Published under ‘life’

Check out this amazing video that showcases 3D printing technology:

Quote of the Week

Published under Favorite Quotes Jul 20, 2011

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? -Jean Cocteau

It is so perplexing that some people care only about power and zero about what positive things they could do with that power. I am increasingly repulsed by the News Corp organization and think it represents everything that is wrong with our world.  It is less its FOX News channel ultra-conservatism than its sensationalist irresponsible [...]

Quote of the Week

Published under Favorite Quotes Jul 06, 2011

“The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.” – Henry Kissinger

With modern technology as it is, the unprecedented depth and constant recording of personal histories is going to transform the social fabric of humanity and even the way our brains and memories work. Generations raised prior to the internet, social networks, the iPhone and its ilk did not remember much or most of their early [...]

Check out this inspirational story about an armless pianist who’s perseverance enabled him to find innovative ways to achieve his goals.

Tell It Your Way

Published under Interesting Random Stuff Jun 24, 2011

This summer, the renowned director/producer Ridley Scott launched a global filmmaker competition called “Tell It Your Way” which followed its Cannes Lions award-winning short-film project “Parallel Lines.” The entrants were given freedom of expression and could take up any theme they wanted; still there were two strict rules—there had to be the exact six-line dialogue [...]

Quote of the Week

Published under Favorite Quotes Jun 22, 2011

  "Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food."                                                                                                           – Hippocrates

In reading David Reynolds’ op-ed in the New York Times, Rescuing the Real Uncle Tom, I couldn’t help thinking about the parallels with Palestinians struggling to end the occupation. Reynolds points out that the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was among the greatest contributors to the emancipation of African-Americans, and that the original Uncle Tom had [...]

This quote is anonymous, shared with me by my sister, Ileana: "I love you so much more today than I did yesterday, and yet, I never loved you any less."