July 2007
20 posts
apastyboygroove: putting the final touches on our house. mundane things like installing window latches (via Twitter / apastyboygroove)
A Beautiful, Rich Approach to an Interface →
How novel is it that a communications firm actually creates a site that engages, and effectively promotes what they can do without touting themselves with words. Capital Corporate Comm does it with panache.
WatchVodou Brooklyn As part of a program for SOF, I interviewed a photographer in Brooklyn who had been attending Vodou ceremonies for quite a while. The production was a real treat b/c I had to take a mercenary approach and whittle 40 minutes down to 4. And with the help of our senior producer, who gave it better spacing and sound, I was able to create something that augmented the radio show.
Latino Migrations and the Changing Face of...
With Salvadoran-American scholar Manuel Vasquez, we explore how religious and spiritual worldviews anchor Latino cultures and are reshaping North American culture in fascinating ways. (via APM: Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett)
apastyboygroove: just finished listening to two interviews with marquardt and vasquez. they should hold. (via Twitter / apastyboygroove)
apastyboygroove: pyramids of hierarchy in a sequential fashion defeat the purpose of experimentation. a top-down approach from my parent company. hopeless. (via Twitter / apastyboygroove)
apastyboygroove: This week’s show with Barbara Kingsolver is already generating a lot of discussion. Maybe this sustainability thing has legs… :) I pre … (via Twitter / apastyboygroove)
apastyboygroove: been up all night waiting for our web servers to be available. arrrrgghhh (via Twitter / apastyboygroove)
The Ethics of Eating (July 19, 2007)
Author Barbara Kingsolver describes an adventure her family undertook to spend one year eating primarily what they could grow or raise themselves. As a citizen and mother more than an expert, she turned her life towards questions many of us are asking. What can climate change and sustainability really have to do my family’s daily routines? Where does the food we eat come from? And why do we...
apastyboygroove: my macbook is driving me crazy. repair #6 (via Twitter / apastyboygroove)
WatchI’ve begged for this kind of richness when displaying visual representations of archival documents, like da Niebh.
apastyboygroove: “the dead are to serve the living. the living aren’t here to serve the dead.” (via Twitter / apastyboygroove)
Stress and the Balance Within (July 12, 2007)
Dr. Esther Sternberg works at the molecular level of the mind-body connection. The language of genes, neurotransmitters, and hormones, as she describes it, is helping science understand how our emotions and our bodies are connected — why stress can make us sick, and loving and believing can help us be well. (via APM: Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett)
Marriage, Family, and Divorce (July 5, 2007)
American ideals of courtship and marriage echo with Biblical imagery — “bone of my bones” “flesh of my flesh.” But what does the Bible really say, and how has it been taught across the centuries in which the institution of marriage has changed dramatically? With a rabbi and a New Testament scholar, we explore nuances of biblical teachings about marriage, family, and divorce...
“Each one serves in his own fashion.”
– in her preface to Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti, Maya Deren tells the story of asking a oungan to film Vodou ceremonies near Port-au-Prince
Assembledge+ Architects →
The Ridgewood Residence is an inspiration on what a broken down ranch can be. We’d like to incorporate more of the wood elements into tofotomo.
WatchLucian cooing at 3 months