than shark attacks. The worse news is, it's difficult ot change perceptions, too.
Read the enire post here.
Apple's latest innovation
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Top 100 Movie quotes
Check out this list of top 100 movie quotes.
American Film Institute's Top 100 Quotes From U.S. Films
You may know them even if you never saw the movie. One in that category for me was:
36. "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
American Film Institute's Top 100 Quotes From U.S. Films
You may know them even if you never saw the movie. One in that category for me was:
36. "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!", "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Another note on forwarding e-mails.
Friday, June 10, 2005
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