Just in the process of buying a beautiful piece of Canadian art for our business and we discovered that accountant said we can even depreciate it. Depreciate it? “Yes,” he said, “but only if it’s Canadian art.” What the hell? Who struck this Faustian bargain for Canadian artists?
My web-friend Andy Borrows has been stumbling around the web and unearthing some lovely treasures. Here is a little flash app that demonstrates attractors. I killed 20 minutes with that one tonight. And here is a nice version of John Conway’s game of life. As I was playing this one I had the uncanny sensation that I was watching the world. There are pockets of peace and pockets of energy and it’s interesting to see how the pockets of energy creep around and interact with the pockets of peace. This is a stunning long range picture …
Crooked Timber » » The myth of “The Myth of the Paperless Office” I have gone almost completely paperless in my business. How about you? (tags: business work research paper office interesting Technology) Rashomon (1950) This film is Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short story dealing with the subjectivy of eyewitness evidence in the solving of a crime. (tags: film storytelling kurosawa) What is Chaos? An Interactive Online Course for Everyone A nice introduction to the math and science of chaos. Rich ground for generating analogues in the organizational world. (tags: chaos complexity culture education learning math organization philosophy …