There’s a lot of graffiti in Athens on public buildings that I saw on my hike today through the city. A lot of it looks relatively new - not sure if they’re from the most recent austerity riots, but they’re pretty cool nonetheless.
What I’m (re)reading this vacation: all the old Tinitin comics from my childhood. Originals are at home in the library. These are PDF copies on the iPad. I prefer the originals.
Merry Christmas
My former high school classmate Amy Chambers Cortright who is the Vicar at Christ Church Cathedral shared this status update on Facebook which included a prayer from the Book of Common Prayer earlier today and it resonated with me. There are a lot of people who are hurting right now and life seems so uncertain and foreboding - but we need to keep the Faith, keep calm and carry on. I have faith that we’ll figure it all out. Merry Christmas to you all - wherever you are and thanks Amy for sharing.
“Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen. A holy and blessed night to all.”
"Corporations will be happy to skip advertising altogether, if they can go straight to transactions."
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Gary Morgenthaler Explains Exactly How Siri Will Eat Google’s Lunch
There’s some resonance for me in this statement because I believe that transactions will be facilitated by targeted advertising. f you are able to facilitate - either from the corporation side or the consumer side (and there are many many angles to this) then you can be very successful. That’s been part of our thinking with GoodEatsFor.Me and we’re about to make some major moves to align ourselves with this statement and our success as a company.
Growing up in the shadows of the National Cathedral and spending my formative years within its halls I am always amazed at beautiful churches and places of worship that take a non-traditional view of design. I like them and think that these innovative approaches sometimes help think about one’s religious worship and spirituality in a different way. Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, Arizona and La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain are two more places on the list.
Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, a collaboration between young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh, have built a see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw. The church is a part of the Z-OUT project of Z33, house for contemporary art based in Hasselt, Belgium.
The church is 10 meters high and is made of 100 layers and 2000 columns of steel. Depending on the perspective of the viewer, the church is either perceived as a massive building or seems to dissolve – partly or entirely – in the landscape. On the other hand, looking at the landscape from within the church, the surrounding countryside is redefined by abstract lines.
The design of the church is based on the architecture of the multitude of churches in the region, but through the use of horizontal plates, the concept of the traditional church is transformed into a transparent object of art.
(via jacquesofalltrades)
"Sci-fi stories are business plans in disguise."
—Walter De Brouwer, CEO and founder of Scanadu - referring to the invention of the mobile phone, which was inspired by the Star Trek communicator.
I think diagnostic and preventative health startups are going to be huge in the next generation across the globe.
"Identity is prismatic."
