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Jonathan Lin '13: Tunes | Vai-Lights
August 14th 2012 The Story of Light (2012) by Steve Vai [12 tracks] Listening to the work of a virtuoso can be both rewarding and a frustrating challenge. For a guitarist who has become a definitive...
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Arjendu Pattanayak: meblen
One of my roles this summer has involved coordinating weekly lunches for Carleton’s Clare Booth Luce (CBL) Scholars program. This is a three-year, grant-funded program supported by the Clare Booth Luce...
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Kevin Draper '10: Wildish Speculation and Outlandish Guesses: Going for the...
There has been talk that David Stern & the owners want to change Olympic basketball to a 23 and under tournament (like soccer currently is). Do you like that idea?Jordan Durlester: Simply put; No....
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Unusual frankness
Corruption is a political issue in many countries. How often is it discussed so openly? Indian officials told they can steal a little, but 'don't be a bandit'Indian bureaucrats can steal a little as...
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Dan Schofer '00
8-15-2012Green Ridge Loop. 58 minutes. 8 miles.Mild and humid. Felt a little tired this morning. Relaxed and easy run.
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Erik Brooks: Harts Pass no. 113
Running in the woods last week -- in the heat of the day no less -- I was frankly shocked to cross paths with so many rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks (even a black bear) etc. at various trail junctures....
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Crowd Control: Cool Time Lapse Shows How People Gather
[ By Delana in Art & Photography & Video. ] Crowd-watching is one of those perennial favorite activities that never seems to get old no matter how often you do it. For the 2011 Vancouver...
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Hai Ngo '12: Temporary Business Card
While I’m planning on changing domains within the next 6 months, I do need business cards until then. This is what they look like. A little more professional than my previous design.
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John Tischer '71: Is There A Reason For All This?
The civilizations…. The religions…. The philosophies…. The beliefs…. Is there a reason other Than man fell into a certain Pattern, like any entity, Until Buddha exposed the Whole myth of existence? No....
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Fonts to Faces: 9 Personality-Rich Typographies as Portraits
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Graphics & Branding. ] As humans, we are programmed to anthropomorphize our surroundings. So what would happen if the letters on pages conveyed meanings others...
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Cheryl Klein: Six Reasons Why Everything in Publishing Takes So Long
Publishing takes so long because . . .1. Because each book is individual.The beautiful and difficult thing about publishing is that it's a one-to-one industry: one writer connecting to one reader at a...
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Kevin Draper '10: A Little Luigi Lovin'
Admittedly, I’ve never been much of a gamer. My parents bought me a Nintendo 64 about two years after they were cool, and I recall getting a Sega Dreamcast for 50 bucks at an after Christmas sale once,...
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Alicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Guest Napper #112 – Spidey Senzzzzzze
Warning, parents. After a summer of playing hard, even superheroes may hit the books…facedown. Okay, face UP. I’m a little concerned about the alarm expressed by Elmo, there. Does he know something we...
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Dan Schofer '00
8-16-2012Town + Abbe Hills Loop. 58 minutes. 8 miles.Mild, wet, and breezy. Felt a little tired again. Slow, easy run.
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Naomi Dietzel Hershiser '99: A Topsy-Turvy World
I wonder... is this the same place that experienced the hottest driest June-into-July since the dust bowl era? Certainly August hasn't been this way. In fact, the past few days have been unseasonably...
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Margaret Taylor: greencat365
You can read the original blog post here: http://blog.smashwords.com/2012/08/new-smashwords-direct-enables-libraries.html The upshot of this news is that Smashwords (a website that hosts and...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Erupting Stability: Tornado-Proof Suburb Inspired by Turtles
[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] When a tornado comes blowing through, you can sit vulnerable in a flimsy wooden box, or you can be like a turtle, pulling its head and...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: 21st Century Tintypes: Incredible Old-Fashioned Photography
[ By Steph in Art & Photography & Video. ] In an era of digital cameras, Photoshop and other high-tech photography and processing techniques, one photographer has gone just about as far in the...
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Kevin Draper '10: Diss Guys Miss Guys, Volume 6
I was tempted to declare Jason Richardson the Diss Guy of the week and Andrew Bynum the miss guy solely because of their excellent sartorial decisions (or the lack thereof). I mean, c'mon Bynum, you're...
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