http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ the daily reinvention of tracyshaun (Tracy Ruggles) en Vox Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:33:10 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/spring-is-coming.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tracyshaun) http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/spring-is-coming.html?_c=feed-rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/spring-is-coming.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:33:10 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00e398e2822e0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00e398e2822e0004-50si" alt="purple spring" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Spring is finally coming to the bay area. This little purple flower showed up on a vertical rock face along a trail above where I live. This was the only one there... no other purple flowers within sight... and one of them is just about to open... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/spring-is-coming.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00e398e28ba40005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/apologies-from-sinead.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tracyshaun) http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/apologies-from-sinead.html?_c=feed-rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/apologies-from-sinead.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:55:45 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/video/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00e398e12f530004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00e398e12f530004-50si" alt="Sinead O&#39;Connor &quot;all apologies&quot;" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> And once you've had your fill of Lithium, you can list to one of my favorite covers ever. Sinead did this awhile back and I still so love sitting back and relaxing to this gem... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/apologies-from-sinead.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00f48cdf90370002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> inspiration music sinead nirvana http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/pure-lithium.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tracyshaun) http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/pure-lithium.html?_c=feed-rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/pure-lithium.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:12:27 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/video/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00f48cdf9e090003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00f48cdf9e090003-50si" alt="Nirvana - Lithium (Acoustic) (+Lyrics) (Kurt Cobain)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Now this is the way they should have released Lithium... I can totally hear this as some young kid playing his heart out in a small seattle coffee shop. It's so much more real than the produced version that shows up on Nevermind. Enjoy! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/pure-lithium.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00e398e132c70005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music inspiration nirvana http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tracyshaun) http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:41:51 -0800 What is one of your favorite poems? Submitted by marvel is my pen name. From Clark Coolidge: I DROVE THROUGH THIS OLD WORLD THIS AFTERNOON and it was ancient, quite, lean and brass peach gas in bean stacks, babes on bikes of wood humans held ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-favorite-poem.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00d414220bb43c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd favorite poem http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/idealistorg-and-imagine.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tracyshaun) http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/idealistorg-and-imagine.html?_c=feed-rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/idealistorg-and-imagine.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:19:50 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00cdf7f40135094f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00cdf7f40135094f-50si" alt="idealist-initiative.jpg" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Idealist.org is kicking off an initiative around community organization. It centers around you and the community and self-organized meetings around the globe... Check it out: http://www.idealist.org/imagine They're a great organization with a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/idealistorg-and-imagine.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00cd970b99cf4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> community philanthropy giving self-organization volunteer http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-cant-type-it-rihgt.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tracyshaun) http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-cant-type-it-rihgt.html?_c=feed-rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-cant-type-it-rihgt.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:35:11 -0800 What word(s) do you always make a typo in? When I'm working on code and trying to get the latest checkout I type, "svn udpate"... that UD-pate -- what in the world is that? My left hand's middle finger always beats my right hand's pinky to the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/qotd-cant-type-it-rihgt.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00cdf7f3d8a7094f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd word typo http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/breaking-the-spell-is-mesmerizing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tracyshaun) http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/breaking-the-spell-is-mesmerizing.html?_c=feed-rss http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/breaking-the-spell-is-mesmerizing.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:57:33 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00cdf3a2162ccb8f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00cdf3a2162ccb8f-50si" alt="Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> An incredibly engaging read, this book starts out with a metaphor for religion in the form of an unlikely virus that effects the nervous systems of ants. It's sole purpose is to drive them to the tops of grass stalks so they can be eaten by shee... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tracyshaun.vox.com/library/post/breaking-the-spell-is-mesmerizing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9789c6ebf9cc00d09e4d06a4be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> darwin philosophy evolution memes