Extraordinary aerial footage of uncontacted Amazon tribe released

This unique film shows uncontacted Indians on the Brazil-Peru border in never-seen-before detail. It is the first-ever aerial footage of an uncontacted community. The footage was filmed by the BBC in collaboration with the Brazilian government, for the new BBC 1 ‘Human Planet’ series.

Charles Leadbeater on innovation

In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't

Why I Should Never Have Kids

I find it very difficult to decipher when lying to a child is a good thing and when it's not. This video by Louis C.K. is a perfect example...

Mr. Deity and the Matter

The part about the blood of the sacrificial ram sprinkled on the side as opposed to on the altar is the part that got a big laugh from me.

I just finished reading the book of Exodus, the last portion of which god has wasted a ridiculously boring ten chapters describing EXACTLY how to build the ark of the covenant and the tabernacle to house the ark and exactly how to design the priest's robes, including materials, measurements, design of imagery, exactly what animals to kill for sacrifice and exactly what to do with their, blood, skin, entrails, etc.. ad nauseum... These are the things they tend to gloss over at Sunday School...

Combustible Machine

Jean Tinguely- Homage to New York    1960

My wife played live last weekend at the Plush Gallery in Dallas. The show went well and she was able to get a good video of the show despite the crowd noise. You can view all of the songs from the show on her blog, Lived as Art. I am focusing here on one of my favorites from the show, called Altrusim. Her music has the amazing pop ability to worm its way inside your head and stay there for days, but then, if you care to look at the lyrics, you are faced with something much darker and much less pop...


Her songs never address one single issue, but usually poetically encompass a whole host of issues...With this song, Altruism, from what she has told me, she was addressing the volatility of the art market in general as well as volatility in relationships by focusing specifically on the work of the artist Jean Tinguely. The most famous of Tinguely's works were complex and convoluted  Dada influenced machines that were designed to self-destruct as critiques of the mechanization and overproduction of material goods.


Her lyrics for the song are here after the break:

Iron And Wine: Tiny Desk Concert

Doodling in Math Class: Infinity Elephants