Numinous Nonsense

Is Falling Fruit tv the beginning of Web 4.0?

Um, probably not, but we still think it’s cool! Falling Fruit tv is the project that I’ve been working on the past several months full-time. The idea behind Falling Fruit evolved out of the netcast Buddhist Geeks, and involves having a complete network of netcasts that touch on similarly interesting topics. When [...]

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Is Twine the beginning of Web 3.0?

I have to admit, I’m quite excited about a new service that is coming out, Twine.com. Twine claims that it is a web 3.0 service that will allow you to “leverage collective intelligence” using semantic web technologies (i.e. technologies that use natural language patterns to understand and actually make sense of your data). [...]

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The Techsattva: The Subjectivity of Neuroscience

Episode #4 of The Techsattva was just released: In this episode I speak with Neuroscientist and meditator Daniel Rizzuto. We discuss the intersection between contemplation, science, and technology, including the leading-edge of Neural feedback and it’s relationship to state awareness and state management. Daniel R. is a friend of mine who I met via another Daniel, [...]

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A Netcast to Rule them All: The Techsattva

Today, I launched a personal netcast, which I’m calling the Techsattva. The Techsattva attempts to make sense of several systems of thought at once, including contemplative practice, conscious business, trans-humanism, technology, psychology, and more. By denying the completeness of any one system of thought, theory, or ideology the Techsattva hopes to step back far [...]

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Time Out is Key for Computer Geeks

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } TimeOut, originally uploaded by vincenthorn. My good buddy and co-worker Duff turned me on to a simple program called Time Out. They recently released a new version (1.5), and it’s very slick. It allows [...]

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Expatriette - A New Kind of Travel

Check out the latest post from the newly launched Expatriette blog: Do You Make these Mistakes When You Travel? Solid advice from someone who clearly has a ton of experience with travel (which is the theme of the site). If she keeps posting at this pace, and with this quality, it won’t [...]

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