May 2012
1 post
April 2012
2 posts
Does Your Dock Reflect Your Priorities? →
minimalmac:
The Dock. That little area on your iPhone or iPad that contains a handful of apps which are available on every screen. It says something about what you’re about and what you want to achieve.
Nice post. I speak about applying this same idea of sacred spaces even more broadly in my book. Nice to see it echoed in a specific area here.
An insight far too many haven’t yet...
March 2012
1 post
February 2012
2 posts
iOS Address Book access should prompt the user for... →
marco:
We can’t prevent developers from being creepy, so Apple needs to step in.
The crux of the matter
Jim Daly at NRO:
Consider the facts:
The Komen Foundation is a private philanthropic organization. It has every right to fund or not fund charities or causes of its choice.
That certain individuals and causes are “outraged” over Komen’s announcement is, in itself, outrageous.
To complain about a gift not given is the highest form of presumption and...
January 2012
1 post
“I only wish that people were as certain about what the highest good is as they...”
– Saint Augustine, On Free Choice of the Will (II.9)
December 2011
3 posts
A Year Resolute (2012 Edition)
Last year I split my goals into professional and personal. This year, none of that. Let’s keep them simple and focused. Besides, my professional goals are fairly straight forward: get good grades in my Ph.D. program, network at conferences, and generally rock it like an aspiring academic. Here we have my goals for 2012. Sure I have a list, like resolutions, but they are more like goals to...
2011 Resolution Review:
I had some “pretty basic” resolutions for the year. So let’s see how I did:
climb rocks, do more yoga, and ride my bike (ankle permitting).
Complete the CrossFit beginners routine.
Keep a food journal.
Read Books
Enchridion by Epictetus
A Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman
Nicomacean Ethics by Aristotle
Commentary on the Ethics by Saint Thomas
Thomism and...
Winnowing the Field →
From the Editors at National Review:
Just as heartening, the White House seems winnable next year, and with it a majority in both houses of Congress, so that much of this conservative consensus could actually become law. A conservative majority on the Supreme Court, a halt to the march of regulation, free-market health-care policies: All of them seem within our grasp. But none of them is...
October 2011
5 posts
clientsfromhell:
Client: “My computer is frozen!” Me: “What screen is it frozen on?” Client: “The first screen, where it says push ctrl+alt+del to log in. I can move the mouse around, but when I push those buttons it does nothing” Me: “Is your keyboard plugged in?” Client: “No, It’s a wireless keyboard” Me: “Have you changed the batteries?” Client: “This thing takes batteries!? I thought it ran...
Updates, soon.
Holy crap. I’ve really neglected not just this blog, but my other social outlets as well. Foursquare is down, Flickr Pro account is expired, and who knows what else. Some one remind me to get on that: stat.
No sex on campus? →
there is an increasing phenomenon of unlikely bedfellows opting out: Catholic and Muslim women. These women of faith are increasingly allied in searching for a different way to live out their college tenure than from dorm room to dorm room. And they are finding that despite theological differences that run deep, shared perspectives about modesty, chastity, and dignity run deeper.
Interesting...
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July 2011
2 posts
ZOOEY'S MISCELLANY: an open letter to patt... →
What a great reply. Simply brilliant.
zooeydeschanel:
Dear Ms Morrison, JULY 11, 2011
I feel compelled to respond to your recent blog post, regarding comments I “allegedly” made outside the BAFTA dinner on Saturday night. I never spoke to you at this event; in fact, you weren’t even there. I am completely and utterly shocked that a…
June 2011
1 post
Runaway Agency →
Taken alongside such abuses as targeting Boeing for having the audacity to expand its operations in a right-to-work state, the NLRB is the very picture of a runaway agency pursing a narrow, partisan political policy rather than any legitimate public mandate.
May 2011
1 post
Today's Headlines →
April 2011
1 post
Thesis, Defended. Changes in the Works
I’ve been remiss in my writing lately, but as anyone who knows me knows it has been for good cause. On Monday I successfully defended my Master’s thesis. The last two months have been quite busy, to say the least, as I made all the final revisions, edits, and preparations.
I will be returning to regular writing soon, but I also plan on making some changes. This fall I will move on...
February 2011
2 posts
On Surfing for the First Time*
As soon as the central California water rolled onto the shore and over my feet and ankles, I was convinced that I would be an embarrassment. Wetsuit be damned, there was no way I was going to be hold my own in the water while literally freezing. Ten minutes and I would be throwing in the towel, pun intended. I would be too cold to think coherently, yet alone paddle, stand up, and ride the waves....
