Blog from the Loft

Michael Faraday’s lectures at the Royal Institution in London - “The Chemical History of the Candle” :
A candle is beautiful. “Beauty means not the best-looking things, but the best-acting thing.” A candle is beautiful because its functioning elegantly and efficiently rests upon a wide range of universal laws. The heat of the flame melts the [...]

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The eight rules of Dean Carney, from the book Ugly Americans, The true story of the Ivy League Cowboys who raided the Asian markets for millions. The book is a light read, and by no mean true — it’s highly fictionalized, but fun to read.

Never get into something you can’t get out by the closing [...]

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This book contains a lot of quotes and management ideas from Colin Powell, as told by the author Oren Harari. The author made it very clear in the prologue that this book is (1) not by Colin Powell, and (2) there is no official endorsement from Colin Powell. What Harari did is that he summarized [...]

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I just finished reading Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, a book about Dr. Paul Farmer, or Doktè Paul, as his Haitians friends and patients call him. The book is grippingly intense, showing how Dr. Farmer, with his passion and energy, changed the world for Haiti, Peru, Russia and other places, helping to cure TB and [...]

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Twelve projects that study thinking.
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Watching a spelling bee competition is as exciting as……… the French Tennis Opens. You don’t think so? Buy the DVD. This documentary follows eight kids through the 1999 National Spelling Bee competition. The kids are from very different backgrounds. Their stories are inspiring. This is a must see movie for kids and adults. Make sure [...]

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I find Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s Owner’s Manual for Google inspiring. This is included in their S1 filling with the SEC. Download and read it.
Quote:
Don’t be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served — as shareholders and in all other ways — by a company that does [...]

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Some resources for my loft design
Appliances

ventless washer dryer

ASKO manufacturer

LG manufacturer

Russound whole house audio and video distribution.

B&W speakers

Rotating AV Racks

Vimco, Lutron Controllable Shades

Lutron lighting control

Snake Tray for wiring, probably too industrial

Art work hanging systems

Art work hanging system 2

Avanti systems specifically from the UK

Furniture:

Topdeq office furniture
Bamboo Floorings
OCHO concrete furniture
Not quite home loft, but and article onoffice design, [...]

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I have this collection of articles on the web that is worth reading — I don’t necessary agree with them, but it is thought provoking nevertheless. It is time to try putting them all in one place, so here we go:

elegant Hack, IA information
Black Belt Jones has a good list of links on web design [...]

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A quick scan around the beach, I am sure I am reading the most educational book here :

The Tao of Physics

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