Pedro's africa shop at south o.t. Border

These flags will in perfect with my traditional african mask. South of the Border is this tourist trap on northern border of South Carolina. We were so bored on our drive that we had a lot of fun there.

Interstate Bike Riding

I think it's illegal to ride your bike on the interstate, which is pretty rediculous. Kudos man

Alt 17 in south cacalacky

Got off I-95 cause i couldn't take the interstate any more. Now i'm riding by churches and corn fields. Interstates are "non places". We stopped at a rundown gas station. It was bad vibes all the way around. To go with the vibes they had more flavors of mad dog 20/20 than I knew even existed. Then in the coolers were single sipup packs of kool aid and a sign that I saw through the cracked glass of one cooler door said "sam's cola 3 for $1.2T" which I couldn't figure out if they meant $1.27 or literally "a dollar twen T".

On our way

Camped at blythe island park in ga. On our way to yogaville.

My new movie about food - watch

Here is the latest draft of my new movie - "Where does my food come from?"

Where does my food come from? (.MP4 60MB)

Robot Competition - I couldn't take it

So I took 40 seconds of video during a break, and here's that VIDEO REMIXED AS MY INTERPRETATION OF THE EVENT (Click here to watch the video).

...So I went to the MIT robot competition tonight. Lots of Bexley homies were competing. One of them, Orian made it to the final 2, and lost in an aggressive match. While I was watching the announcer talk, someone noticed my face was really red. It was true. I felt terrible. The language they were using was full of "hey little kid with the big head, get out of the way or we'll outsource you" and "we're training students to start their own companies or work for a company." Actually when the announcer said that I shouted out "what if they don't want to do either of those two?" First he pretended to be sappy and sympathetic, then he said, "seriously though, our design processes are just as useful if they want to go on to design financial algorithms and make money." I know it's silly, but the language is so loaded, and it reminds me of my former life in EECS. They even had 3 different kinds of balls that the robots could pick up: graduate, engineering, and humanities balls. The humanities balls were worth the least points (I'm not kidding these were the official names). So the competition was really fun, but I had a hard time listening to the language because of the point of view it represents.

By the way all the Bexley kids were awesome. Will had a wild robot that threw out an arm and slung sucked up all the balls immediately. Orian (from the video) scored the highest score of the night and took everything real slow and chilled.

The Cube - Where I Work

Here's a picture of my lab







I'm so glad to be in the Life Long Kindergarten group now at the Media Lab. I'll post my projects soon. They involve waterfalls and face DJ'ing.

Why we work more and seem to have less

We used to just drink coffee right? This is a typical platter of fanciness i saw at starbucks being in there for 3 minutes

German 'Robin Hoods' give poor a taste of the high life

I feel like there's a really big idea behind this news report:

A GANG of anarchist Robin Hood-style thieves, who dress as superheroes and steal expensive food from exclusive restaurants and delicatessens to give to the poor, are being hunted by police in the German city of Hamburg.

The gang members seemingly take delight in injecting humour into their raids, which rely on sheer numbers and the confusion caused by their presence. After they plundered Kobe beef fillets, champagne and smoked salmon from a gourmet store on the exclusive Elbastrasse, they presented the cashier with a bouquet of flowers before making their getaway.

Whole Story at Scotsman.com

More democratic tv

Ntwrktruth board up at a local coffee shop. My message appeared in 10 seconds after i texted it to the number on the board

Seth goes head first into some bushes

So last night was a bit of a mini adventure. I walked through Boston in the rain with Seth. We hopped the fence into a rose garden. We checked out the community garden plots. We went to the 52nd floor of the prudential and had a cup of coffee at top of the hub and danced with the jazz band. Then on the way out in the elevator a girl was cursing up a storm while I egged her on (listen mp3). But most importantly, on the way home, Seth was novice parkouring - he jumped this black iron fence and went head first into some bushes. His legs were sticking up in the air wiggling around. He reached up for help. He scratched his eye, and he lost his hat. I don't know why that's such a highlight.

