Adam V's Tumble Blog

Oxford—My Mind to Me A Kingdom Is

adamv — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:45:20 +0000

My mind to me a kingdom is;

Such perfect joy therein I find

That it excels all other bliss

That world affords or grows by kind.

Though much I want which most men have,

Yet still my mind forbids to crave.

No princely pomp, no wealthy store,

No force to win the victory,

No wily wit to salve a sore,

No shape to feed each gazing eye;

To none of these I yield as thrall.

For why my mind doth serve for all.

via Harper’s Magazine

Does Diet Soda Make You Fat?

adamv — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:11:10 +0000

BS Top – Roberts Soda Don’t take the studies linking it to weight gain too seriously. The Daily Beast’s Susan B. Roberts on the war over diet drinks—and how to make them taste better.

via The Daily Beast.

Tomato Sauce Recipe

adamv — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:47:35 +0000

Making tomato sauce from scratch is a fairly easy and people love it. Most people I’ve come across have never had tomato sauce from scratch so its an easy way to impress. So here is what you need:

via Tomato Sauce Recipe.

Logging Off: The Internet Generation Prefers the Real World

adamv — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:37:52 +0000

They may have been dubbed the “Internet generation,” but young people are more interested in their real-world friends than Facebook. New research shows that the majority of children and teenagers are not the Web-savvy digital natives of legend. In fact, many of them don’t even know how to google properly.

via SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International.

Tea Party Embraces Ayn Rand

adamv — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:32:42 +0000

Perhaps the worst oversight in all this is not ask whether a work of fiction with intentionally unrealistic characters is a helpful guide to making public policy.

via FrumForum.

Study: Solar power is cheaper than nuclear

adamv — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:48:59 +0000

The result of these trends: “In the past year, the lines have crossed in North Carolina,” say study authors John Blackburn and Sam Cunningham. “Electricity from new solar installations is now cheaper than electricity from proposed new nuclear plants.”

via The Energy Collective.

Vegetable Garden Planner — Design Your Best Garden Ever

adamv — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:53:23 +0000

Vegetable Garden Planner — Design Your Best Garden Ever.

What to do with the kale, turnips, and parsley that overwhelm your CSA bin. – By Catherine Price – Slate Magazine

adamv — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:12:27 +0000

What to do with the kale, turnips, and parsley that overwhelm your CSA bin. – By Catherine Price – Slate Magazine.

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adamv — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:53:33 +0000

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Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

adamv — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:06:42 +0000

According to Aristotle, the intellectual virtues include: scientific knowledge episteme, artistic or technical knowledge techne, intuitive reason nous, practical wisdom phronesis, and philosophic wisdom sophia. Scientific knowledge is a knowledge of what is necessary and universal. Artistic or technical knowledge is a knowledge of how to make things, or of how to develop a craft. Intuitive reason is the process that establishes the first principles of knowledge. Practical wisdom is the capacity to act in accordance with the good of humanity. Philosophic wisdom is the combination of intuitive reason and scientific knowledge.

via Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.