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Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker

2011-04-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

Cults persist a an important subject for Americans. It is not that they are so dangerous, which variously they may be, but what they suggest about the shadow-side of American culture.

Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker

Camus is blooming in Bush Park

2011-04-23T08:02:00.001-07:00

Evening walk

2011-04-18T17:50:00.001-07:00

Using Geobrowsers for Thematic Mapping

2011-04-02T11:09:00.000-07:00

This is what I have been waiting for with respect to modification and use of Google Earth. This is a good summary of how GE can be used for communicating complex data and information that is thematic rather than a just a literal analog representation of imagery imagery.

thematicmapping.org

Using KML for Thematic Mapping

View more presentations from Bjorn Sandvik.

Thom Hartmann interview with Tom Shadyac

2011-03-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

This is thoroughly enjoyable. What would you do with your money if you were exceedingly wealthy?

YouTube - TheBigPictureRT's Channel

"A Ghost Story"

2011-03-20T09:16:00.000-07:00

"A Ghost Story" by Ted Kooser, from Writer's Alamanac, 3/20/2011.

Walking May Improve Memory - NYTimes.com

2011-02-08T20:18:00.000-08:00

Walking May Improve Memory - NYTimes.com

Writer's Almanac and The Poetry Foundation

2011-01-29T09:47:00.000-08:00

One of my all-time favorite radio programs is the 5 minutes a day dose of Writer's Almanac, written and voiced by radio theater star Garrison Keiller. It is better than anything I know for kicking my intellectual awareness into a higher orbit. I like listening to smart people better than I like reading them. Radio as a medium suits me particularly well. Every day Writer's Almanac brings me amazing stories and mental imagery. Hearing about the lives of accomplished writers, thinkers and philosophers is deeply inspiring, odd bunch of people that they are. It gives me deep comfort and is my anti-venom to the banal, profane, trivial and toxic sludge emanating from most mass media sources. Garrison reads at least one poem a day. I am not a big consumer of poetry, but his choice and eloquent delivery blows me away 9 out of 10 times. Try it, you might like it.

Writer's Almanac

Writer's Almanac is sponsored by The Poetry Foundation which has an interesting iPhone app featuring a great collection poetry:

POETRY APP from The Poetry Foundation

List of concept mapping and mind mapping software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-01-22T10:56:00.000-08:00

List of concept mapping and mind mapping software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Where I am today...

2010-02-16T21:58:00.001-08:00

Snake Man from Eric Rose-Phillips on Vimeo.

Where I was working 20 Years Ago!

2010-02-16T21:56:00.000-08:00

Sooper Puppy Set 1990 from Eric Rose-Phillips on Vimeo.

Jumping Spider Prefers Green Leaves to Meat - NYTimes.com

2009-10-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

Observatory - Jumping Spider Prefers Green Leaves to Meat - NYTimes.com

Organizing Places in Google Earth for Mac

2009-10-04T23:06:00.000-07:00

I need a way to organize my Google Earth places. I have far too many. I went searching, again, for a utility to help with this task. I di not find any such utility yet, but I did find this intriguing web page. this is a lesson I can use teaching adult learners and K-12 students.

Organizing Places in Google Earth for Mac

Visiting Grandpa Jack & Grandma Nancy

2009-10-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

I like this picture. This is me, nearly 50 years of age, creek side with my family. We are visiting my father and step-mother at their home in the woods outside Vernonia. Salmon Bend is their name for their 40 acre spread. Date: Aug 29, 2009.

Happy wetland snakes

2009-09-28T05:53:00.001-07:00

I went hiking last night, shooting stills for the wetlands video I am editing, and found this happy couple. The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) looks anything but common to my eyes.

Google Earth climate change 3D map unveiled

2009-09-27T22:21:00.000-07:00

This Google Earth application looks promising. GE is a nearly perfect tool for illustrating the global climate change story. Did the Sidney Morning Herald get the scoop on this story over the new York Times?

Google Earth climate change 3D map unveiled -SMH

The Siskiyou Arts Bus Project

2009-09-27T16:01:00.000-07:00

This is a great, if not perennial, idea. Get a bus, fill it up with friends and gear and hit the road. I would like to try something like this, but with a watershed arts & sciences angle.

Sunday Doonesbury cartoon about Obama's Nazi-ness

2009-09-27T15:46:00.000-07:00

I love Doonsebury. Thank you GBT.

Doonesbury@Slate - Daily Dose

Look who I met today!

2009-08-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

While out walking with Vivien this morning in the Salem wetlands near the airport, we encountered a Western Racer (Coluber constrictor).

Beautiful, powerful, amazing snake. We left her alone, just admiring her from a safe distance. These snakes have a painful bite. She had a number of scars on her body. Bite marks?

We're painting the kitchen!

2009-08-05T17:23:00.000-07:00

We are painting our kitchen a lemon butter yellow. Cabinets are getting a referesh, too. All this while the children are away visiting Anne's mom for two weeks. After the kitchen we tackle Anne's office and the living room. Boy, will they be surprised when they get home!

Now, it's back to work!

South Sister - Hiking - Everytrail

2009-07-18T09:20:00.000-07:00

South Sister - Hiking - Everytrail
I want to climb South Sister this summer, hopefully with Merlyn. I searched the web with the string "south sister gps track" and got this site as my first hit. Everytrail allowed me to download this users GPS data as a .GPX file and open it in Google Earth. GE did not have this detail of information as part of its native data set, but it easily let me view this person's data. Wow! Although the source is not "official" it appears to be accurate and in a general sense is extremely helpful to me for planning my climb. If I am to climb with an 11 year old, I want to know as much as I can in advance. Merlyn and I will train on local trails. We should be able to easily handle 6-7 miles in the lowlands without great complaints before tackling the 12 mile "marathon" of South Sister.

This Everytrail site is helpful. I want to explore it more!

South Sister at EveryTrail

Map created by EveryTrail: Share GPS Tracks

the library of Pringle Creek Community

2009-07-16T22:17:00.000-07:00

the library of Pringle Creek Community
Pringle Creek Community, Salem's home grown sustainable housing development, has its own blog now. I am pleased to find it. Now I can keep tabs on what's happening there.

Willamette River Canoe Trip

2009-07-11T20:23:00.000-07:00

I just returned from a "little" 30 mile canoe trip with my good friend Kris Nelson. What an interesting day and a half. Put in at the I-5 rest stop on the Santiam River at 7:30 last night. Slept at a gravel bar just opposite Luckiamute Landing. Then, we paddled all the way back to Salem in one day, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. I am tired, having just put away my gear. Going to bed now. More later possibly.

View Willamette River Trip-6/10-11/09 in a larger map

YouTube - Wikis in Plain English

2009-07-05T10:48:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Wikis in Plain English

This is a good introduction to what is typically hard to explain concept, "What is a wiki?" It is great example of making technical information accessible and lucid by translating geek-speak into non-technical terms.

WOU Film Studies

2008-08-06T17:40:00.000-07:00

While researching local film festivals and other activities for IKE Media, I stumbled on a reasonably fresh and coherent web site for Western Oregon University students studying film. This is a good reference for IKE Media students interested in the same:

WOU Film Studies