Friday, March 28, 2014
Lang Kambay Dulay_T'boli Master Weaver and Dreamer
Weavers' Stories: Lang Kambay Dulay (Mindanao, Philippines) from Fowler Museum on Vimeo.
Journey Through Lake Sebu from Ferdz Decena on Vimeo.
Maraming Salamat po to One-Weave.comhttp://www.one-weave.com/ for developing such a great resource.
"Tribal Prints and Filipino Indigenous Textiles"_Indigenous Textile Art on Display for the World...
Interesting post from StyleStudioManila.com
Is this a bit out of context? I'm not sure what, but something doesn't sit right with me.
Is this a bit out of context? I'm not sure what, but something doesn't sit right with me.
Saturday, March 01, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Mr. Obama, You are a Rock Star.
That's right.
President Obama as James Bond.
On the front of a package of Black Market Viagra apparently in high demand in parts of Pakistan.
His politics and the dramas of his administration aside, there has been a keen personality-character attributed to this man as the President of the United States.
Even in a comedy skit that pokes fun and serves a critique to some of the things that happen surrounding his politics, Mr. Obama is portrayed as hip and chill sort of dude.
I dig it alright.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Skills for the Desert_Ray Mears
I gotta say, he's good to watch and instructs well. Good presenter.
Not exciting the way Bear Grills can get exciting, but certainly does not fail to entertain and the information gets across effectively. Recommended.
Food
Water
Shelter
Material
Fire
Hazards
Desert
Wiki
Pages Matam_ Performing "Wings"
2013 National Poetry Slam in Cambridge, MA for D.C.'s Beltway Poetry Slam.
Solvay Hut_On Top of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps
So rad!
Dreaming of Adventure at the moment...when I should be writing reports instead.
Climb all day, reach the 13,000+ ft high cabin and hang out for some coffee and donuts??
Sounds like a dream.
The nice thing about this hut is the Swiss Alpine club keeps it up. Unlike say, huts in the Sierras where you're likely to find ice two feet thick inside from daily snow melt and nightly freeze cycles in the winter time.
So many memories dancing in my head .
Like the time when Pepper Jack invited me to join him on a climbing trip to do a route on The Eiger with some buddies.
I was married at the time and considered it way out of my league. Jack didn't think so, as he said my fitness and current level of experience and skill would be enough with the party he was going with and anyway there were all sorts of routes..."ahhh, we'll figure it out, you know."
Wow.
Sigh.
I day dreamed a lot about it for some time after that, wondering what that would have been like. Going on that trip would have changed the course of my life. I was just starting to compete on my bike. Climbed more than I rode. Eventually, it was riding that took me away from climbing.
Funny, not too long after, I was invited to submit a resume for a guiding company that would fly by helo, tourists and adventurers to the top of high summits in Alaskan and South American ranges; and then lead them down on mountain bikes.
Day dreamed for a while on that one too.
Of course I harbored no regrets.
I haven't been married for almost five years now and today as a vendor rep in the Outdoor Industry, I am for the first time in my adult life, in a position to do wild, time consuming adventures. However, I seem to have arranged things in a way that doesn't actually support such endeavors.
Got myself all questioning the way I am going about things, yet again.
What am I doing?
Oh yeah! Important preparations...
I guess this is just another one of those reminders that I should be pretty solid on knowing what exactly I'm 'preparing' for and just what my visions entail.
...and to not forget the nourishment of my soul.
The truth is, I have been on such a long hiatus from a athletic lifestyles, that my body is a little, um, tight. Gotta take it slow. These connective tissue injuries continue to present themselves.
Here I am. Just gotta take it slow and from the beginning.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a...
Check out the links for the original articles here:
Viral Nova
Amusing Planet
And now, a short 6:20 min video a climb on the Eiger's Mittelligi Ridge
Dreaming of Adventure at the moment...when I should be writing reports instead.
Sounds like a dream.
The nice thing about this hut is the Swiss Alpine club keeps it up. Unlike say, huts in the Sierras where you're likely to find ice two feet thick inside from daily snow melt and nightly freeze cycles in the winter time.
Like the time when Pepper Jack invited me to join him on a climbing trip to do a route on The Eiger with some buddies.
I was married at the time and considered it way out of my league. Jack didn't think so, as he said my fitness and current level of experience and skill would be enough with the party he was going with and anyway there were all sorts of routes..."ahhh, we'll figure it out, you know."
Wow.
Sigh.
I day dreamed a lot about it for some time after that, wondering what that would have been like. Going on that trip would have changed the course of my life. I was just starting to compete on my bike. Climbed more than I rode. Eventually, it was riding that took me away from climbing.
