Lagom, that Norwegian concept of minimalism I am trying to get my head around, is perhaps part of this stoic rebuilding of what was ripped apart. There is no fat on the land here. Rather, it feels like there was an underlying desire to rebuild only what was needed. The picture below i...
And then? Light, bright light, everywhere around you, the cooling air against your wet skin, and suddenly, a need to breathe in deeply to take your first breath of air. Now, imagine that life is like being a baby being born….” I’m not at all sure that he said any of those ...
The theatrical directing career of one Steven Spielberg (and his 50 year working relationship with composer John Williams) started right here withThe Sugarland Express, a chase film starring Goldie Hawn. The movie was a modest hit in 1974, enabling the young Spielberg to land his next directing ...
notes a deadening exteriority is both the nature and the endpoint of the book review.“Criticism, especially written, journalistic, kills the book that it portrays. To keep the book from obstructing the critic’s operation, the review immobilizes the book, puts...
Controlling the ship is a simple matter of bumping the thrusters to move through space. Autopilot can do most of the work for you, but when it's time to land, switch viewpoints and guide yourself to the surface as gently as you can. Once there, disembark and wander around as much as ...
It also covers the winter wheat with a thick quilt of snow that keeps it warm. In addition, snow in warm weather can moisturize the land. That’s why people say “Rui Xue Zhao Feng Nian”. It means that a heavy snow promises a fruitful year. A lot of famous ancient Chinese masters ...
themselves so utterly plain, I’m sure I’d still be rattling around in a beloved, but too big house at the top of Norway Hill. The neighbors there, both human and ovine, really are everything you dream about neighbors being. And the peonies. I am very sad to have left behind such...
Director and Co-Star Bradley Cooper's film seemingly borrows more from the Streisand/Kristofferson iteration of A Star is Born (the last time this story was retold), as the dynamic between the two lovers hinges on the music industry. When Streisand and Kristofferson remade the film, (for the...
7. Bill the Lizard inThe Great Mouse Detective He may play a minor role in 1951’sAlice in Wonderland, but Bill the Lizard is definitely a character to remember. He’s pulled straight from Lewis Carroll’s novel, and serves the small-but-significant purpose of trying to remove a now-gian...
Nevertheless, a computing world entirely remade in the edge computing model is about as fantastic — and as remote — as a transportation world that's weaned itself entirely from petroleum fuels. In the near term, the edge computing model faces some significant obstacles, several of which w...