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"Tsundoku," the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language | Open Culture

patrickrhone — 2016-06-24T13:53:09+00:00

The word dates back to the very beginning of modern Japan, the Meiji era (1868-1912) and has its origins in a pun. Tsundoku, which literally means reading pile, is written in Japanese as 積ん読. Tsunde oku means to let something pile up and is written 積んでおく. Some wag around the turn of the century swapped out that oku (おく) in tsunde oku for doku (読) – meaning to read. Then since tsunde doku is hard to say, the word got mushed together to form tsundoku.

The Birth of a Nation

patrickrhone — 2016-04-18T18:56:32+00:00

When I endeavored to make this film, I did so with the specific intent of exploring America through the context of identity. So much of the racial injustices we endure today in America are symptomatic of a greater sickness - one we have been systematically conditioned to ignore. From sanitized truths about our forefathers to mis-education regarding this country's dark days of slavery, we have refused to honestly confront the many afflictions of our past. This disease of denial has served as a massive stumbling block on our way to healing from those wounds. Addressing Griffith's Birth of a Nation is one of the many steps necessary in treating this disease. Griffith's film relied heavily on racist propaganda to evoke fear and desperation as a tool to solidify white supremacy as the lifeblood of American sustenance. Not only did this film motivate the massive resurgence of the terror group the Ku Klux Klan and the carnage exacted against people of African descent, it served as the foundation of the film industry we know today.

Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

patrickrhone — 2013-10-27T15:53:44+00:00

Been thinking about cultural sleep habits for a long time.

The idea that we should sleep in eight-hour chunks is relatively recent. The worlds population sleeps in various and surprising ways. Millions of Chinese workers continue to put their heads on their desks for a nap of an hour or so after lunch, for example, and daytime napping is common from India to Spain.

Why Are Hundreds of Harvard Students Studying Ancient Chinese Philosophy? - Education - The Atlantic

patrickrhone — 2013-10-10T22:38:49+00:00

Picture a world where human relationships are challenging, narcissism and self-centeredness are on the rise, and there is disagreement on the best way for people to live harmoniously together. It sounds like 21st-century America. But the society that Michael Puett, a tall, 48-year-old bespectacled professor of Chinese history at Harvard University, is describing to more than 700 rapt undergraduates is China, 2,500 years ago.

Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

patrickrhone — 2013-09-08T17:38:34+00:00

A Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also called an Article V Convention, or Amendments Convention, is one of two alternative procedures for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution described in Article Five of the Constitution. The other method is a vote by two-thirds of each house of Congress. While the possibility of such a convention happening in the twenty-first century seems remote, in recent years there has been a small but influential group of constitutional scholars insisting that state governments call for such a convention. They include Lawrence Lessig, Sanford Levinson, Larry Sabato, Jonathan Turley, and Mark Levin among others, and there are reports that such a proposal is gaining "traction."

Ages of Revolution: How Old Were They on July 4, 1776? - Journal of the American Revolution

patrickrhone — 2013-08-13T21:25:53+00:00

Very interesting. Like a bunch of political startup kids.

We tend to see them as much older than they were, said David McCullough in a 2005 speech. Because were seeing them in portraits by Gilbert Stuart and others when they were truly the Founding Fathers when they were president or chief justice of the Supreme Court and their hair, if it hadnt turned white, was powdered white. We see the awkward teeth. We see the elder statesmen. At the time of the Revolution, they were all young. It was a young mansyoung womans cause.

The Secret to Finland's Success With Schools, Moms, Kidsand Everything - Global - The Atlantic

patrickrhone — 2013-07-12T04:12:19+00:00

Very interesting info and some solid reasoning as to why it works so well there yet may not here.

Here's the difference: Finland's welfare system was hardwired into its economic development strategy, and it hasn't been seriously challenged by any major political group since. And just as Finland was ramping up its protections for workers, families, and the poor in the 1960s, Americans began to sour on the idea of "welfare" altogether. What's more, some economists argue that it's because of all that American capitalism contributes to the global economy that countries like Finland -- kinder, gentler, but still wealthy -- can afford to pamper their citizens. With actual Pampers, no less.

Edward Snowden's father writes open letter to NSA whistleblower in Moscow - guardian.co.uk

patrickrhone — 2013-07-03T20:14:25+00:00

The history of civilization is a history of brave men and women refusing to bow to government wrongdoing or injustice, and exalting knowledge, virtue, wisdom, and selflessness over creature comforts as the North Star of life. We believe your actions fall within that honorable tradition, a conviction we believe is shared by many.

Using Metadata to find Paul Revere - Kieran Healy

patrickrhone — 2013-06-11T03:18:21+00:00

"Once again, I remind you that I know nothing of Mr Revere, or his conversations, or his habits or beliefs, his writings (if he has any) or his personal life. All I know is this bit of metadata, based on membership in some organizations. And yet my analytical engine, on the basis of absolutely the most elementary of operations in Social Networke Analysis, seems to have picked him out of our 254 names as being of unusual interest."

