12/22/07

A Birthday Card for You!

What is life?
A journey through a series of seemingly random events,
and formation of mental images aimed at making sense of them?
Maybe, fulfillment of a vision delineated meticulously down to its most subtle nuances.
Or perhaps, something in between!

Happy Birthday!

The Transparent Man (by Anthony Hecht)

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15220

12/21/07

Communicaton Bridge

The following is a passage from an e-book distributed by the IEEE, titled "Engineering a Communication Bridge":

"In the end, the bridge over the communication gap will not be built through crafty legislation. The bridge will not be engineered through advanced communication technologies.... The bridge can only be constructed of one material: humans. Anyone can serve as the bridge by taking action, by ensuring a diverse education. Get involved. And get talking!"

Although, the e-book was concerned primarily with the communication gap between engineers and policy makers the overall message is widely applicable to many other areas of human endeavor: boys meet girls and there is often a communication gap that can only be bridged by developing a diverse set of interests (sport, dance, music, food, cinema, ...), emphasizing on humanity (respecting each others wants, ignoring occasional human follies), and getting involved and talking (spending time).