fear of failure finds no place

very interesting article on failure at the workplace, here

taking a step back = a step forward?

The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life. It’s so easy to make it complex. The solution for a lot of the world’s problems may be to turn around and take a forward step. You can’t just keep trying to make a flawed system work.

- yvon chouinard, 180 south trailer

cute and hilarious

... at the same time:


hundred school kids against athletic bilbao. who'll win? :)

tips from the coach

things to read/watch:

newsmap.jp - awesome news aggregator

the invention of lying - poses some very interesting questions

the lost symbol - nice message in the end

got my laptop sleeve!

so I wrote a while ago about using your old t-shirt to get a laptop sleeve and make a good deed while you're at it (the money goes to helping sex trafficking victims). well, I just got mine, and I really like it:

read here again about how you can get yours :)

keep up-to-date with news

newsmap.jp is a very good site. check it out!

revival the movie

kandinsky on painting

"Painting is an art. And art is a power that should be aimed at developing the soul. If art does not do this job, the abyss that separates us from God is left without a bridge.

The artist owes his talent to God and has to settle this debt. To do this, he has to work hard, know that he is free in his art but not in his commitment to life. Everything he feels and thinks is part of the raw material with which to improve the spiritual atmosphere around him.

Beauty, whether in art or in a woman, cannot be empty; it has to be at the service of humankind and the world."

from paulo coelho's blog. also check wiki for more on kandinsky.

what's he doing?

that was my first reaction, watching eric lewis rocking the piano... but once you watch and listen, you'll be more and more amazed. he's playing evanescence's going under, but... in an entirely different way. listen and enjoy.

neighborhood action

this article in business week deals with the effects of long-term commuting - does more money and other benefits make you happier if you have to travel 2-3h a day? results seem to imply otherwise... check it out!