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I remember seeing this at a repertory theatre about 15 years ago and having my mind blown. Yes Baraka and Samsara are both beautiful but IMO they lack the cohesiveness of Koyaanisqatsi, especially considering the interplay of music + images.

I echo the others who say that watching this with ads is a terrible idea. It completely kills the flow of it. I can't think of a worse movie to have interrupted by ads.

If you can, watch it any other way.


For blocking blue light, instead of filtering the devices, just filter your eyes:

http://www.amazon.com/Uvex-S1933X-Eyewear-SCT-Orange-Anti-Fo...

I've been wearing those for ~2 hours before sleeping and they work very well.


These probably work wonders on your sex life too.


heh. my fiancée jokingly refers to me as "nerd bono"

(she also has a pair and wears them)


Hahaha cool.


My friend used to call it the "escalator" symbol.

It is pretty abstract. I see it as a representation of a switch or two different alternatives.


I posted this last time it was mentioned, here's Wallace delivering the actual speech. The above article cuts out some sections making it less cohesive. Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5THXa_H_N8 (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAzbSQqals (part 2)


Here is the full audio of him delivering this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5THXa_H_N8 (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAzbSQqals (part 2)

Highly recommended listening.


Very intelligent, had all sorts of ideas, could talk about anything related to his field (networking) and would challenge you to think about things differently. Unfortunately, he could talk all around theory, but he couldn't execute. It was a strange sort of inability to choose between several equally good approaches to solving a problem. Every project he worked on got about 3/4 to completion and then fell flat into failure.

Almost textbook description of ADHD. ref: https://qht.co/item?id=2877100


That's very interesting, thanks for the link.

I have children, and I've worked with a few folks who have been diagnosed as ADHD, but I think the focus always lands on the "Hyperactivity". In retrospect, he could very well be ADHD (it was called ADD when I was a kid, and "shut up and sit down" when my dad was a kid), but I my armchair quarterbacking (psychologicalicking [made it up]) can see the signs there. He was a very organized individual, coupled with the observed behaviors (hyper focused, often a part of ADHD that isn't associated with the condition).


What a sad little man. He should stick to his 'hobby' (whose inclusion on the site just adds that extra soupçon of patheticness)


Interesting article. I found it a bit strange that he didn't link to or reference this: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2008/10/10/coming-home-to-vim

which shares the exact same title.


Yeah, I didn't realize that post had the same title, even though I read it and it's a fantastic post.

I'll add a link to it now.


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