So I was viewing some videos on YouTube, which is still a remarkably better viewing experience than whatever is on cable TV. I still haven't changed the channel from MTV from 8 days ago---part of me can't find the remote and another part doesn't care that I can't find it, but this isn't that I don't care to watch television, I just watch it on a computer screen. (Programmed TV to me is background noise so that I don't really hear the keyboard when I type.)
But anyway... the point of this post is The Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/applications/. I saw it being exhibited on another site (www.TED.com ---another brilliant site with excellent commentary on the world's leading innovations in Technology, Entertainment, and Design). But back to the Gapminder; it is software that catalogues international data like never before and shows us visual representations of the success of other countries around the world based on details such as infant-mortality rates and CO2 emissions per capita.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Blogging without sunscreen
It's been a while since I've blogged about anything, but here goes. I'll tell about what I observed today at the park in Hoboken overlooking Manhattan. I went to the park today to cook my friendly white skin cells into darker, cancer-prone ones (we'll see if any of them commit suicide and flake off). It was nice to see the families out with their children and everyone else enjoying themselves. The internal family disputes and domestic issues were less obvious on the pretty green mall. The trashy tattoos, however, become much more obvious.
On another note: a large number of overweight and pasty pseudo-travelers began their voyage in a series of large floating buffets (pictured above). After making rude and culturally insensitive comments to the Bahamanian people, they'll come back two shades and 30 lbs heavier. Bon Voyage!
On my way back to the apartment I saw a couple having their wedding photos taken. It was beautiful...especially the little flower girl who didn't like her dress and wouldn't stand still. Precious moments...
I'll have more to come, but until then, ciao.
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