I can’t believe it’s Friday. Feels like this week just flew by, which is a good thing and a bad thing all at the same time. Not a ton of content for this week’s Weekender; I’ll try and make it up next week. In the meantime, go out this weekend and have fun!
Photos for the weekend.
Amber tipped me off to the photography of Alana Davis earlier this week, and I’m completely awestruck. Absolutely gorgeous work. One of my favorite sets is her Intimation collection, but every single thing she photographs is full of life and vibrancy. Beautiful.
Legofesto created a powerful set of LEGO recreation of the torture of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. Recreating the scenes like this takes away the sheer horror factor, but still retains the impact that the imagery needs to have in order to really shake people into understanding about the atrocities.
Links for the weekend.
Ear Plugs to Lasers: The Science of Concentration
I don’t really have concentration problems, but I surely do need to work on focusing on one task at a time. Plus, I get too distracted by shiny and flashy things. I need to practice biased competition. (thx to Christina for the tip!)
Going Postal: The Imminent Death of the U.S. Postal Service?
As someone that has a sizable “postage budget” in his personal balance sheet, the health and future of the postal service is an important issue to me. Though it does feel like Georg Jensen is calling me callous about the environment simply because I love to send letters. Not cool Georg.
An Unschooling Manifesto
It’s no surprise that the education system as it currently stands isn’t the ideal way for young people to learn. I’ve been lucky enough to have teachers that recognized my learning styles and tailored their delivery methods and expectations so that I could succeed in a system that wasn’t built for students like me.
Videos for the weekend.
Tabish pointed me to this wonderful video of a pianist and cellist playing a lovely arrangement of Taylor Swift’s Love Story and Coldplay’s Viva La Vida. Trust me, it’s better than you’d think. I love the story at the end on how he arranged this piece for his daughter as well. Beautiful.
That’s it for this weekend. If you want to keep on top of what else I’m reading or enjoying on the web during the week, check out my tumblelog Squandrous, my Google Reader shared items, or my Times People profile.
greetings to you from across the ocean in sunny portugal :) i found your website randomly … like we always find stuff on the web… it’s refreshing to see that amongst all the noise on cyberspace there is still a lot worth reading, like your blog. i find it inspirational… thanks for sharing. vânia
Thanks so much Vânia! I really appreciate the vote of confidence, and hope I can continue to provide value to you going forward.
Oh, and where in Portugal? I used to spend a lot of time in Lisboa a few years ago.
how surprising! hope you enjoyed your time in portugal. currently i’m living in a lovely town called cascais, which is 30 minutes from lisbon.
I’m definitely a big fan of the country, and if I’m ever back on that side of the world, I’ll be sure to give you a shout!