3. Lines of Work Lapham's Quarterly, 2011: Spring It is a subject that is near and dear to many people.
4. Jurgen Otto's photostream. Life is beautiful! (Recently highlighted by Coyne at The remarkable courtship of the world’s most beautiful spider.)
5. A way of categorizing questions in philosophy (I was prompted to review these by my recent skepticism of a science of morality. Over ten years ago this brief outline was presented by a professor in a philosophy class I attended.)
Metaphysical - What are things really?6. Chinese Cracked Ice Pattern. When I first saw it several years ago in a book about Chinese architecture, I loved it. Here's a mathematical description. I got to thinking about these patterns when I read about "Li Symmetries" on pg. 120 of Quadrivium, a book with many illustrations from early thought in math, geometry, and music. The short description included a reference to Alan Turing, who wrote "The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis". You can see some examples of modern application of this idea in this Wired article. While these look like fractals, they seem somehow different. Oddly, searching for "Li Symmetries" online turns up no results. So where did that name come from?
Topics: essences/appearances
Epistemological - How do I know?
Topics: experience, reason, intuition, revelation
Ontological - What do I mean?
Topics: definitions, meaning, language, what is being/existence
Axiological - What is true/beautiful/harmonious?
Topics: good/evil, subjective/objective, true/false
7. Kona Africabike: I like the idea, and am thinking of a test ride soon.
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