Check out Kord Campbell’s killer rig, complete with four monitors, at least two computers, two keyboards, an iPhone and an iPad. Now, I don’t necessarily believe that multitasking is a bad thing, nor do I agree with Nicholas Carr and his assertion that the internet is ruining our ability to think. I do believe, however, […]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Did you hear the one about the five neuroscientists who went on a rafting trip?
August 16, 2010
I’m really digging this story at the New York Times, about five neuroscientists who went on a rafting trip down the San Juan River, ostensibly to study the effects of disconnecting with the “digital” world. It sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s actually pretty neat. Mr. Strayer, the trip leader, argues that […]
The West
August 4, 2010
I may be honing in on part of why I find the American West, not only the landscape but also its people and history, so interesting. And history not necessarily in the wars fought or the great leaders and historic influencers and such, but in the everyday sense. What did people, regular people, do out […]
