Tensegrities

It’s fun to discover Vinton Cerf explaining why a liberal education matters, in an age of digital tech:

It’s interesting to me that this piece came across my radar from someone a world away on a day when I’m in Cleveland . Also intrigues me how moved I was by it, and how completely absent of any explicit religious references this is. Strikes me that perhaps it’s a way into recognizing some of the deep chords many faiths share:

• Americans abandon particular news media because it no longer provides as much information: http://t.co/QypJKXRlHN #fb 2013-05-14
• Cornel West in London: http://t.co/3tLQnv84YT #fb 2013-05-14
• Add your name to #CloseGitmo Petition. http://t.co/Vrk8ylI8Ju #fb 2013-05-14
• Some amazing gorgeous pictures of the events at the capitol as MN becomes #12: http://t.co/hW6kasDXiT #fb 2013-05-14
• A new cloud tool to play with! http://t.co/3HPEySBiEX #fb 2013-05-16
• Can I admit this? I'm really excited at what the Pope is saying: http://t.co/Bp9T59CPvK #fb 2013-05-16
• Here's the latest data from the Mpls community technology survey. Churches should care! http://t.co/upeEP6lmLM #fb 2013-05-16
• Just for the fun of it (cat vs. dog): http://t.co/iDIVldPKMa #fb 2013-05-17
• Anti-equality money drying up: http://t.co/g8zliIWlw1 #fb 2013-05-17
• The Right's war on electric cars: http://t.co/s6WG702XBu #fb 2013-05-17
• Let's get Larry Lessig on the Daily Show to combat Snowe's claims! #dailyshow #rootstrikers #lessig #fb 2013-05-17
• Great cold soups for someone recovering from wisdom teeth removal: http://t.co/MXhkNeatJV #fb 2013-05-17
• The Pope asks: are we open to the Holy Spirit? #fb 2013-05-18

I love this! It provides a scientific explanation of an exercise I’ve been doing for years in class:

(Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan, and more)

Ever try to tell the stories of the Book of Acts in three minutes? This dude did:

(This might be a nice challenge to offer to teens with drawing/video skills.)

We need to play the “save the world” symphony, with whatever instruments we can access!

So, we’ve had 13 inch blizzards in May, in southern MN, and yesterday the wind was blowing so strongly that it pushed ice off the lakes and up into homes. Check out this video:

Makes me think of the incredible power that glaciers had…