Monthly Archives: June 2010

A Few More Photos from Santorini

Here are a few more photos from Santorini over the past few weeks (click on them for a larger version): Looking down the cliff from where we sat watching the sunset below in Oia. The sunet from Oia, Santorini Dan (from Bankvibe) and me with Red Beach behind us My first Mousaka at God’s Garden (I forgot the take the photo BEFORE I cut into it — oops) Dan and me on our ATVs while at the Marina

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Cool Coke/World Cup Commercial

[via acarlman on Twitter]

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Do All Your Decisions Come Down to Dollars and Cents?

I hope not. From Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World (affiliate link): We all know that any decision involves making certain trade-offs, but it’s how we weigh these trade-offs that counts. In a society that tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our decisions in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs involved in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to gloss over — and the very ones we need to consider most.

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Walk on water (Liquid Mountaineering)

Just read Joel’s post on 1000Watt Blog and absolutely loved this video; what a great use of humor to build a brand and generate awareness.

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The Oil Mess in the Gulf – No Matter How You Look at It, It’s Our Fault

What a thing we have created. What an extraordinary horror our rapacious need for cheap, endless energy hath unleashed; it’s a monster of a scale and proportion we can barely even fathom. Because if you’re honest, no matter where you stand, no matter your politics, religion, income or mode of transport, you see this beast of creeping death and you understand: That is us. The spill may be many things, but more than anything else it is a giant, horrifying mirror. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2Fnotes060410.DTL#ixzz0q0391QvV

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Passionate Soccer Fans from Columbia

Everywhere I’ve been internationally, I’ve noticed that people seem to be much more passionate and engaged at the sporting events they attend. Here’s another example of that in Columbia. [via David Connelly at Kiva Fellows Blog]

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Stuff White People Like #133 – The World Cup

Stuff White People Like #133 – The World Cup Guilty as charged.

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