Skip to content

Tag Archives: green

Hawaii, part two

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

See the photos Lovely as it is here in Kona, it does have kind of a Disneyland quality. Anna did a great job of getting us out of the tourist rut for our second day here. She was poking around food web sites looking for interesting places to eat. That led her to a discussion [...]

Filed in Autobio | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Avatar is totally unoriginal but still pretty cool

Monday, December 28, 2009

I don’t get to movie theaters much. But as part of the new family plan to enjoy ourselves on Christmas, I went to see Avatar in 3D with a bunch of relatives. I went in intending to dislike it, and came out having thoroughly enjoyed myself. So much for my hipsterish snobbery. What’s interesting to [...]

Filed in Copyright and Authorship, Sampling | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Human technology is part of nature

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Humans are animals. Our tools are extensions of our bodies into the environment, like beavers and beaver ponds, coral and coral reefs, plants and oxygen. We’re unusual in the extent of our bodies’ impact on our environment, but plenty of other organism shape their environment to suit their needs. Technology is part of our extended [...]

Filed in Evolution, Hardware, Technology | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)