Sideways
Larry Lessig on how creativity is being strangled by the law
As always, a very rich and convincing presentation from Larry Lessig.
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Movie time
Every month we would schedule a “movie time”. We either go to the nearest movie house or just borrow a DVD and watch it our recreation room at the office. Sometimes, I would see the same movie twice in a week because my wife also wants to watch it. I hope my previous teammates […]
How your Gmail messages travel
Some other ways your Gmail messages arrive in your inbox.
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Rollo May on Creativity
“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.”
— Rollo May
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Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Ngayon ang ating araw ng kalayaan. Bagamat wala na ang mga Kastila at mga Hapon, huwag nating kalimutan na marami pa rin sa ating mga kababayan ang hindi nakakalasap ng tunay na kalayaan — kalayaan mula sa kahirapan at kawalan ng hustisya.
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
English version: Today we celebrate our independence day. The Spaniards and […]
Machine beats man
Nope, I am not talking about another Terminator or Matrix movie but 10 years ago, a computer named Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet.
I never learned the game chess. Well, I know the rules but anyone can easily beat me. When I was a kid, my friends would say […]
Who’s the boss?
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was the one in charge.
1. “I should be in charge,” said the brain, “Because I run all the body’s systems, so without me nothing would happen.”
2. “I should be in charge,” said the blood , “Because I circulate oxygen all over […]
John Backus on innovation
You need the willingness to fail all the time. You have to generate many ideas and then you have to work very hard only to discover that they don’t work. And you keep doing that over and over until you find one that does work.
— John Backus
John Backus died last Saturday. He was 82. […]
The limits of hard work
I definitely agree with Wilson Ng that there is a limit in what hard work can benefit you.
Growing up, I was told that hard work is the key. If you work hard in your studies, you will graduate top of your class, and get a nice paying job. You work hard at work and you […]
Thursday random bits
My Moleskine notebook
Moleskine notebooks are really of high quality and it feels smoother writing on it than on our company-supplied steno notebook (which costs around 60 cents). But I am still wondering why I spent $22 for a scratch paper (as my wife describes it). Maybe because Angelo has one and the way he describes […]