Funny, not too long after, I was invited to submit a resume for a guiding company that would fly by helo, tourists and adventurers to the top of high summits in Alaskan and South American ranges; and then lead them down on mountain bikes.
Day dreamed for a while on that one too.
Of course I harbored no regrets.
I haven't been married for almost five years now and today as a vendor rep in the Outdoor Industry, I am for the first time in my adult life, in a position to do wild, time consuming adventures. However, I seem to have arranged things in a way that doesn't actually support such endeavors.
Got myself all questioning the way I am going about things, yet again.
What am I doing?
Oh yeah! Important preparations...
I guess this is just another one of those reminders that I should be pretty solid on knowing what exactly I'm 'preparing' for and just what my visions entail.
...and to not forget the nourishment of my soul.
The truth is, I have been on such a long hiatus from a athletic lifestyles, that my body is a little, um, tight. Gotta take it slow. These connective tissue injuries continue to present themselves.
Here I am. Just gotta take it slow and from the beginning.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a...
Check out the links for the original articles here:
Viral Nova
Amusing Planet
And now, a short 6:20 min video a climb on the Eiger's Mittelligi Ridge
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Earth Under Water - A Sea Level Rise Documentary
According to this documentary by National Geographic, if sea level where to rise just three feet, 80% of Bangladesh would be underwater, devastating food supply and displacing millions of people. What would this mean for the Islands within the Pilipinas archipelago?
The critical point is that this is a scenario that has enough potential to warrant concern and the stakes are just too high to gamble against. Isn't it our responsibility to provide for the generations of the future?
According to San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), even if the measures necessary to halt the conditions contributing to Climate Change were taken, certain impacts such the rapid increase of world wide sea level rise is now irreversible. They estimate that by 2050 sea level will have increased by 16 inches, best case scenario.
What can we possibly do to change our trajectory? So many still do not take the situation seriously. I feel urged to determine a sound approach to a "best case scenario" future; a future which has very different variables than I ever imagined would be at play.
Again, the hypotheticals explored in this film only address the consequences of Sea Level Rise. It does not focus any of the other number of hazardous possibilities human kind faces.
They are cause for at least attention and deserves consideration.
Still business as usual?
I would not bet my family on it.
Even more reason to reassess how the future is approached and just how the role of sustainable culture will play for our descendants.
Strategy not for Armageddon, but for best case scenario...with capability for contingency.
ART Project- Adapting to Rising Tides -San Francisco Community
Sea Level Rise Bay Area, map -Geology.com
SPUR- San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
Philippines Flood Map -GlobalFloodMap.org
National Geographic
Global Warming Conspiracy Theory??? -Jessie 'The Body' Ventura
Earth 2100_Asking the Question : Is This the Final Century of our Civilization?
Similarities are drawn between a theory for Easter Island's collapse and the realities modern civilization currently faces.
Earth 2100 - A History Channel Documentary aired by ABC.
The problems addressed include: climate change, Overpopulation, and Misuse of Energy Resources.
It seems that some viewers had dismissed the film as alarmist. This wasn't my impression. The message I got was a hypothetical -yet potential- worse case scenario IF crucial actions aren't taken in time. Are we/have we taken those steps since 2010? I don't know as I have not looked further into the status in my detail.
The message came across as more of an eye opener of some very real consequences for a still unwritten future.
ABC News
Earth 2100 -Wiki
Future Ham Radio Projects
This is an undeveloped post.
Communications for the Overland Adventures and contingency scenarios have always been of concern and general interest.
I have the intention of installing and being able to operate a mobile HAM radio in the Trooper as well as put together a several other mission oriented rigs.
As of this posting I am in the self-education and inspiring stage of the endeavor.
Mobile Station, Vehicle
Mobile unit(s) for hiking, moto or bike- HF Portable,
Mobile HF Antenna (this lady rocks!)
Mobile Repeater System
Go-Box Mobile Command Radio Station
GoBox, GoBox02
Simplex/Duplex Repeater, DIY -Poor man's radio repeater
Defining Amateur Radio-Wiki
ARRL .org
Communications for the Overland Adventures and contingency scenarios have always been of concern and general interest.
I have the intention of installing and being able to operate a mobile HAM radio in the Trooper as well as put together a several other mission oriented rigs.
As of this posting I am in the self-education and inspiring stage of the endeavor.
Mobile Station, Vehicle
Mobile unit(s) for hiking, moto or bike- HF Portable,
Mobile HF Antenna (this lady rocks!)
Mobile Repeater System
Go-Box Mobile Command Radio Station
GoBox, GoBox02
Simplex/Duplex Repeater, DIY -Poor man's radio repeater
Defining Amateur Radio-Wiki
ARRL .org
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