“…I understand the word ‘cynic’ has more than one meaning, and I see how I could be seen as cynical. ‘George, you’re cynical.’ Well, you know, they say if you scratch a cynic you find a disappointed idealist. And perhaps the flame still flickers a little, you know?” I always liked George Carlin, and although…
On “Internet Risks”: PBS Frontline, NY Times and Gawker
More ephemera was published to the blogosphere two days ago that sidles up quite nicely along my last posting on “Parents Don’t Understand Internet Risks”. Stay with me now, ’cause it gets a little bit meta. Above is the trailer for “Growing Up Online”, a PBS Frontline documentary that aired on Tuesday. The documentary is…
J.J. Abrams’ Mystery Box
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vpjVgF5JDq8 I find this TED video of J.J Abrams from 2007 is inspiring. I completely subscribe to the concept: that what you don’t see is just as important (if not more, in some cases) as the things that you do. Abrams shows a touching example in a scene from ‘Jaws’ (it’s one you probably won’t remember,…