Ron K Jeffries

Links from Ron K Jeffries # 1.44

I'm investing considerable time playing with Google+, and REALLY ENJOY the experience so far. The G+ service seems to be an effective way to interact with readers. It's also a great way to find a wider audience of creative and smart people.

Yesterday someone commented that for now, G+ feels somewhat like the internet before the masses started using it. You know, before AOL.

With only 20 million users (5 million in the US) G+ is still relatively small, compared with Facebook. Not that 20 million people after just three weeks is exactly a failure.

Have a look at what Ron K Jeffries is doing on G+. Or not.

Fancy Hands, interesting new "virtual assistant" service.

Don't Give Up, a song for this Friday from Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live. [video, 6:56]

Be well, and Don't Give Up.

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Links from Ron K Jeffries # 1.43

Ghost Ships in Mothballs // Interiors of ships in Suisun Bay, 30 miles northeast of San Francisco.

Largest Water Lilly // Wow.

Puyehue Volcano // Awesome.

Extreme Mountain Camping // Gives a new meaning to "hanging out."

37,440 synchronized shots of the night sky // Nick Risinger quit his day job to set out on a great adventure.

SOMETHING LONGER

Henri Cartier-Bresson talks about photography. // video 18:30 Fascinating narration.

Liking is for cowards. // From New York Tiemes by Johnathan Franzen.

Quote:

Let me toss out the idea that, as our markets discover and respond to what consumers most want, our technology has become extremely adept at creating products that correspond to our fantasy ideal of an erotic relationship, in which the beloved object asks for nothing and gives everything, instantly, and makes us feel all powerful, and doesn’t throw terrible scenes when it’s replaced by an even sexier object and is consigned to a drawer.

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Links from Ron K. Jeffries # 1.42

Memorial Day weekend, 2011. I trust you have MUCH better things to do than sit at your computer. But if you don't, here are a few items of interest.

Painterly NatGeo photograph. // Exceptional.

Photos of famous people. // This will take some time, but it's worth it.

125 rare photos. See a young, skinny Elton John, or the Beatles as teenagers.

Swimming through jellyfish. // 3:52 video. Relax and enjoy.

The Milky Way as seen from Arches national Park, Utah. // Yes!

Something Longer

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The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We Are All Going to Miss Almost Everything.

Be well,
Ron K. Jeffries

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Announcing rkj-Health. Life is short. Live well.

If you are interested in health and well-being (and who isn't?) I've started a newsletter devoted to that vital topic. Click HERE to subscribe.

Here's an example of what you'll see in rkj-Health.

Can personal health be hip?

Massive Health aims to collect and analyze vast amounts of information and present it to consumers in easy-to-use digital applications that help them modify unhealthy habits.

I hope you'll join my quest for health and well-being.

Life is short. Live well.

http://ronkjeffries.pen.io

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KillMath: Touch interface to explore dynamical systems e.g. predator/prey

Example of a new way to explore differential equations.

[via Jim Soriano @lasersailor]

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Links from Ron K Jeffries # 1.41

Good Sunday,

It's a bright, sunshiny day after a light rain. Coffee is hot and life is good. But enough about me.

QUESTION: Did you know about my web site? After emailing the newsletter, I also post the links online. If you use Google Reader (for example), you may prefer to subscribe via RSS.

COMMENT: Maria Popova writes the very interesting (and successful) Brain Pickings. It's similar to my effort, yet different. Please look at Brainpickings, chances are you'll love it. Let me know what you think.

SUNDAY LINK: The creative landscape is changing. // 20 short videos. Creative people talk. Fun!

Your faithful servant,

http://ronkjeffries.pen.io

P.S. The love of my life publishes a Most Excellent Blog. The photo of the herb garden was taken with her new iPhone. The camera is amazing.

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Links from Ron K Jeffries # 1.40

Let's start with a cute kitten photo. // It's Friday, ya know.

You want a robotic baby. // You know you do.

Does your computer have a split personality? // Do you? Just kidding!

Cicadas swarm after 13 years. // Way better than robots.

A day's pay for a day's work. // Do the right thing.

Procrastination is not that difficult. // You are HERE. ;)

Facebook is the thang, grrl. // Scrabble is changing. For the better?

Let's also END with a cute kitten video. // 3:18 REMINDER: It's Friday, ya know.

Your faithful servant.
http://ronkjeffries.pen.io

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Links via Ron K Jeffries #1.38

Killer whale vs. white shark. // 5:07 Rare event.

Use an iPad in your bathtub? // MUST BUY gadget.

Swarm of tiny robots organized with simple control. //

Office chair racing. // 0:55 Extreme sport?

New life-form discovered, and confirmed. // Mantophasmatodea or "heel walker."

Lowe's Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY. // Opened 1929, closed 1977, being refurbished..

http://agoogleaday.com // It's fun.

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Bertolt Brecht: "Do not rejoice in his defeat..."

Bertolt Brecht: "Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again."

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

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