Revolutionary geekery and melodramatic reflections on perpetual learning and other pathways to peace
Mar 5

The Six Steps of Nonviolence

  1. Information gathering and research to get the facts straight
  2. Education of adversaries and the public about the facts of the dispute
  3. Personal Commitment to nonviolent attitudes and action
  4. Negotiation with adversary in a spirit of goodwill to correct injustice
  5. Nonviolent direct action, such as marches, boycotts, mass demonstrations, picketing, sit-ins etc., to help persuade or compel adversary to work toward dispute-resolution
  6. Reconciliation of adversaries in a win-win outcome in establishing a sense of community.

Martin Luther King

Posted at 2:31pm

Feb 28
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Joanna Macy. What a treasure.
Posted at 4:39pm

Jan 29
STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” —Steve Jobs (Diana Walker, 1982)

STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” —Steve Jobs

(Diana Walker, 1982)
Posted at 9:41am

Jan 28
Berlin, January 2010 (via mhex)

Berlin, January 2010 (via mhex)
Posted at 2:56pm

Jan 27
“Keep still.
Don’t work so hard.
Learn to appreciate everyday life.
Pay attention to details.
Start small and work your way up.
When people give you trouble, let it slide.” Tao Te Ching
Posted at 2:28pm

Jan 11
stressed (via rick)

stressed (via rick)
Posted at 9:50pm

Dec 29
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Erinnert ihr euch noch an Jason, den Argonauten, der das Goldene Vlies raubte? Er reiste damals nach Kolchis, nach Georgien; verliebte sich dort in die Priesterin Medea, und diese half ihm bei der Aufgabe. Danach fliehen beide nach Korinth.

Der folgende Auszug aus der Interpretation der Geschichte von Christa Wolf spielt in Korinth. Medea ist aus dem Palast des Königs Kreon verstoßen worden, und hat soeben das schreckliche Geheimnis entdeckt, auf das die Stadt gebaut ist.

Podcast, 9:03
Posted at 1:36pm

Dec 25
Weihnachtsessen 2009 (via Wiebke Herding)

Weihnachtsessen 2009 (via Wiebke Herding)
Posted at 11:02am

Dec 23

How to energize geeks to attack a failing project - Rands in Response

  • R: I listed the 10 worst bugs I’d found during the weekend on the board. Next to each bug, I drew four boxes: Root cause, Fix identified, Fixed, Tested
  • R: I grabbed a handful of dry erase pens and rolled the board into the architect’s office and said, “This is all we’re working on”.
  • A: He stared at the board for 10 minutes and finally nodded, “Good, but each person needs their own color and you should assign points for each of the boxes. 10 points for root cause and fix identification, 5 for fixes and tests.”
  • R: “Points for what?”
  • A: “Points for points. We’re geeks.”
Posted at 10:08am

xkcd: Christmas Plans

xkcd: Christmas Plans
Posted at 9:34am

Dec 20
Vanity. And Snow.: I do like me my new camera. Vanity. And Snow.:

I do like me my new camera.
Posted at 5:59pm

Dec 18
“The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in its wider sense. To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they want, and watch them. This is the best policy. To ignore them is not good; that is the worst policy. The second worst is trying to control them. The best one is to watch them, just to watch them, without trying to control them.” Suzuki-roshi: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Posted at 11:58am

Dec 15
Best Packaging 2009: 24 lovely kinds of organic teas and infusions, marketed as an advent calendar. Makes me want to snuggle up with a cuppa and think of home.

Best Packaging 2009:
24 lovely kinds of organic teas and infusions, marketed as an advent calendar.

Makes me want to snuggle up with a cuppa and think of home.
Posted at 9:39am

Dec 13

Just a moment

what would happen
if all we had
was one universe
one planet
one life
one moment
this?

(Tom Atlee)

Posted at 11:28am

Dec 12
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” Marianne Williamson
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