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  • TED Talk: How to buy happiness

    May 1, 2012
    Economics, Psychology

    If this is right, then money can buy happiness. The problem we create for ourselves is spending the money on expensive things we like. Happiness may come through spending money to help others. Look at charity giving statistics by people in the United States. I hope though as people discover things like Kickstarter, people find…

  • Collected Quotes March/April 2012

    April 30, 2012
    Quotes

    My main page on quotes is Quotes to Make You Think. Additional ones can be found under the Quotes tag. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. — Jimi Hendrix Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built…

  • Wise men

    April 27, 2012
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    Wise menOriginally uploaded by Ezra S F Wise men

  • New Page: Teeshirts

    April 25, 2012
    Fashion, Geek / Nerd / Dork

    I added a new page, Teeshirts, to this site. It joins my other pages: Reading, About Me, and Quotes to Make You Think. It documents my teeshirt collection from sites like Thinkgeek, Woot, and Threadless. Yes, I already track my shirts with photos tagged with the term “teeshirt” on Flickr or Teeshirts I Own Pinterest board. Unfortunately, people do not seem…

  • TED Talk: I Share Therefore I Am

    April 24, 2012
    Communication, Psychology

    Human relationships are rich and they are messy and they are demanding and we clean them up with technology. — Sherry Tuckle Technology is the great deceiver. We can use it to craft how we present ourselves to others. Unfortunately, we lose the connections. As a university campus webmaster, I most preferred meeting in person.…

  • Happy Birthday, Shakespeare

    April 23, 2012
    Photography

    William Shakespeare’s bithplace and home in Stratford-Upon-Avon. (Tourist trap) I took this in March 2002 when I was in England. That was a fantastic trip where we got to see lots of interesting places.

  • How to Fit Reading Into Your Schedule

    April 22, 2012
    Books / Novels / Writing

    Some people identify me as a reader. Fifty books a year sounds way beyond them. Even ten books a year can seem unattainable. Lifehacker’s How to Fit Reading Into Your Schedule and Actually Finish the Books You Want to Read is an okay start. Its suggestions: Schedule a Daily Reading Time Organize or Join a…

  • Kodak Brownie Flashmite 20

    April 21, 2012
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    Kodak Brownie Flashmite 20Originally uploaded by Ezra S F This was my grandfather’s camera. A 1961 camera being the subject of a 2011 camera. (The white box is the Omaha Steaks container mentioned in an earlier photo.)

  • Dodos, Maltese Falcons, and the Art of Obsession

    April 18, 2012
    Build / Engineering

    Kudos to Lindsey for recommending this. I had watched it before he said something, but I was surprised that I had not posted it on this blog because… I. LOVE. THIS. TALK. I’m not this obsessive when I get interested in something. Like Adam though, I never feel I know have or done enough. MythBusters…

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