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      [Home]   [ Index ] [ Permalinks ] [ RSS ] [ Blogs of note ] A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. ( Goethe ) December 2006   Saturday 06-12-30   By getting up early in the morning one also gets more time at his disposal for work as compared to late-risers. Scholar and thinkers get up early in the morning and contemplate.   Rig Veda quote Morning news   Newspapers I check in the morning   New York Times     — web access only 30 dollars a year   Guardian UK   International Herald Tribune   Financial Times   Al Jazeera   Die Zeit   Antiwar.com   The Economist   LA Times   Yes, it takes time and may depress. Still, it is worth the trouble.   Some worthy blogs   A selection political of blogs I follow regularly.   Juan Cole   Reason   Foreign Policy   War in context   Jihad watch   Glob...

By getting up early in the morning one also gets more time at his disposal for work as compared to late-risers. Scholar and thinkers get up early in the morning and contemplate. Rig Veda quote Morning news Newspapers I check in the morning New York Times — web access only 30 dollars a year Guardian UK International Herald Tribune Financial Times Al Jazeera Die Zeit Antiwar.com The Economist LA Times Yes, it takes time and may depress. Still, it is worth the trouble. Some worthy blogs A selection political of blogs I follow regularly. Juan Cole Reason Foreign Policy War in context Jihad watch Global voices online Energy bulletin Lost worlds — e.g. why killing Mr. Hussein was obscene Sudden debt Finnish NGO blog Larisa Alexandrovna The raw story Riverbend James Kunstler Sic Temper Tyrannis Daily Kos Bruce Schneier Index on Censorship Information clearing house Please, point me to other worthy blogs! Speculation on the next war Information cl...

Every second is of infinite value. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Creativity methods A good list of creativity methods at Mycoted.com. Very much recommended! What am I missing from my time at MIT? I miss the time I spent in Boston. Memories come at surprising moments, positive, pleasant memories. I remember long discussions on engineering and business, hurried coffee breaks in Mass 77, long nights spend reading, writing, studying. I remember heated discussions when our workload exceeded our limits and how we overcame the limits. I remember exhaustion and desperation when writing essay in the middle of the night or when trying to solve problem sets with tired brains. I remember the joy of achievement, when everything was done and over with. I remember long walks by the river, Saturday lunched with Kumar at Pho Pasteur, late night shopping trips to Cambridge. And there are many other things I remember and miss so much. So, studying in MIT was memorable. I was happy then (although S...

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. Rudyard Kipling Ordinary days? Ordinary days threaten me. I do not like them. To avoid ordinary days, we have decided to go to the movies at least once a week, not to watch TV (instead read books). Maybe I can avoid too many ordinary days, so that I will not miss my time in MIT too much. Today: walking to the office, working in a very silent office all alone, watching "Das Leben der Anderen" with S (one of the best films I have even seen: phenomenal acting, faultless script, invisible directing, beautiful yet deeply touching), buying some CDs from the annual sales. Strange weather The weather is strange: still no snow, today 6 degree centigrade, clear skies. I do not actually mind this myself, but I assume this does not bode well. We (the human race) must start taking the limits of growth more seriously. I read somewhere that Egypt imports 40% of its food. It cannot grow mo...

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. Alvar Aalto Cities visited 2006 I visited these cities in 2006 (criteria: spending at least one night, * means several visits) (check also Lavonardo 's list) Boston, MA, USA* New York, NY, USA* Washington, DC, USA San Francisco, CA, USA* Palo Alto, CA, USA Santa Barbara, CA, USA San Diego, CA, USA Tampere, Finland* Joutseno, Finland Espoo, Finland* London, UK Venice, Italy Valletta, Malta Victoria, Gozo, Malta Naples, Italy Ardea, Italy In addition, I visited some other cities briefly Pompeii, Italy San Jose, CA, USA Berkeley, CA, USA Paris, France Catania, Italy Anacapri, Capri, Italy Rome, Italy Xaghra, Gozo, Malta Tallinn, Estonia Porvoo, Finland Hyvinkää, Finland Alun perin julkaistu kuukausikoosteessa "Blogs December 2006".

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. Eliel Saarinen No politics I have decided not to bother myself with politics, global warming, peak oil or falling dollar anymore this year. It is Christmas time, I am trying my best in my new work, and I am lazy. I will return back to my ranting self in two weeks. Now, I will just read books, study, take it easy. It also seems that I have run out of things to say today. I do not know why. Adapting Human brains adapts to broken body parts surprisingly fast. It only took a week for my middle finger to take over almost all tasks of my broken index finger. Now the middle finger can do anything but pick my nose, which does not matter that much. I still have the other one intact. Alun perin julkaistu kuukausikoosteessa "Blogs December 2006".

When a great adventure is offered, you do not refuse it. Amelia Earhart Getting a bit ordinary I try my best to avoid succession of ordinary days. Right now it is quite easy, for my new job still surprises me daily and I learn many new technical things. I also learn even more about organizations and management and businesses. Clearly I made the right thing when I left Nokia for Posti. In the evenings, mostly reading books . We have not watched TV for a week now. We feel so liberated. Today, I also met Maunu for a discussion about a new club we are about to establish. More about that later, but some new robots are what we are up to. Web 4.0 robots! So, only being in Helsinki is ordinary. Otherwise, I am safe. Web 3.0 Web 2.0 is passe. Web 3.0 is coming up. It seems that there is too much free capital with foolish owners (or investors) in the world. I have not even understood what Web 2.0 was, but I intend to catch up with Web 3.0 and make huge amount of money by inventing somet...

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise! Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Adapting to the crowd Last week, I was invited to an open house at a local club house of people recovering from mental problems. When I entered the house, they told me that my shoes did not match. Both were black, but they did not make up a pair. Next, they asked whether I was member of club. I denied, but I was not very convincing. No planning was involved, as is evident. Books or plays I will soon write I will soon write two books or plays. I already know their names. The first "Lives of no consequence" will tell a story of some losers, who end up being of no consequence, but still important members of the society. I am so fed up with all empty celebrities being celebrated for their emptiness and lack of consequence. It is time for the rest of us! The second play "Nurkan takana Gogol" (Gogol behind the corner) is a serious commentary about current fake seriousness and ...