Last night we saw Slumdog Millionaire. It was a soaring and moving experience. We sat down in the crowded theater, and we watched the previews as my mind did the reality-detachment dance. However, when the opening frame flashed upon the screen with text that read, Mumbai 2006, my heart skipped a couple beats as I [...]

listening to more vinyl has its positives and negatives. on the negative, there are no scrobblers for vinyl, so you can’t see that I’m listening to the electric moog orchestra. on the positive, you can’t see that I’m listening to the electric moog orchestra.

northern wisconsin provides excellent opportunities for unplugging from the internet, resting and relaxing. even though, the internet is only a few houses away. high speed internet is spreading it’s tentacles wide and far, so that even outside of minocqua, wisconsin, on a small lake, high speed is available.
i drove from my parent’s cabin to my [...]

I just finished reading “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. I started reading the book earlier this year, but couldn’t find the time to finish it up during the second semester of the school year. As it turns out, it was one of the picks for our summer reading for [...]

Books I’m hoping to read this week:

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

wall•e is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

monocle is a relatively new magazine that my dad introduced to me about a year ago. for all the initial joking about their unique worldview (it’s not called monocle for nothing), which is kind of like me making fun of vw-driving, mac-using, npr-listening liberals, i really enjoy the writing, content and design of the whole endeavor. 
i haven’t [...]