Entries Tagged as ‘Technology’

July 8, 2009

Driver’s boredom: Slow down and enjoy the view

I just got back from a short drive and realized something, 120 km/h (75 mph) Isn’t all that fast anymore. I got a bit bored with the speed and even 130 didn’t quite do it for me. Things were going to slow. But then I looked up at the clouds and slowed down.
It struck me [...]

June 24, 2009

Upgrading for the sake of upgrading: an ode to the old

How often do you see a commercial claiming a “new and improved” formula, or just something stating it’s “new” or “the latest”. Almost every month they design a new toothbrush that’s supposed to be an improvement over the old one. I still use a simple average toothbrush and it does what it’s supposed to.
The best [...]

May 22, 2009

The global playground and Project Mojave

A bit of a chaotic post today. You might recall me writing about Project Mojave in my post on Monday and my writing about it stating that I hope it really does work while at the same time trying to kick everyone who believed in such things and keeps reading without acting upon it. After [...]

May 15, 2009

How to use twitter to climb mountains

I have talked about mental mountains before, those peaks in success that we want to climb. For most these peaks are dreams, for some goals and for the happy few they are reality. 
Twitter as you probably know is a social media tool that exploded onto the Internet a while ago and has been a great [...]

April 27, 2009

Living on a small footprint, minimalist living.

You can find inspiration everywhere and today it came in the form of an article on architecture. A special about small living spaces which made me think about my current living situation.
How much space does a human need to be able to live and thrive? If we take a look in the direction of third [...]