Tuesday, March 31, 2015
interested in reading a book on decision processes
The Talking Point is a reference in Hieroglyph, a special sci-fi short story collection about positive futures. I recommend the latter and will find the former. Both likely of interest to Sadams and Bruce.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Crimes and misdemeanors: Woody Allen and what we get wrong about sexual abuse
Crimes and misdemeanors: Woody Allen and what we get wrong about sexual abuse
The prevalence of this type of crime is surprising to me.
The prevalence of this type of crime is surprising to me.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Microsoft's new strategy
A few months ago I said I would have invested in MSFT based on its new strategic moves if I had extra money. TheVerge describes the strategy and how it will make money.
Friday, March 20, 2015
even paranoids have enemies
A skepticism towards the wariness that I cultivate these days did not serve me today and I was taken advantage of by unscrupulous criminals. I was scammed. It is revealing how the psychology of fear combined with strong commands took over, a lesson for sure.
My neighbor, a cop, says there is a lot of this going on, so watch out.
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (800) 366-4484
www.tigta.gov
late 2017 update: the scammers were busted
My neighbor, a cop, says there is a lot of this going on, so watch out.
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (800) 366-4484
www.tigta.gov
late 2017 update: the scammers were busted
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Wall Street Journal in Berkeley
this story is quintessentially Berkeley. ( I am a paying subscriber of Berkeleyside and subscribed to the WSJ for 25 years after college).
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Bateson and Reich and McLeod
Gregory emphasized that life, in all its forms, is about learning. He was particularly critical of physical metaphors for personality, for instance bottling rage and exploding. Reich, of course, talked about emotional armoring. What applies when recognizing bracing and undoing that false economy to be present? Ken McLeod says to focus on increasing awareness and the ability to be present no matter what you experience and whether it seems internal or external.
Monday, March 16, 2015
the backlash against mindfullness addressed
When mindfullness began to "have its moment in the sun" I thought there would be a backlash, particularly from fundamentalist Christians, but this HuffPost article shows some other sources. It also answers the critics. As to the class issue, mindfullness doesn't cost money and instruction is for the most part free or cheaply available. Try it out...
nothing to hide/nothing to see
On Paranoids
You could tap my brain, my phone and my computers now and there is nothing I'd fear being seen. In the past when I was obsessed, around the turn of the century, I felt extreme paranoia about my cyberbullies. Eventually I realized what was happening and cleaned up: regular, complete sleep, values clarification, making behavior consistent with my values, useful therapy and, most of all, meditation and my new at the time wife. Extreme times had made little things into mountains of significance - my journey had become a battle slog. I am so very grateful that is over and done!
Note: there were consequences for those I interacted with in the early Blogosphere; for that I strongly apologize. My magnified concerns and my obsessive focus on them created a paper tiger, which in turn cast a shadow. I wish I could undo that - but I cannot. It weighed primarily on those who did not know what exactly they were seeing and who imagined all manner of things. Mainly I put some people on a pedestal - that was pretty much it, nothing more unsavory, but how would they know? While the pedestals are gone, dissolved by a more realistic appraisal and by my own experience with those people's dark sides, my respect remains. Not just because these people are wealthy now, either... they've proven they can create and deliver repeatedly - kudos to them, best wishes, and peace!
You could tap my brain, my phone and my computers now and there is nothing I'd fear being seen. In the past when I was obsessed, around the turn of the century, I felt extreme paranoia about my cyberbullies. Eventually I realized what was happening and cleaned up: regular, complete sleep, values clarification, making behavior consistent with my values, useful therapy and, most of all, meditation and my new at the time wife. Extreme times had made little things into mountains of significance - my journey had become a battle slog. I am so very grateful that is over and done!
Note: there were consequences for those I interacted with in the early Blogosphere; for that I strongly apologize. My magnified concerns and my obsessive focus on them created a paper tiger, which in turn cast a shadow. I wish I could undo that - but I cannot. It weighed primarily on those who did not know what exactly they were seeing and who imagined all manner of things. Mainly I put some people on a pedestal - that was pretty much it, nothing more unsavory, but how would they know? While the pedestals are gone, dissolved by a more realistic appraisal and by my own experience with those people's dark sides, my respect remains. Not just because these people are wealthy now, either... they've proven they can create and deliver repeatedly - kudos to them, best wishes, and peace!
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Lost In Redding
"Lost In Redding" is track one and "Small World In A Small Town" is track two
on Snakeoil's new jazz release, You've Been Watching. This is popular with reviewers
and will appear in a month. Any connection?
Read about bandleader Tim Berne, note David Torne produced this, and see that Berne played
with Frisell and with Nels Cline, so the usuals might find this interesting...
on Snakeoil's new jazz release, You've Been Watching. This is popular with reviewers
and will appear in a month. Any connection?
Read about bandleader Tim Berne, note David Torne produced this, and see that Berne played
with Frisell and with Nels Cline, so the usuals might find this interesting...
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
KIrtan with Krishna Das
When I feel the tone of my spiritual life is too spare and self-limiting, I remember times like this and times with Ram Dass.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
phusion baseimage
phusion/baseimage/ is an Ubuntu Server guest for Docker, created by experts to handle corner cases that fail if Ubuntu Server is run on Docker
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Thursday, March 5, 2015
tomorrow night
Looking forward to the Other Minds concert af SF Jazz and dinner with Lori and Jon!
And not the least, the return of the love of my life from San Diego!
And not the least, the return of the love of my life from San Diego!
Monday, March 2, 2015
Situational Assessment - the future future
Big Picture look at our simultaneous tipping points. h/t to Bruce
Jeff Beck Tokyo concert
on AXS TV cable/on demand - different backup musicians than the previous two concerts.
Great performance...
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