My 5th day fasting

Lemon juice maple syrup and cayenne. They call it the master cleanser. I feel great so far.

Update. I just broke my fast with some OJ. The thing about fasting for me is this. Sometimes I'll think "I'm really not happy with this moment right now." And so I'll start planning or thinking about dinner or the next meal and then I'm okay. But when I fast, I am forced to deal with the moment without looking to food (this might be special to me since I feel that I'm especially addicted to food). So I have to love my girlfriend, enjoy my work, etc., and I can't just put off the moment.

It also puts my mind in an unrippled state.

New religion is like new money

Someone with new spiritual beliefs (like myself) is a lot like someone with new money. It takes a while to learn how to manage. I'm probably proving this right now by blabbing about this thought. I think that (at least starting now) I'm going to take some advice from a friendly Quaker I know: silent worship.

Sitting in on a waldorf teacher training

Waldorf is some cool shit. Maybe id be a waldorf teacher one day.

I think my kids are trying to kill me

Bubbles car wash sign in boston

Moving my friend by bike cart

New hair do for spring

Jodi discovers a new facial expression

Jodi says, "Don't put that on the web. I don't want to look ugly cause then people won't like me."

Practicing combat from a young age

Lucky little guy gets to play "Air Craft Carrier" when he gets home.

New Book "Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine"

This book has some really mouth-opening recipes. I never knew how to use nuts and seeds so many ways with the help of my food processor. Looking in to getting a dehydrator.

Where Food From? - Movie Trailer

I've been working on a movie for a while now. It's finally done. I keep polishing it, but all the main parts are in place. I'll post it to the web soon. Here is the trailer.

Where Does My Food Come From - Trailer (wmv 5MB)

How To Make a Folding Counter

How I made my folding counter for less than $20

My kitchen was tiny, but I needed more counter space. This is my first decent home improvement project, so I wrote a up a really detailed description of how I did it so that I could learn and so that it would serve as a "how to make a folding counter" guide for others.

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Adventures in Yogaville

Yogaville wasn't how we thought it'd be.
The people who picked us up, one swami and one karma yogi, took us to a delicious Mexican dinner and then we had some frozen custard.
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America for Americans - Beau's new recording

My brother used to play in a punk band called the Trendys. Here is a recent recording of a song he wrote a long time ago as a teen.

America for Americans

Poem about my rights - June Jordan

Poem about my rights was the first time I believed it when I heard someone say that they will resist white America (or whatever you care to call it) daily and nightly and that "you" better watch out cause it may very well cost you your life - and I actually believed her too. This was 6 years ago when I was being taught about women's rights from my exgirlfriend Margaret who was a women's studies major. Before that I hadn't really heard of women's rights. Weird.

Here's the ending of the poem, but if you wanna read the whole thing first it's here:
Poem about my rights by June Jordan

but let this be unmistakable this poem
is not consent I do not consent
to my mother to my father to the teachers to
the F.B.I to South africa to Bedford-Stuy
to Park Avenue to American Airlines to the hardon
idlers on the corners to the sneaky creeps in
cars
I am not wrong: Wrong is not my name
My name is my own my own my own
and I can't tell you who in the hell set things up like this
but I can tell you that from now on my resistence
my simple and daily and nightly self-determination
my very well cost you your life

Jay dressed up for scratch photo shoot

We did a photo shoot today to get new characters for our kids'programming language

First try at makeshift water distiller

Of course this should be solar powered but for today ill do with what i have

Hand washing clothes

Im reading "better off"and so i decided to try my first load of hand washed clothes. The water gets much dirtier than i thought. two months worth of laundry takes about 2 hours to wash by hand on your first try (if you don't have much laundry for 2 months).

Hanging to dry indoors

I think im putting most of my clothes in storage

Sprouting chick peas

Soak dried chick peas over night. Rinse daily for a few days storing in a drainable container. Light is not necessary. Sprouting can be used for cheap urban homegrown healthy food.