Blog 19 - 1/25/10

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In preparation of switching topics, this week let's look at sparkly new technology again. Yall already know my favorite site for this:

http://www.yankodesign.com/

Please don't stop on Page 1. Dig back a few pages and pick something cool. Preferably something that has something to do with technology.

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Blog 18 - 1/19/10

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Let's get deep this week.

I want to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his thoughts on technology.

In 1964 Dr. King delivered a lecture the day after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in which he told his audience at the University of Oslo that "material advancement was meaningless without an accompanying moral structure." In other words, the growing abundance of technology is undermining the human spirit. My favorite quote from the article is: "The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually," he said. "We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers."

This week I'm asking you to think, REALLY THINK about Dr. King's words. DO NOT post until Thursday. I want his words to work on you a little bit.

He is telling us that technology advancement needs to go hand in hand with spiritual advancement, or it's all for nothing. THINK. Do you agree with Dr. King? Disagree? WHY? You will answer both of those questions to receive credit this week.

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http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1211

Blog 17 - 1/11/10

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Along the lines of last week's discussion, let's talk about technology and weight loss.

Here are a few sites devoted to gadgets / technology and weight loss:

http://www.bestdietforme.com/DietTechnologyGadgets.htm
http://www.technologyevangelist.com/2007/01/5_techie_weight_loss.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/technology/personaltech/31smart.html?_r=1
http://inventorspot.com/weight_loss_for_the_lazy

and just for fun, go look at this one from the 1930's:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/16/electric-bubblebaths.html

GOSH I wonder why it didn't go over? Hmmmm . . .

I don't know about yall, but I'm digging that hula chair. I could lose weight just by sitting all day! Woooohooooo! And did yall see the thing that turns the TV down when you stop peddling / exercising? I have ALWAYS said if there was a device like that more people would exercise just to power their TVs.

So pick one and give me an opinion.

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Blog 16 - 1/4/09

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So let's continue on with our talk regarding sports and technology. I'm going to link to a Discover article that includes 20 interesting things you might not know about technology in sports. Choose one and comment.

http://tinyurl.com/5qwb75

So here's my comment:

I was around when Fox Sports invented the "glowing" hockey puck. Although I wasn't a "hard core" hockey fan, I can tell you that it was distracting as all get out to try to watch. While it was supposed to make the game easier to keep up with . . . it really just made me want to bang my head into the coffee table. That trailing glow was just infuriating. I wish I could find some video from that era.

So pick one, give me an opinion.

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