TED Talks

some great lectures/talks to download about all different kinds of subject!
just listened to this one by Mark Bittman..see more below
http://www.ted.com/index.php/

TEDTalks : What's wrong with what we eat - Mark Bittman (2007)
_ In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/263

GOOD website

an interesting website and article from a colleague

Make a Microloan Today

Recently heard some interesting/ inspiring stories about "microloans" on a segment of public radion...click here to learn more about how you can help : )
http://www.kiva.org/

Brooklyn Designer

a grimshaw co-worker recently invited me to an exhibition of this person's work. unfortunately i can't go as i am in houston not ny :) but thought i would add his site to my blog, some nice stuff. click on his site to see more of his creative designs....love those Brooklyn designers
http://www.tmiyakawadesign.com/index.html

public radio

as usual seems ages have passed since i added any musings here, and now i find myself very far from wondering in nyc but rather here on an indefinite hiatus to Houston.

well anyway, due to a recent surge in my driving time (which i usually detest) i have been listening to a lot more radio and heard a piece on an activist named Arundhati Roy.

I won't go into detail about her but I found her activism in India very inspiring and interesting and especially this quote that kept coming up when i searched her on the web.

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."