Monday, September 29, 2014

New Construction of Single Family Homes Picking up in Sedona

http://www.sedonafinehome.com/Housing-Starts.html
The cost of building new is now beginning to compete with the cost of buying an existing home. Prices of new homes ranging between $380,000 and $750,000 depending on size and finishes, have an average price per sqft of $260. By comparison, existing homes are listed at an average of $200/sqft.The economic case for building new versus buying an existing home becomes more compelling at the high end of the market as it commands higher prices per square foot.



---Steve

Friday, September 26, 2014

Larry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What? - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/magazine/larry-ellison-island-hawaii.html?_r=1


---Steve

WAKING UP: Chapter One : Sam Harris

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/chapter-one

Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others. This might not be obvious, especially when there are aspects of your life that seem in need of improvement—when your goals are unrealized, or you are struggling to find a career, or you have relationships that need repairing. But it's the truth. Every experience you have ever had has been shaped by your mind. Every relationship is as good or as bad as it is because of the minds involved. If you are perpetually angry, depressed, confused, and unloving, or your attention is elsewhere, it won't matter how successful you become or who is in your life—you won't enjoy any of it.

---Steve

“GMO” Foods (Once Again) Proven Safe | Loony Labs

http://loonylabs.org/2014/09/26/gmo-fear/


---Steve

The whale oIl myth |

http://www.environmentalhistory.org/brilliant/bioenergy/the-whale-oil-myth/


---Steve

Vikram Dhillon - Small changes

http://opsbug.com/small-changes/


---Steve

Intel Takes $1.5B, 20% Stake in China’s Tsinghua, To Market Intel Chips with Spreadtrum - Tech Trader Daily - Barrons.com

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2014/09/26/intel-takes-1-5b-20-stake-in-chinas-tsinghua-to-market-intel-chips-with-spreadtrum/


---Steve

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Noah Horak's Adventure

http://rtwwithnoah.blogspot.com/


---Steve

'Boyhood' (R) | miami.com

http://www.miami.com/039boyhood039-r-article

Mason asks his father what life is all about, his dad replies "We're all just winging it. The good news is you're feeling stuff, you know? And you've got to hold on to that. You get older, and you don't feel as much, your skin gets tough." This remarkable, wonderful movie helps you remember.

---Steve

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Danny Lewin, the first victim on 9/11 and an architect of the Internet.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/history/2013/09/danny_lewin_the_first_victim_on_9_11_and_an_architect_of_the_internet.html?wpsrc=fol_fb


---Steve

Sleepwalking Toward Armageddon : Sam Harris

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/sleepwalking-toward-armageddon
But it remains taboo in most societies to criticize a person's religious beliefs. Even atheists tend to observe this taboo, and enforce it on others, because they believe that religion is necessary for many people. After all, life is difficult—and faith is a balm. Most people imagine that Iron Age philosophy represents the only available vessel for their spiritual hopes and existential concerns. This is an enduring problem for the forces of reason, because the most transformative experiences people have—bliss, devotion, self-transcendence—are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways of thinking that merely amplify superstition, self-deception, and conflict.
Among all the harms caused by religion at this point in history, this is perhaps the most subtle: Even when it appears beneficial—inspiring people to gather in beautiful buildings to contemplate the mystery existence and their ethical commitments to one another—religion conveys the message that there is no intellectually defensible and nonsectarian way to do this. But there is. We can build strong communities and enjoy deeply moral and spiritual lives, without believing any divisive nonsense about the divine origin of specific books.

---Steve

[1409.0575] ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge

http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.0575


---Steve

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Kinky

Saw this on a "Traces of Texas" FB post, immediately thought of your quote server: "There is a fine line between fiction and non-fiction, and I believe I snorted it in 1976."
----- Kinky Friedman

---Steve