Being married for 35+ years, Johnny Cash & June Carter were inseparable. These two notes, written by Johnny – one on the occasion of her 65th birthday (1994), & the second shortly after her death in 2003 wouldn’t have been around if it was a text message, I guess.
Author: neil
Evil’s architect [Article]
This fascinating examination of the life of Albert Speer, the genius architect of Adolf Hitler’s empire, asks, especially engineers & technicians, is Speer so different from us? “How many of us would be willing to compartmentalize our emotions, suppress our consciences, almost to sell our souls, for the opportunity to work on the grand projects that Speer was involved in? How many of us are so focused on solving a technical problem that we fail to contemplate where that solution might lead?”
Excessive exposure [Article]
Andrew Sullivan, quoting from Melik Kaylan, relives the trauma he faced as a H. I. V positive, gay person.
A Web That Can Entangle And Expose Us All is an alarm over the loss of privacy in the Internet age.
In lhe context of the Environment [Article]
Context is everything, says Charlie Stross, while talking about our fascination about “Saving the planet”. Certain to antagonise the environmental protection types, but the facts he presents are worth considering. And the comments make for spectacular discussion on the theme too. Not to forget the George Carlin rant on the same subject.
Filtered information [TED video]
Think you can get all the information you want on the omniscient Internet? The speaker, Eli Pariser, explains the automatic filters that every single website that you frequent has in place to give you “the best experience”, & the implications. A must watch.
Yawns [Article]
When was the first time you yawned? Apparently, as this article indicates, you begin while still in the womb!
Your life in averages [Article]
Harry S Dent is renowned (or scoffed at, depending on what you think of the man). He presents an interesting research about spending habits over a lifetime. Men’s spending on underwear, apparently, is fascinating everyone.
Gardening Clothes [Article]
The Abbey House Gardens in Wiltshire is drawing attention for its clothing-optional days. Interestingly enough, all the interviewee’s seem to be in their sixties
Chocophiles [News]
Hope for all ye chocophiles – Cadbury develops chocolate that won’t melt at high temperatures.
The Himalayas [Picture]
via Imgur