The Internet as a Physical Being

I was browsing in the RSS feeds of the blogs I read and came across a short documentary by Ben Mendelsohn titled Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors.

With so much of our lives taking place online, it’s easy to think of the Internet as some abstract, ethereal gathering of information with no physical presence. After all, most of us never see the physical infrastructure that is required to shift all of that data around – and we rarely have reason to even think about it until something goes wrong.

But Ben Mendelsohn thinks about it. He sought out some of America’s largest physical information hubs, the unassuming buildings which facilitate the shuffling of mind-boggling amounts of data every day. In his short documentary, Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors, Mendelsohn takes a close look at a nondescript building in lower Manhattan that just happens to act as one of the world’s largest Internet nodes.

This fascinating documentary takes the viewer inside the types of facilities that most of us simply never stop to think about. The staggering arrays of cables all bundled together and the massive machines taking up entire rooms are the physical representations of a realm that we tend to think of as entirely virtual. Who would have thought that the Internet would have such a palpable physical presence right there on Hudson Street?

What would I do with a Silhouette?

I would love to win this!

I have a cricut, but you’re pretty much limited by the cartridges and the papers…

I would love to win the Silhouette that Little Miss Mamma is giving away!

Check it out!

 

What I’m working on today…

Today I will let go of the thinking processes that keep me in the past.

I will remember to focus on what is real and relevant to the current moment, and I will not place old patterns of thought and behavior on the present.

WTF Friday – Cat Toy

I love etsy.com.  It’s one of my favorite sites for cool gifts from independent artists.

It’s also one of the best places to find bizarre and odd items…  Like this one!

Now aunt Flo can visit your cat every day.
Make every day that play time of the month.
PMS = playful meow syndrome.
Your cat may hate water but I bet it will love the red tide.

I can keep going…

Made with certified 100% organic catnip.

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What am I waiting for?

Starting over.

I moved my site from one host to another… And thought long and hard about saving my old content.

It was outdated, erratic, and not cohesive at all.

Not that this will be well planned and make perfect sense to everyone.  I thought I’d just start with a clean slate.

I still fear blogging.  I write great blog posts in my head all the time, but when it comes time to actually write down what I am thinking, I blank out.   I think of topics to write about, but then shy away because “people” might get offended.  I’m guessing that I am doing myself a disservice.

I will begin to blog.