BMW. racing. sci-fi. innovation. design. technology. beauties.
source – Seth Godin on the tribes we lead | Video on TED.com
Some of the most basic things regarding change is being able to influence small groups of like minded people towards a cause. these small groups can multiply the efforts towards change provided that the tribal leader steps up to the role and drives the vision.
This video perhaps tells nothing new, but today’s society and technology makes the possibility of tribal changes become a lot more effective.
Today was a bit of a busy day.
started with some discussions on some home design with ju, hijaz and kahar. they shared their websites as follows:
http://www.blogger.com/profile/16807998016910934448
http://bahahouse.blogspot.com/
http://bungalowdesign.blogspot.com/
http://sabrihouse.blogspot.com/
http://zainihouse.blogspot.com/
http://hizalsbungalow.blogspot.com/
http://binarumah.ambok.net/
unfortunately, our ambitions are not for big houses. 🙂
but hijaz and kahar had some pretty good house designs. and they seem very passionate about this work they did. so thinking of how to help them with my hobby of website building.
after this, i got home to do a bit of research on updating the drupal websites – to help put together hijaz & kahar’s site. what they needed is a site which they can update the progress of their homedesign works – with posting of multiple images as well. a thought would be to combine all their blogspot sites into one, with different projects categorised separately as taxonomies.
i need to investigate and test some useful drupal modules for drupal 6:
http://drupal.org/node/206666
http://drupal.org/project/delicious
http://drupal.org/project/imagebrowser – demosite: http://demo.coredesigns.co.uk/
http://drupal.org/project/img_assist
http://drupal.org/project/imce – demosite: http://ufku.com/drupal/imce/demo
source site – Video: The Black Stig is back, emerges from the ocean after 6 years
A press release was released following the video stating: “until now, the original Stig from BBC Top Gear was thought to have been killed back in 2003, when he drove a modified Jaguar XJS off the end of HMS Invincible aircraft carrier at 109mph. . . The nation was shocked that the Stig was dead. However, recent footage has been found on YouTube showing that he miraculously survived.”
source site – IGN: Battlestar Galactica: The Timeline — Day 1
one complaint that is often heard from newcomers to the award-winning series is that, after four years of intricate plotlines, it’s tough to jump in the middle of the story and follow along. Our first answer to that would be to spool up your FTL drives and jump in anyway, because you don’t want to miss this excellent series. But we’re also willing to acknowledge that Galactica has gotten pretty complex over the years, which is where our second answer comes in — in the form of this new feature, which we’ve dubbed Battlestar Galactica: The Timeline.
occassionally, i would need a refresher of the happenings and chronology of battlestar galactica. the above link is a good start.
source site – TG Daily – Bill Gates’ new mission: Saving lives
When you already have transformed the way the world works, what do you do with the second half of your life? Ask Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, the insanely rich guy we so often loved to hate, but who is being credited with bringing computing to the mainstream. Today, Gates released the first annual letter describing his new role at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. What we read is a passionate introduction to the challenges and goals of his charity. And I remember the old saying: There are those who say they are saving lives, and those who actually do.
this is pretty inspirational. yes, i do not like bill gates the microsoft man. but bill gates the man, is a different matter altogether. even at microsoft he was singularly focused on changing the way we work. i believe that this singular focus will allow him to achieve good things with his foundation. his work at the foundation is described on his 2009 annual letter.
this is one of the best ways to see wealth being shared across the world.