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I spoke with a friend of mine, Rhamey, about the...
January 2011
3 posts
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New Year's Resolutions 2011
Personal Goals:
Climb rocks, do more Yoga, and ride my bike—aim to a combination of these several times weekly (ankle permitting of course).
Complete the CrossFit Beginners Routine (12 week program, no crazy shit).
Keep a food journal
Complete levels 1 & 2 of the FSI Basic Spanish Course
Read the following books:
Enchridion by Epictetus
A Grammar of Assent by John Henry...
December 2010
3 posts
On a lesson learned
When I began my Master’s thesis, I wrote the following on my now abandoned WP blog:
One of my colleagues pointed out that the thesis is that it is not some random jarble [sic] of musings that one slaps together because it is the end of the term; rather, it is about taking the step into the next level and becoming a writer in the process.
After nearly two years of research, delays, a...
“I freely confess, accordingly, that I endeavour to be one of those who write...”
– Saint Augustine
Yeah, I added it to the sidebar.
November 2010
2 posts
"Don't Touch My Junk" (TSA abuse in San Diego) →
Where the TSA claims that when you buy your plane ticket, you give up your rights.
October 2010
6 posts
WatchFile this under “why I don’t watch the news anymore.”
merlin:
The Onion - “Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere”
If you haven’t seen it, don’t miss this.
I’m just some fucking guy.
Oak Glen: Fall is only 75 Miles Away →
“Fall in Los Angeles may not have the beautiful aesthetics of fall in, say, Vermont or Maine. The piles of crimson and orange leaves. The maple syrup. The frost on the windowpanes. Unless, of course, our idea of nostalgic beauty is the Santa Anas through the palm trees, which it may very well be.”
As I tell my friends in the Midwest and back East, ‘it’s not Christmas...
Handwriting aids the brain in learning →
From the article
Studies suggest there’s real value in learning and maintaining this ancient skill, even as we increasingly communicate electronically via keyboards big and small.
Google to create price index →
From the article
Google’s chief economist, Hal Varian, highlights how economic data can be gathered far more rapidly using online sources. The official Consumer Price Index data are collected by hand from shops, and only published monthly with a time lag of several weeks.
It goes on to explain that it cannot replace the CPI because not all goods correlate between the two. (i.e.,...
David Bowie: Remix →
DJs from KCRW in Los Angeles re-interpret a classic.
July 2010
5 posts
Twitter Strangers : The Frontal Cortex →
zephoria: An argument for why you should follow a random stranger on Twitter: http://bit.ly/aTxM0D
(via Instapaper)
It occurred to me yesterday while making a futile attempt to write two pages of revisions for my thesis that despite how painfully difficult it was to get done, the exercise itself was and remains one of the more pleasurable things that I do. Working with big ideas, engaging in academic discourse, and of course, writing about it. These are the things that make me happy, strange as it may be to...
“All things being equal, I will choose coffee over tea any day; but I have an...”
– On Coffee vs. Tea
June 2010
10 posts
Writing Wednesday: A Question Regarding Justice
Or, on why we pursue justice
[editor’s note: Tumblr’s server failure yesterday prevented the publishing of my second Writing Wednesday post. After sending the post twice without seeing it pushed to the website, I gave up for a day. It was a blessing in disguise as I had time to think over what I wrote and refine it a little for today.]
The Problem Stated: The Hard Case
A friend...
He Blinded Me With Science (Jonah Goldberg) →
Scientists are technicians, not moral philosophers. While they can provide facts that inform good decision-making, they can’t distill morality in a test tube. Politicians shouldn’t abdicate to the guys in white coats their responsibilities to answer moral questions the white-coats can’t answer.
Writing Wednesday: Team Perez Edition
Steven Pressfield has a wonderful project called Writing Wednesdays which can be summed up simply: “Writing Wednesdays is an ongoing, blog-version of The War of Art”. After finally reading The War of Art after years telling myself I needed to, I decided to take up Mr. Pressfield’s exhortation to writers everywhere this week. Regardless of how much or little I wrote in this space...
“There is a secret that real writers know and wannabe writers don’t, and...”
– Steven Pressfield, from “The War of Art”
Hayekian critique of deliberative democracy →