My Ninja, Please! 10.28.11 : Stained Glass
Not much to say about this, but my ninja, please! The stained glass of this is amazing.
Posted: October 28th, 2011
at 2:41am by mnp
Categories: myninjaplease,architecture
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Party for a Cause with Donor’s Choose
Philanthro is throwing a five city party (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, New York) on 11.11.11 to raise money for Donor’s Choose to secure funding for $88 million in books, art supplies, technology and other resources that their students need to learn…
Posted: October 28th, 2011
at 2:01am by mnp
Categories: philanthropy,events,education
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Like this year, I wanted to be Elmo and my friend was going to be Cookie Monster but where were the fuzzy costumes? NOWHERE. Instead of fun costumes that I would have a hard time choosing between, I found super-short dresses that aren’t cute, they’re inappropriate for me. How does Snow White turn into a girl in a sports bra that’s blue and a yellow mini skirt and super high heels that are bright red? #11yroldRuby
The Short Order Cook
Something I think a lot of cooks have had to ponder…
I think it’s important not to end up being a short order cook and cooking for taste buds that aren’t your own. Then it’s like, "You said you wanted more of this. Does this taste right to you?" ‘Cause then you’re not tasting your own food and you’re cooking for someone else.
Deepak Chopra Radio
Deepak talks with authors Joel Primack and Nancy Abram, authors of The New Universe and the Human Future
Posted: October 27th, 2011
at 1:01pm by mnp
Categories: life,mnp is for the children,fo' real?,9th dan,science,"ninja",et cetera,blogs,health,philosophy,kilobytes,peace
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Unclear on the Concept : Public Schools
Temporary relocation centers, or rubberrooms are the inspiration for a new book called, Class Warfare, a book that is bringing accountability to education reform.
[Teaching] is the only workplace, the only occupation, where by and large you are not paid, promoted, recognized, measured in any way having to do with your performance, only having to do with how long you’ve been breathing
Posted: October 27th, 2011
at 12:55pm by mnp
Categories: myninjaplease,et cetera,education,unclear on the concept
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FailCon 2011
FailCon 2011 went down with so much failing, it began to feel good. Below you will find some memorable moments from some of the speakers at this year’s event:
Ethan Bloch of recently acquired, Flowtown, on business models
Joe Gebbia of Airbnb discusses the trough of sorrows and funding Airbnb while selling 20k of Obama Os cereal
Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures talks about how he doesn’t mind failing
Thanks Cass Phillipps and Diane Loviglio for putting on a great conference!