March 2008
Kurzweil, Kidjo, Ceiling Cat
14 03 08 10:50
It's been a fun couple of weeks!
On March 4, we, meaning Carl, Kathy Bayham (friend who works at the College of Education), Mats Reiniusson (friend who works in Fine Arts), and myself, went to see Ray Kurzweil, via 'teleport' delivered a talk at the University of Arizona about the future of technology, the exponential pace of technological innovation, evolution, biology as technology, and the inevitable continuation of the merging of biology and technology. It was an amazing, thought provoking talk. If you don't know about Ray Kurzweil, read about him! Better yet, read one of his books!
On the 8th we went to see Angelique Kidjo at Centennial Hall, one of the best concerts I have attended in quite some time! She is beautiful and her music is too. If you've never heard of her, check her out!
On the evening of March 12, we saw 'To Kill a Mockingbird' at the Arizona Theater Company.
...and today, Dane, one of our student staff, introduced me to FrenchMaidTV, one of the best on-line video tutorial websites I have yet seen. I have to deliver a workshop on creating podcasts in the U of A bookstore next month, so I may use their podcast video as a model. No doubt I will be bringing this up with the OSCR's Workshop and Training team at our next team meeting. Catherine, our team lead, is away on vacation for six weeks in Eastern Europe, so it's my big chance to inject some sexiness into our workshop offerings. After Dane showed me the FrenchMaidTV website, I declared aloud: 'maybe if our workshops are sexier, more people will come!' Then I realized what I said and turned quite red, I'm sure.
One last bit of fun: LOLCatBible. Every bit as accurate as other crap translations of the bible, and probably equal in terms of literary value and interest. LOLCatBible makes at least as much sense as the belief that one should live by Biblical literalism! Enjoy!
On March 4, we, meaning Carl, Kathy Bayham (friend who works at the College of Education), Mats Reiniusson (friend who works in Fine Arts), and myself, went to see Ray Kurzweil, via 'teleport' delivered a talk at the University of Arizona about the future of technology, the exponential pace of technological innovation, evolution, biology as technology, and the inevitable continuation of the merging of biology and technology. It was an amazing, thought provoking talk. If you don't know about Ray Kurzweil, read about him! Better yet, read one of his books!
On the 8th we went to see Angelique Kidjo at Centennial Hall, one of the best concerts I have attended in quite some time! She is beautiful and her music is too. If you've never heard of her, check her out!
On the evening of March 12, we saw 'To Kill a Mockingbird' at the Arizona Theater Company.
...and today, Dane, one of our student staff, introduced me to FrenchMaidTV, one of the best on-line video tutorial websites I have yet seen. I have to deliver a workshop on creating podcasts in the U of A bookstore next month, so I may use their podcast video as a model. No doubt I will be bringing this up with the OSCR's Workshop and Training team at our next team meeting. Catherine, our team lead, is away on vacation for six weeks in Eastern Europe, so it's my big chance to inject some sexiness into our workshop offerings. After Dane showed me the FrenchMaidTV website, I declared aloud: 'maybe if our workshops are sexier, more people will come!' Then I realized what I said and turned quite red, I'm sure.
One last bit of fun: LOLCatBible. Every bit as accurate as other crap translations of the bible, and probably equal in terms of literary value and interest. LOLCatBible makes at least as much sense as the belief that one should live by Biblical literalism! Enjoy!