{"id":609,"date":"2015-11-04T13:57:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T21:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/?p=609"},"modified":"2016-05-12T02:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T09:25:40","slug":"a-potpourri-of-brain-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/a-potpourri-of-brain-food\/","title":{"rendered":"A Potpourri of Brain Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody will like all of these links, everybody will like at least one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you use <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.google.com\/\">Google Photos<\/a>\u00a0for your personal pictures, try using\u00a0search. It is incredible. Search for something like &#8220;Volkswagen&#8221; or &#8220;red shirt&#8221; or &#8220;acoustic guitar&#8221; or pretty much anything else. It just works. It&#8217;s also much faster than any other online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starcelebritydresses.com\/celebrity-occasion-dresses\">photo <\/a>backup \/ management app I&#8217;ve used.<\/li>\n<li>The bluegrass band The Cleverlys do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z9s57UBMWdk\">Gangam Style<\/a> entirely in Korean. Impressive.<\/li>\n<li>Jerry (who has no online presence)\u00a0recommended this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science\/6-006-introduction-to-algorithms-fall-2011\/\">MIT course on algorithms<\/a>. It&#8217;s taught by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/erikdemaine.org\/\">Erik\u00a0Demaine<\/a>\u00a0who is a fantastic visual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunss.com\/formal-dresses\/bridesmaid-dresses\">artist <\/a>and\u00a0one of the best teachers I can remember having.\u00a0It requires a bit of programming knowledge but is otherwise very accessible<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ShbSaM\"><em>The Way to Love<\/em><\/a> by Anthony de Mello is a book that reminds me some of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pOowwi8xYUA\">Krishnamurti<\/a>, except from a Jesuit perspective. It&#8217;s a strong catalyst for change, even for a secular reader. It&#8217;s short and\u00a0small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory language learning link:\u00a0This one is personal and less than 140 characters:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zzzmarcus\/status\/660845927238729728\">How I Learned Cyrillic<\/a>. (spoiler alert: brute force)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/itunes-u\/itunes-university\/id461120554\">Hubert Dreyfus&#8217;\u00a0Lectures on Heidegger&#8217;s Being and Time<\/a>. I haven&#8217;t listened to these yet, but I&#8217;m putting them here because someone should.<\/li>\n<li>And a semi-random thought to finish the list: There are four types of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_human_hormones\">hormones<\/a> &#8211; peptide, amino acid,\u00a0eicosanoid and steroid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody will like all of these links, everybody will like at least one: If you use Google Photos\u00a0for your personal pictures, try using\u00a0search. It is incredible. Search for something like &#8220;Volkswagen&#8221; or &#8220;red shirt&#8221; or &#8220;acoustic guitar&#8221; or pretty much anything else. It just works. 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