worldpool: “A tiny nation of people began to take shape.”
My disabled son’s amazing gaming life in the World of Warcraft
“While we are gathered here today, a candle is being lit for Mats in a classroom in the Netherlands, a candle burns in a call centre in Ireland, in a library in Sweden there is a candle lit, he is remembered in a little beauty parlour in Finland, a municipal office in Denmark, many places in England. All over Europe, Mats is remembered by many morethan those who had the opportunity to come here today.
“I met Mats in a world where it doesn’t matter a bit who you are, what kind of body you have, or how you look in reality, behind the keyboard.
“There, what does matter is who you choose to be and how you conduct yourself towards others. What does matter is what is found here,” – Kai Simon laid his hand on his temple, “and here.” Kai Simon laid his hand on his heart.
worldpool: stonehenge
I’ve been thinking about how I manage the world pool posts, and have decided to try something new. I’ve been told that people like the collected-links format, because they can settle down on the weekend and read through a batch of them. But the problem is that when I put together a weekly list the list gets longer and longer, and then it takes more time to prepare the post, and then I don’t have time and don’t do it, and the list gets longer, and…
So I’m going to try a new thing: posting as the stories come. There may still be a good number of stories over the week, of course, and I might collect some into one post if they share characteristics (e.g. “just for fun”). I’ll start every post with world pool and tag them all as “from the world pool,” so readers should be able to search the tag and find everything relevant for the week. Let me know how this works for you.
So, starting out: here’s an interesting article: The battle for the future of Stonehenge.
It’s snowing
So have some pictures with ice.
Really.
Really
From the world pool: February 1, 2019
Media in the news
This was an interesting week for quite a few tech companies, and it will be even more interesting to see the fallout, if any. I noticed this because I notice anything relating to Facebook and privacy. I detest Facebook on many levels and do not use it, for reasons relating to their handling of privacy and the fact that I think they are turning into a monopoly. It is possible that I am not entirely unbiased about them (ya think?), but honestly I think that my attitude is justified by their actions. Continue reading “From the world pool: February 1, 2019”
From the world pool: just for fun edition
It’s been a while since I’ve done a world pool post, partly because the news has just been so depressing. And yes, I’ve got depressing stuff (also useful/interesting), but I’m going to save it for later and start 2019 with happier content.
Art + Design + Writing
Poetry
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver died on January 17th. I loved her writing. Rather than an obituary, have something written when she was alive.
What Mary Oliver’s Critics Don’t Understand
Nature […] with its endless cycles of death and rebirth, fascinated her. Walking in the woods, she developed a method that has become the hallmark of her poetry, taking notice simply of whatever happens to present itself. Like Rumi, another of her models, Oliver seeks to combine the spiritual life with the concrete: an encounter with a deer, the kisses of a lover, even a deformed and stillborn kitten. “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work,” she writes.
Art
Embroidering the Earth’s Mantle, Remedios Varo, 1961
“Sometimes the city lands right on top of you.”
Friendly tower cranes, grinning street signs, and other adventures in augmented reality
Photography
Interview: Photographer Spends 10 Years Capturing the Visual Symphony of Waves
Just cool
Frozen in time: the miraculous gold rush movies buried under the Yukon ice
