Sunday, July 30, 2006

That's life

Yesterday I learned from Guy Kawasaki's blog that an annual conference called TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) was now making its presentations public as videos on the Internet. For an event whose intent is to get the best and brightest together to share ideas about doing good it seems only fitting that they spread the word instead of keeping it within an exclusive club.

It is recommended that you watch three related videos to get different perspectives on a given topic like religion and spiritual beliefs:

Rick Warren is a Pastor who wrote a bestselling book called The Purpose-Driven Life. He makes a compelling case for finding your purpose. "What is in your hand?"
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=r_warren

Dan Dennett talks about living the purpose driven life while having all the facts about the world's religions
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=d_dennett

Julia Sweeney takes a lighter approach on her experiences reaching the age of reason in relating to God
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_sweeney

Bonus

Majora Carter is passionate about Sustainable South Bronx urban renewal
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=majora_carter

Al Gore, who I really admire, is spreading the word regarding global warning and his documentary An Inconvenient Truth
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=al_gore

New videos are being released each week so you may want to subscribe to the distribution list for new videos if you liked these.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal

On Wednesday July 19 I went to Montreal to check out the Just for Laughs comedy festival and I was really impressed.

Lots of fun stuff happening all around and we really enjoyed the show Bubbling with Laughter at Club Soda.

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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Flooding in Orleans


Several feet of water on the street during a flash flood in Orleans July 3 2006.

It was interesting to see cars trying to go through the water even after seeing other cars stalled ahead of them.