Archive for June, 2005

Life Caching - beyond food

Monday, June 20th, 2005

Last time I read anything about caching (save the odd google search) was in my Psych days - we focused on the spatial memory of food caching birds when storing collected food (and subsequently recovering it).
Apparently the trend has gone up the food chain.
Coined by Trendwatch, “Life Caching” is a latest [...]

Connection - Eat Together = How to Save the World

Monday, June 20th, 2005

I truely believe that one of the ways we will be able to change the world for the better is through making real and meaniningful connections with people - over dinner, a drink whatever.
"… Move beyond any attachment to names." Every war and every conflict between human beings has happened because of some [...]

Where did ‘Think’ & ‘Imagine’ Go?

Friday, June 17th, 2005

“Few people think no more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once a week”.
I laughed at this George Bernard Shaw quote the first time I read it.
Lately, however, I have begun to believe it is true.
I know De Bono has been talking [...]

A Gruk on Thoughts and Things

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

Thoughts and Things
I concentrate on
the concentric rings
produced by my pen
in the ink.
The thing that distinguishes
thoughts from things
is that thoughts are harder
to think.
– Piet Hein
(a Gruk/Grook is where Piet Hien made mathematics meet poetry)

Photo Sharing - Earth and Icicles

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

I just found a new website - TrekEarth.
I am always one for seeing things through different lens’ and perspectives.
The underlying theme of TrekEarth is “learning more about the world through photography.”
All the people posting appear to be travellers who love the earth - and sharing the new things they see through their cameras.
My favourite [...]