http://ponderingmind.org/main What happens when we think as we go along? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:32:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My girlfriend Naomi now has her own website! It’s a site to update her friends and family during her time at Berkeley (and beyond?). My website was set up to chronicle the musings of an American in England; Nemolie.org chronicles the musings of a Brit in America. ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/08/13/nemolieorg/ http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/06/23/happy-birthday-mom/ I’m one to enjoy dancing. Matt does to, though he only has one dance. But Matt does it a lot. That’s because nearly-extinct Stride gum paid him to go around the world dancing after he randomly had a friend friend record him dancing in Hanoi and post ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/06/20/dancing-around-the-world/ This is a pretty neat use of CCTV cameras. The new group Get Out Clause has decided that, rather than higher a camera crew to film their music video, they would play in 80 public places across Manchester and then request the videos recorded by CCTV cameras in the ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/06/02/the-get-out-clause/ The BBC is running a story today about a Brazilian tribe (or actually about 100 of them) that are threatened because of destruction of the rain forests. Part of me is curiously satisfied to know that there are still tribes we have not made contact with in the world.  Not that ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/05/30/still-out-there/ It’s been a while since this happened, but I thought I would wait until a good number of people had seen me in person. As always, there have been mixed reactions from my friends and family.  It looks like you either love beards or hate them.  Personally, I’m happy for mine ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/05/07/poof-goes-the-beard/ Upon hearing that the London Times had an article today that cited the Wassenaar Arrangement, I thought, “maybe now we can start getting some properly researched journalism on the Arrangement.” Maybe, but not likely. http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/04/18/even-the-times-gets-it-wrong-but-taipei-gets-it-right/ On this continent at least. For the time being. Naomi, after much thought over the past few months, has decided to turn down the full scholarship from Columbia. And the full scholarship from Stanford. And the the one from Oxford. And has instead decided ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/04/15/my-days-are-numbered/ As many friends and family (ok, two) have pointed out, the New York Times today is running an article about Oxford Pubs.  I do love the pubs in Oxford, and can say that I have been to all of these!  I don’t have a favourite. . . it depends on ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/04/14/pubs-galore/ What a beautiful sight - to wake up and not be able to see out of my skylight because it was covered in inches of snow! In my six years in Oxford, I have never seen this much. So I did want any reasonable person would do - ... http://ponderingmind.org/main/2008/04/06/lots-and-lots-of-snow/