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IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes - This is our pop culture.
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StungEye - The Eye of the Bee Holder
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Happiness in a Broken Reality
I picked up Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken from the library last week. I’m about halfway through it. It’s a book about harnessing “the power of games to solve real-world problems and boost global happiness.” In 2010 when I watched Jane’s TED talk Gaming Can Make a Better World I was sceptical, but the arguments she makes in the book are compelling. I won’t get into those here. Instead, I want to highlight her thoughts on fuelling your own happiness:
“There are many ways to be happy, but we cannot find happiness. No object, no event, no outcome or life circumstance can deliver real happiness to us. We have to make our own happiness — by working hard at activities that provide their own reward. One of the chief reasons for the durability of self-made happiness is that unlike happiness derived from extrinsic sources, it is hard won. You devoted time and effort… You made it happen, and you have the ability to make it happen again. This sense of capability and responsibility is a powerful boost in and of itself. We must learn to rely less on short-lived external rewards and take control of our own happiness. In this way we become better able to protect and strengthen our quality of life. When the source of positive emotion is yourself, it can continue to yield pleasure. When the source of positive emotion is yourself, it is renewable.” — Jane McGonigal (Slightly paraphrased.)
She then goes on to explain what she believes are the keys to self-made happiness:
- Satisfying work, every single day. The definition of which is different for everyone, but it basically means being immersed in clearly defined, demanding activities that allow us to see the direct impact of our efforts.
- The experience, or at least the hope, of being successful. We want (need) to be optimistic about our own chances for success and feel like we are working towards that goal.
- Social connection. ‘nuff said.
- Meaning, or the chance to be a part of something larger than ourselves.
Be happy my friends.
2012-10-06 18:24:00
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Your Word is my Landscape.
Looks a bit like an etching, but it’s actually generative art: “The text of received emails is transformed into atmospheric landscapes. Words are pseudo randomly placed with varied sizes and then rendered as moody misty lands and waters.”
A sequence of chess moves where the knight visits every square exactly once. AKA, the Knight’s Tour.
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This is not a fancy projection. Also: The making of.
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No buyers, no takers. Items left on the garage sale free table. Pop cam, Frontenac & Holmes. (Taken with Instagram)
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Found on the Internet, Face Swap with Robert Norman “Bob” Ross.
Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle - A talk about invention, creativity, feedback, programming, electronics, design, and activism, oh my! This talk blew my mind.
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Commentary and educational posts about weather across the Canadian Prairies with a focus on Southern Manitoba.
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Now Available.
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Watch this Paper Crease Animation.
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We’re in Greece now on the island of Lesbos near the city of Molyvos.
The rest of my photos of this island are on Flickr. My Amsterdam photos are online too.
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We’re In A’dam.
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On the road from Arborg - Ken Harasym
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Print a paper atlas of anywhere in the world. Scribble on it, add features, take notes. Your annotations can be shared online, transcribed in digital form as photos uploaded back to the Field Papers site.
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SlowTech - Distraction and Mindfulness
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Reggie Watts Disorients You
Just keep watching.
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Area duck pond.
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Somewhere in Winnipeg, resistance is fertile.