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30 Nov 07

“Spirituality is not about solving your problems.” — scribbled on a note card during church last Sunday

28 Nov 07

Warning: Musings about animation work follow. I stumbled on a DVD at Toys ‘R’ Us last week: Disney Christmas collection. For US $10, it has Mickey’s Christmas Carol, Pluto’s Christmas Tree (the one with Chip and Dale), and Small One. I’d never heard of that last. So I popped it in, and watched ’em. Small […]

27 Nov 07

Observe: Charles. An atheist. A realist. If he doesn’t understand it, he doesn’t believe it. He’ll give confusing, complicated concepts the benefit of the doubt—dark matter, quarks—but if something doesn’t make sense to him, he rejects it. If he hears about samurai sacrificing themselves for their lord, believing this will improve their karma in their […]

26 Nov 07

Maybe I’ve been consuming too many Japanese works lately, but I’ve been thinking about the importance of discipline. I mean little daily disciplines. Exercise. Getting to bed on time. “Little” things. They don’t even really add up over time, the way that other habits can. Practice karate every day, and you’ll build an amazing set […]

26 Nov 07

Maybe I’ve been consuming too many Japanese works lately, but I’ve been thinking about the importance of discipline. I mean little daily disciplines. Exercise. Getting to bed on time. “Little” things. They don’t even really add up over time, the way that other habits can. Practice karate every day, and you’ll build an amazing set […]

24 Nov 07

Saw Beowulf today, which was a disappointment and a joy. Joyous to see well-animated fantasy action that managed to stay fairly true to the original story. Disappointing because the story is modernized in ways that annoy me. All the problems in the film are caused by men giving in to their horniness, contrasted with the […]

23 Nov 07

I keep hearing about Twitter, so I decided to try it out. You send one-liners to the service, telling it what you’re up to. You can see other people on there, and watch their updates, which I gather is the real power of the site — seeing exactly who’s doing what, in quasi-realtime. So I’m […]

21 Nov 07

So, anyone of you use del.icio.us? I’ve finally gotten around to setting up my own del.icio.us page, so if anyone’s interested, link me or connect me or whatever it is you do on this site. (I’m also on Facebook, if you’re interested, as BrentNewhall.)

20 Nov 07

A late night, and I stumble upon a blog of hundred-year-old photos, all in startling detail. More candid than I’m used to seeing. These look like real people. People chuckle at private jokes; kids crack grins. And they all worked sixteen hours a day.

19 Nov 07

An interesting point made on the “This Week in Tech” podcast: A billion people in India and China will be joining the internet for the first time in the next few years. And their first exposure to the internet will be on celphones, not desktops or laptops. Imagine the money to be made by celphone […]

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