Chris Anderson & Bre Pettis "Maker Movement to New Industrial Revolution" at World Maker Faire

Pat Metheny Group

We Live Here-Need I Say More?

Printing a bicycle with a 3D printer

This was posted on Youtube in March of 2011. By now there are thousands more 3D printers most recently in people's homes. The implications are staggering. Prepare for a paradigm shift that will take a few years to gain steam. The greatest irony is that the manufacture of plastics, grouped with fossil fuels and the oil industry are on a downward course in the United States due to a very narrow utopian thrust disdaining any non-believers as ignorant dolts. There really are different opinions allowed in a free society, right? Am I asking the relentless self-ordained geniuses? The ones whose math states, Bush=Romney.

Back To The Future?

Umami Fish Farming In The Ocean

The wave of the future?  Umami has containment cages where they keep fish for sustainable farming.

Riots In Warsaw Filmed With A Remote Controlled Helicopter

RoboKopter Zamieszki I has used a helicopter to record riots in Warsaw. Using helicopters with cameras is changing capabilities like never before. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. This was not in past tense, so it is not the beginning of Charles Dicken's "A Tale Of Two Cities". We are truly in the process of a paradigm shift on Planet Earth.

No Gym Required, Unleash Your Inner Rockstar

I don't know about you, but I have a very easy time talking myself out of doing sit-ups. This video got me moving because Jennifer advocates using very little in the way of equipment to keep it simple. Ultimately I know that just making a decision to start is all it takes to, well, start! Jennifer Cohen has written, “No Gym Required, Unleash Your Inner Rockstar”, a book that promotes back to basic exercises in your quest for fitness. Ms. Cohen says she realized over the years that the simple, old school movements were the ones that produced the best benefits, and that a gym membership isn’t needed to get fit. A popular phrase that accompanies her philosophy is “anytime, anywhere, all you have to do is decide”. In a video interview, she talks about how bodyweight and minimal equipment regimens produce better results than big bulky gym equipment which performs a lot of the work for you.

The attitude reminded me of my primary motivation for running some time ago. I remember admiring the physiques of runners, when, shazam, I realized I could admire my own accomplishments while running myself! That shift in attitude changed my life then as did the attitude presented here.