http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Stuck inside my own machine en Vox Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:55:16 -0400 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/of-the-surface-of-things.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/of-the-surface-of-things.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/of-the-surface-of-things.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:55:16 -0400 In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four hills and a cloud. - Wallace Stevens, Of the Surface of Things <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f2190110162b0e88860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry start fresh "wallace stevens" "new beginning" http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/being-objective-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/being-objective-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/being-objective-1.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:24:26 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c920bf0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c920bf0003-50si" alt="The Green Hills of Rwanda" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war of organic beings, going on in the peaceful woods, & the smiling fields." - Charles Darwin I am fighting a fever. For the 2nd time in the last 20 minutes, Yves is going over what data they... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/being-objective-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c920e10003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> genocide rwanda kigali http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/updates.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/updates.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/updates.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:43:51 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c741c20003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c741c20003-50si" alt="Geek at work" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We were playing around with our photographer's new Canon EOS 5D, and he took this pic: I just started [one week ago] as Lead Developer for a local company here in Kigali and I am already flush with projects: mixture of web development, gis, data... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/updates.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c739e20005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rwanda kigali "information technology" http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/moto-ride-in-kigali.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/moto-ride-in-kigali.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/moto-ride-in-kigali.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:08:13 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c31df90005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c31df90005-50si" alt="Moto ride in Kigali" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In abundance in Kigali, are the motorcycle taxi's or "motos" as they are called. Cheaper than a taxi, less crowded than the bus and fun. Now I'm considering of getting my own moto once a few paycheques have rolled in. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/moto-ride-in-kigali.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398c315e30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> motorcycle rwanda taxi kigali http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/je-taime-or-how-to-hold-hands-with-a-man.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/je-taime-or-how-to-hold-hands-with-a-man.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/je-taime-or-how-to-hold-hands-with-a-man.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:40:26 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398bca1ea0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398bca1ea0001-50si" alt="In Downtown Kigali" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Of the strangest things that have happened to me my first week in Kigali, Rwanda, the strangest is realizing that men hold hands when they are friends. During the week of waking up late and dealing with jetlag, one lazy afternoon I went outside ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/je-taime-or-how-to-hold-hands-with-a-man.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398bc719c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rwanda kigali "cultural barriers" http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/give-the-marketing-team-props.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/give-the-marketing-team-props.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/give-the-marketing-team-props.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:04:26 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a9ca030004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a9ca030004-50si" alt="Halo 3 &quot;Believe&quot; in HD" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/give-the-marketing-team-props.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a9cb820003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> believe "halo 3" http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/this-is-why-i-miss-stephen-jay-gould.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/this-is-why-i-miss-stephen-jay-gould.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/this-is-why-i-miss-stephen-jay-gould.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:37:36 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a7f4110005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a7f4110005-50si" alt="Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> From the introduction to Zimmer's book, which I just started reading: "When we thought that factual nature matched our hopes and comforts - all things bright and beautiful, and all things made for our superior selves - then we easily fell into t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/this-is-why-i-miss-stephen-jay-gould.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a7f4790005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> evolution "science writing" "stephen jay gould" http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/dominica.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/dominica.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/dominica.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:18:58 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a656a20004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a656a20004-50si" alt="At Trafalgar Falls, Dominica" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As a pre-honeymoon, and a week before Hurricane Dean made landfall, C and I ventured to the wilderness island that is Dominica. It was wild, lush, rugged and steep. At one point, there was a 45 degree incline on the road to Trois Pitons National p... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/dominica.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e398a648e70002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dominica http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/pic-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/pic-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/pic-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:05:32 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225290cc9f21900e3989bdac50004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225290cc9f21900e3989bdac50004-50si" alt="Drunkenness at Bridgetown Market" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Taken in the early afternoon. Drunken stupor (note the wet spot on the pavement) ? Afternoon nap? You judge. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/pic-of-the-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900e3989bdb4d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> drunk barbados "crop over" "bridgetown market" http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/brimming.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(cassiodorus) http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/brimming.html?_c=feed-rss http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/brimming.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:43:51 -0400 Brimming, originally uploaded by Cassiodorus. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://cassiodorus.vox.com/library/post/brimming.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225290cc9f21900d41448907e6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> "midnight fever of meaning"