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Just because a doctor can't figure out what's wrong doesn't mean there isn't something going on

Thought of the moment: Just because a doctor can't figure out what's wrong with a person, it doesn't mean there isn't something going on. It just means that medical science (or that doctor) is at a point where the problem can't be detected.

(Written while thinking of friends dealing with fibromyalgia and RLS.)

Excellent graph from the NCAA men's basketball final

This graph from ESPN's mobile web site is excellent. It's from the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Final, with Louisville vs Michigan, and clearly shows Louisville flatlining in the first half, then surging back in a big way. It really shows the flow of the game, including Louisville increasing the margin about 3/4 of the way through the second half, before the gap closed again at the end.

The most popular birth month (and birth day)

The most popular birth month (and birth day), from this link, this link, and this link.

Zen Master Joshu - The previous life is the cause, the present life is the effect

A monk asked, “The ancient mirror is not polished, then does it shine or not?”

Joshu said, “The previous life is the cause, the present life is the effect.”

~ The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu

(The ancient mirror is the original nature, or true self.)

Meditation cartoon: Sick of own breathing

Cute. Apparently from rhymeswithorange.com.

The road south out of Anchorage, Alaska

If you ever drive south out of Anchorage, Alaska to destinations like Seward and Homer, this is what you'll see as you exit Anchorage, due south.

Sports balls replaced with kittens

This is horrible, and hilarious. http://sportballsreplacedwithcats.tumblr.com offers a collection of sports photos, where the balls have been replaced by kittens.

The solitude of hiking in Alaska (Seward)

The solitude of hiking in Alaska. This photo was taken in the Kenai Peninsula, near Seward.

Alaska sled dog (Ididaride)

A sled dog in Alaska. :) (At the Ididaride show put on by the Seavey family.)

Worrying is like praying for what you don't want

For the person who always says, "I worry ..."

Ron Johnson out as CEO of J.C. Penney

Ron Johnson, formerly of Apple, is no longer the CEO of J.C. Penney: http://goo.gl/Hs02R

Let it snow ...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ...

El Sanctuario de Chimayo, candlelights in winter

Seeing that we had another snow storm here in Colorado, I thought I'd share another photo of El Sanctuario de Chimayo in the winter. (El Sanctuario de Chimayo, near Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Congratulations to the University of Louisville Men's Basketball Team (2013)

Congratulations to the University of Louisville Men's Basketball Team, winners of the NCAA tournament! (April 8, 2013)

(Little known fact: I went to UL for one semester a long time ago.) Photo courtesy of espn.com.

Total Eclipse of the Heart, the literal version

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. This is the “literal version” of the video Total Eclipse of the Heart, where the words are changed to match the action in the video:

The URL for the video is http://vimeo.com/27206452

Flying geese comic, from Tundra Comics

This comic reminds me of the thousands of geese that have been migrating through the Boulder, Colorado area lately. From tundracomics.com.

Reactive programming

In computing, reactive programming is a programming paradigm oriented around data flows and the propagation of change. This means that it should be possible to express static or dynamic data flows with ease in the programming languages used, and that the underlying execution model will automatically propagate changes through the data flow.

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