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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Augmented Reality: Tools to change our sense of place
A reader pointed me to an article by Jamais Cascio in the The Atlantic (November 2009) about Augmented Reality titled “Filtering Reality” (the T/S link “Email Me Tips” really does work!). Augmented Reality as described in this piece puts a … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Technology
Tagged Augmented reality, E-mail filtering, IPhone, Technology, Television
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Facebook: Where Huxley beats Orwell
Facebook, and other social networking sites, just may be where the dystopian nightmares of Aldous Huxley will beat out the horrors imagined by George Orwell. In Orwell’s familiar, overdue vision Big Brother rules. A totalitarian government takes away all privacy and freedom … Continue reading
Tele-trust is more than than meets the eye
Having sat through my share of faculty meetings listening to colleagues argue for hours about matters as crucial to our educational mission as whether or not exact vote counts should be included in the minutes from the last meeting–OK, fine, … Continue reading
Does David Brooks know why we do what we do? No.
David Brooks deserves an A for effort for his column last Monday, “Where the Wild Things Are, even though he probably deserves no higher than a gentleman’s C for the final grade. A really unnecessary mistake marred the column, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Technology
Tagged Andy Clark, David Brooks, New York Times, Psychology, Walt Whitman, William James
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Steroids for the mind: When treatment becomes simulation
“One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don’t do anything at all” ….. “Remember what the dormouse said; “Feed YOUR HEAD” –“White Rabbit” by Grace Slick We now have … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged Antidepressant, Depression, Disorders, Grace Slick, Health, Mental health, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SSRI
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It's 'Blog Action Day,' time to 'Eat Local and Laugh'
[‘Eat Local and Laugh’ will be an ongoing series exploring ways to develop a psychologically sustainable approach to eating. This initial post is being made specifically in recognition of Blog Action Day ’09 Climate Change.] You may think you’re just … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health
Tagged Agriculture, Blog Action Day, Climate change, Environment, Global Warming, Hudson Valley, Psychology, Wind Power
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Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change
I’ve registered to participate in Blog Action Day tomorrow, October 15th. Have you? Tomorrow’s Simu-Nation will explore one way out of our dependence on the simulated foods and calorie-delivery systems that float our way on an ocean of coal and … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Politics, World
Tagged Blog Action Day, Blogosphere, Climate change, Copenhagen, Environment, Impacts and Indicators
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Beyond Google evil, Microsoft trashes Sidekick-ers personal info
A couple of days ago I wrote about fighting back against the evil that Google is becoming. Now we learn that computing in the cloud, that nirvana of having our personal data and fully functional programs when and where ever … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Technology
Tagged Business, CloudComputing, Google, Microsoft, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick
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Is Gmail evil zombie-tech? Yes, time to fight!
Despite “don’t be evil” as corporate motto, evil is precisely what Google has become. As Ken Auletta’s excellent article in the October 12th issue of The New Yorker makes clear, we are not Google’s customer, their advertisers are. We are product. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Technology
Tagged Cloud computing, Google, Ken Auletta, New Yorker, Search Engines, Woody Harrelson
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