“Religion, uncontaminated by power, can be the source of a great deal of private solace, artistic inspiration, and moral wisdom. But when it gets its hands on the levers of political or social authority, it goes rotten very quickly indeed. The rank stench of oppression wafts from every authoritarian church, chapel, temple, mosque, or synagogue – from every place of worship where the priests have the power to meddle in the social and intellectual lives of their flocks, from every presidential palace or prime ministerial office where civil leaders have to pander to religious ones. My basic objection to religion is not that it isn’t true; I like plenty of things that aren’t true. It’s that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good.”
—Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass (U.K. “Northern Lights”).
October 2008
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September 2008
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On second thought, listening to all the finger pointing of the Congressional Leadership sure sounds pretty spineless.
Google Maps: Burning Man 2006 →
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With my annotations.
Congress grows a spine: film at 11.
Grindin’ through my inbox.
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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
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Spiral Model of Software Development →
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Rather similar to OODA and PDCA.
PDCA →
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Decision making: Plan, Do, Check, Act
OODA Loop →
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Decision making: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act
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It’s fun to watch a Google Tech Talk video while having iTunes play an ambient electronica soundtrack under it.
Cleanin’ up my office.
