Carl Sagan given new life through YouTube tributes

I've been enjoying a series of YouTube videos dedicated to Carl Sagan's memory. His poetic yet rational world view appeals deeply to me. I read "Demon Haunted World" while I was rediscovering my love of science and I still feel like it has a wide appeal and his writing style is easily accessible to less analytical minds. I'd love to get some of his works on audio-book.

Here are a few of my favorite videos featuring Carl Sagan:







Cheers

Empathetic Egotists? What's that?

I consume a staggering amount of internet media. I subscribe to dozens of Podcasts. I read a dozens of blogs. I spend several hours a day scouring the web for the weird, funny, and interesting. All of this has done little to fulfill that deep-seated need to create something. In an attempt to fill that creative void I've turned yet again to blogging, but now I'm no longer alone. I've joined forces with some close friends and we've created "Empathetic Egotists", a place for us to share with you all what we think you should know about.

I'm excited, and I encourage you to check it out and leave some comments about what you'd like to see there.

Cheers.

What's Jeff been up to for the last 3 months?

Tulum temple
Originally uploaded by deviousgrin

Wow, our trip to Cancun seems like forever ago. Kat and I have pretty much been doing nothing but wedding planning since we've been back. Kat found some sub jobs until Summer set in and now she's working on the wedding full-time. It's getting close now, just a few weeks away and then we'll be heading to London for two weeks. I'm really excited for that. Hopefully I can find time to blog about our experiences while we are there.

Cancun was good and relaxing. We spent the bulk of our time just how we wanted to, reading by the pool or the ocean with a drink in hand. We got out of our resort long enough to tour the ruins of Tulum, snorkel a bit at a lagoon, and hit La Isla mall for a nice meal out. Pictures of those trips are up on my flickr.

Probably the best story coming out of the trip was getting ambushed by timeshare sellers right out of the plane. I took some convincing, but finally agreed to take a morning and sit through one of their sales presentations in exchange for transportation to and from the airport, a free buffet breakfast, and $100 US compensation. Kat and I fended off their hard sell techniques long enough to claim our reward and get out of there. Bonus.