Above: Last night's run to LES & back. (~6.6mi)
Since my Nike+ is bricked from torrential downpour that caught me on a run last week, I have been estimating my runs based on past data until I get a replacement/fix the old one.
In the interim, I’m using this online mapping app, called MapMyRun. Super cool. And pretty on target, in terms of distance tracking. (Note: Williamsburg Bridge = 1.2mi ONE WAY.)
1. A jellyfish can sting you.
2. The stings are itchy.
3. They leave rash/welts.
4. And can give you nausea.
5. If the sting is from a box jellyfish, it can actually kill you.
FYI: You’re supposed to seek medical attn if your last tenanus shot was >10yrs ago. Who knew?
b/c why not? The site has a parts list and really good demo pics. (Gee, I wish I had documented my thesis project as well.)
re: Twitter. “I’m getting better about using it and finding a way to integrate it into my life, but at the end of the day, i just don’t need 12 updates per day from people describing the details of their daily life experiences, and i can’t imagine that other people want that from me.” Manlio (via ITP Alumni Blender)
it’s just not evenly distributed. - William Gibson
I found myself quoting Gibson today in response a debate on the relevance of micro-blogging.
I took a photo yesterday of the incomplete (aka TBC) scrabble game -not the facebook version, which apparently I am obsessed with, but the “for real, physical, tangible, you can potentially destroy an entire game by knocking it over” version. Reason being, there was a high probability of it being knocked over in the time between last night and the continuation of the game (which btw did, in fact, occur.) There is precedence to this occurance in past scrabble games.
This, in turn, began a whole tangent in my head about the methods of storage, memory and documentation people use to retain data in order to compensate for the inevitable ephemeral quality of everyday life (aka the position of the letters on a game of Scrabble.)
As a whole, people have developed an increased necessity to store more things as well as the desire to instantly reverse the process. “COMMAND+Z, what would I ever do w/out you? You enabled me to avoid numerous typographic & visual catastrophes over the years!” (FYI, Command+ Z does not work for certain things, such as painting your walls.)
Transient. Temporal. Evanescent. Does these words still have meaning today or have they just gone on to another place- one of shooting stars, lightening bolts and Etch-a-Sketch?
Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. Collaboration
Watch it. (And the video’s tagged, which is also super cool.)
Unexpected relevance transformed my perspective on the concept of “visual conversations” today. After partaking in a week-long (predominantly visual) email thread regarding, er… this blog is still PG-13, isn’t it? Nevermind.
So I was on the phone just now with my mom, catching up on the week, when she mentioned this book she’s reading about a Van Gogh. Something about a yellow house. Anyway, the interesting thing was that Van Gogh and his friends passed pictures back and forth, in a sort of 1 to 1 dialog. Conversations through pictures. Ha. And here I was, thinking this form of communication was ENABLED by the internet when its more like, it was perpetuated by it.
Oh, and ps. I did not make it to the beach today (obviously) but am going next wknd- maybe a trip! Can’t wait.
pro·cliv·i·ty [proh-kliv-i-tee] noun
- natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition
Note: I added this word because I have recently experienced several near-failed attempts at incorporating it into conversations. I wanted to get it right, although it still feels awkward, as if I am using it in the wrong context or imaging situations in which it doesn’t actually apply.
Other words weave their way into conversations quite seemlessly (like, um, so, yeah, ja, cool, etc.) Maybe certain words are only meant for very specific situations… so specific that the opportunity to express them is very rare.
4th attempt: “I have a proclivity to ‘run-on sentences’ and deviation from consistency in blog content.” Hm, nah. Gotta keep trying…