Using Metadata to find Paul Revere - Kieran Healy

patrickrhone — 2013-06-11T02:18:21+00:00

The Fisher Space Pen Boldly Writes Where No Man Has Written Before | Design Decoded

patrickrhone — 2013-01-14T21:00:12+00:00

Technology and the Sacred

patrickrhone — 2012-12-11T18:55:12+00:00

On the history and use of microphones in the church. More interesting than it sounds.

Just-So Tech Stories: How the 8.5" x 11" Piece of Paper Got Its Size - Rebecca J. Rosen - The Atlantic

patrickrhone — 2012-09-21T13:52:22+00:00

An example of a medium not being changed to fit new times and technologies.

World Wide Words: Aluminium versus aluminum

patrickrhone — 2012-09-11T01:20:16+00:00

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived

patrickrhone — 2012-05-23T03:30:15+00:00

The title kind of says it all, but if you've ever thought that Thomas Edison invented _anything_, have a read.

Cool Vikings

patrickrhone — 2012-05-20T13:01:01+00:00

Fascinating facts about Vikings

Archiveteam

patrickrhone — 2012-02-14T03:58:30+00:00

This website is intended to be an offloading point and information depot for a number of archiving projects, all related to saving websites or data that is in danger of being lost. Besides serving as a hub for team-based pulling down and mirroring of data, this site will provide advice on managing your own data and rescuing it from the brink of destruction.

The models for American Gothic

patrickrhone — 2012-02-08T16:24:47+00:00

"In 1930, Iowa artist Grant Wood painted American Gothic. The models he used for the painting were his sister Nan Wood Graham and his dentist, Byron McKeeby. Here they are next to the painting."

Lists of Note: A Decalogue of Canons

patrickrhone — 2012-01-11T23:02:18+00:00

In 1825, the year before his death, Thomas Jefferson — the 3rd U.S. President and a Founding Father of the United States of America — was asked by a father to supply some words of wisdom to his young son, Thomas Jefferson Smith, who had recently been named after him. Jefferson graciously responded with a handwritten letter, at the end of which was the following 10-point list of advice for the youngster, titled, "A Decalogue of Canons for observation in practical life." Each and every word still rings true.

TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): President Thomas Jefferson's edited Bible

patrickrhone — 2011-12-13T04:17:04+00:00

Making good on a promise to a friend to summarize his views on Christianity, Thomas Jefferson set to work with scissors, snipping out every miracle and inconsistency he could find in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Then, relying on a cut-and-paste technique, he reassembled the excerpts into what he believed was a more coherent narrative and pasted them onto blank paper -- alongside translations in French, Greek and Latin...

Occupy This! - Jason's Tidbits

patrickrhone — 2011-11-20T17:06:12+00:00

Thank you, @longstride for speaking on the issue of occupation and civil-disobedience:

Job vs. Work Ideas, Footnotes & Revelations

patrickrhone — 2011-10-26T14:41:39+00:00

History, etymology, new economy, and doing the work, all in one paragraph! : Job vs. Work

Job vs. Work | Ideas, Footnotes & Revelations

patrickrhone — 2011-10-26T13:41:39+00:00

History, etymology, new economy, and doing the work, all in one paragraph! : Job vs. Work

Before Netscape: the forgotten Web browsers of the early 1990s

patrickrhone — 2011-10-18T00:02:28+00:00

Before Netscape: the forgotten Web browsers of the early 1990s

patrickrhone — 2011-10-17T23:02:28+00:00

Steve Jobs: a personal remembrance

patrickrhone — 2011-10-06T22:22:37+00:00

After seeing the Macintosh and then reading this issue of Macworld, I had an important realization in my young life: people made this.

Steve Jobs: a personal remembrance

patrickrhone — 2011-10-06T21:22:37+00:00

After seeing the Macintosh and then reading this issue of Macworld, I had an important realization in my young life: people made this.

President Obama on the Passing of Steve Jobs: "He changed the way each of us sees the world." | The White House

patrickrhone — 2011-10-06T14:20:43+00:00

The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

Building Something New In Baghdad | Wonders & Marvels

patrickrhone — 2011-09-27T18:00:06+00:00

Yet another of the countless reasons I love this site. — Building Something New In Baghdad | Wonders & Marvels:

Urban archaeology: sleeping beautys paris apartment discovered the paris apartment

patrickrhone — 2011-09-14T18:47:31+00:00

Amazing story. RT @irishgirl: Paris apartment unlocked after 70 years, a time capsule from 1940.

urban archaeology: sleeping beauty’s paris apartment discovered « the paris apartment

patrickrhone — 2011-09-14T17:47:31+00:00

Amazing story. – RT @irishgirl: Paris apartment unlocked after 70 years, a time capsule from 1940.

Put This On: LBJ Orders Pants

patrickrhone — 2011-01-17T16:00:13+00:00

LBJ ordering pants is every kind of awesome: