Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice


This is another very important and favorite of mine. Rus I thought of you around 9:40.
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A Few Ted Talk Videos

If you have never watched any of the presentations at the TED Talks before, I highly recomend you do.





Saturday, July 25, 2009

House watching

Scotch and I are here holding down the fort at the lentz house while they are in England. I will be here all next week. More later.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

New glasses, getting the shop buttoned up

I decided to try a new look when getting a new pair of specs a few weeks back. I was a little unsure of them at first but they have grown on me. Other than that I am just finishing up the compressed air system in the garage. I had problems with wiring and smoked a motor on a compressor so ended up piggybacking 2 together and them piped them both into a dryer to remove any moisture and oil that made its way from the pump. Auto paint is urethane based and cannot mix with oil or water. So basically it ruins a paintjob if any gets through. Hope this setup works. More later.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

WOah, where has time gone!?

Isnt is funny how time slips away sometimes. Forgot to update this recently. Not a whole lot new. I am still getting the finishing touches setup in the workshop. Right now Im getting my compressed air system setup. Other than that, I have been trying to get out a few times a week metal detecting. I enjoy it a lot, I go to new places, and it does a swell job trying to clear my head. I recently figured out how to import an image into goggle earth. I can take a historical map and lay it directly over the current view of the area. I can then plot out points of interest and see that area might be a good spot to start detecting around. Pretty fun.

Other than that, I have been kicking around the idea of a small web based business that I would run in my spare time. I have a few ideas. But send along a few if you have any. More later~