• Computers are incredibly flexible and powerful, and I spend the majority of my time in front of one. But my first love will always be a notepad and a pen. The physicality of writing out your thoughts is primal.
• Portland may be overwhelmingly white, but it spreads its minorities pretty evenly across the metro area.
• I listen to less and less music as I get older, and that's not only scary but kind of silly. My opportunities to listen to music aren't really that diminished, I just don't do it. I know part of that is simply because my sexuality has changed, and music was a way to express and even fulfill (?) that sexuality when I was younger. But, there's always time for 3/4 year's resolutions. More music in 2011!
• At a dinner I was talking with a group of people (1 NYer, 1 Indian, and 1 Bay Arean) discussing our energy problem. The NYer kept going back to "densify", the Indian wanted us all to ride scooters, and the SFer wanted people to do what they do, but do it more efficiently. This parable offers clues.

Labels: Cognitive surfeit

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