I had fogotten about this event. https://www.space.com/34921-geminid-meteor-shower-guide.html
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Archive for the ‘Interesting’ Category
Against the Machine – and More
September 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, Ruling Class, Western CivilizationA really good article / interview. Worth the read. ============ By Tunku Varadarajan WSJ 9/1/2018 – New York ‘I rarely have an urge to whisper,” says George Gilder—loudly—as he settles onto a divan by the window of his Times Square hotel room. I’d asked him to speak as audibly as possible into my recording device, and his response, while literal, could also serve as... Read more
You Can Do It!!
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, InterestingFor my friend, Grant. ===== WSJ 2/3/2018 BY ALEX HUTCHINSON The Mental Tricks Of Athletic Endurance Olympians often seem to achieve the impossible in competition. But what about the rest of us? New research suggests that even weekend athletes can dramatically extend their physical and psychological limits. For the Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdič, the unlikely key to Olympic glory was misdiagnosis. While warming... Read more
The Interconnected World and Martin Luther?
December 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, TechnologySome thoughts about how things change, and yet how much stays the same… ========= By Niall Ferguson Originally published in The Sunday Times, October 1, 2017 Just as Martin Luther’s utopian vision and the invention of the printing press led to an era of religious war and turmoil, the internet, hailed as a portal to a better world, is threatening democracy The hyperconnected world was... Read more
Very, Very Rare Commodities
December 23 | Posted by mrossol | Health, Interesting, Personal DevelopmentHow about you? Got silence? ====== Silence, by Erling Kagge Reviewed by Sara Wheeler, WSJ 12/22/2017 Twenty-five years ago, the Norwegian adventurer Erling Kagge trekked solo across Antarctica without a radio (actually, the aviation company that flew him to the coast insisted that he take one, and he did—but he dumped the batteries in the plane’s trash bin). The experience of being alone for... Read more
‘What Are You?’ They Ask My Son
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Immigration, InterestingIf this isn’t the best you have read this week, pity you! ===== WSJ 10/27/2017 By Michael Meyer My son is 5. He was born in Hong Kong and spent the past two years in Singapore. We returned to the U.S. so he could grow up here, and the culture shock has been minimal: Like his fellow kindergartners, Benji loves Legos and belting out... Read more
