astrologer@richardsky

Geeks Bearing Gifts

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:49:15 +1000

“I see today’s computer world as a nightmare honkytonk prison, noisy and colourful and wholly misbegotten. We must everywhere use ghastly menus designed by people with no sense of the human mind. We are imprisoned in applications that can be customized only in ways the designers alllow (in Unix, you had control, with access to the configuration files). We are in a Dark Ageof documents, most locked in imprisoning formats, canopic jars from which they can never escape, or mangled within by markup which hinders re-use, indexing, connection and overlay and overlap. This is a blighted parody of the computer dreams we had long ago; it’s like being stuck in a fast-food restaurant with all its supersized greaseburgers, posters, toys and mess, and pretending we’re in paradise.

But let us try to be optimistic. Who knows what may yet be possible? All the ideas have not yet been tried.

And what would you want now if there was a real choice?

Think about it.”

So ends Ted Nelson’s wonderful, pithy, insightful and scathing brief book about the inheritied digital landscape we currently (reluctantly) inhabit. This is worth reading if you have any curiosity at all about how it happened…. (facebook denizens may not care as their “walled garden” probably suffices).

http://www.amazon.com/Geeks-Bearing-Gifts-Ted-Nelson/dp/0578004380

RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism (via theRSAorg) What sort of...

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:42:00 +1000

RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism (via theRSAorg)

What sort of world do you want to live in?? Watch this and THINK about it… Then DO and SAY something that might make a difference!!

Brilliant Sun Signs - This is very witty… have a laugh (at...

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:09:00 +1000

Brilliant Sun Signs - This is very witty… have a laugh (at yourself or others)

The Kubrick Corner

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:11:00 +1000

The Kubrick Corner:

This website deals with exploring the works of Stanley Kubrick, one of the most widely praised yet continuously misunderstood film directors of the 20th century.

Homage to this enigmatic cinematic master also @ http://fuckyeahstanleykubrick.tumblr.com/

At the risk of being labelled and adjudged a snobbish culture-vulture, I confess to being a Kubrick fan - although it’s hard to express the why of it…?? From Paths of Glory to Eyes Wide Shut, I’ve enjoyed each singularly unique piece.

Here’s a collection of essays and commentary, insightful and thought-provoking, on everything Kubrick

(especially timely today in light of Wordpress finally putting its hard-working Kubrick theme to rest…)

"Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up..."

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:08:30 +1000

“Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.”

- ~ Leonytne Price

meritocracies

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:45:00 +1000

“Open Source projects aren’t really democracies,” says Mullenweg who will be spending the next six to eight weeks working in Montreal so he can hang out at the local Jazzfest. “They’re more like meritocracies. So the people who are most passionate about something or most able to do the work tend to rise to the top and develop contextual authority.”

The Son of Gutenberg | The Big Money

whisperingwillow: dougstumblr: starcrossed1: downbytheseaside...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:57:00 +1000

whisperingwillow:

dougstumblr:

starcrossed1:

downbytheseaside:

Led Zeppelin - That’s the Way

Nostalgia is all good (almost always) …

"The essence of spiritual practice is a search for truth that springs from love."

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:54:53 +1000

“The essence of spiritual practice is a search for truth that springs from love.”

- Thomas Merton (via sharanam) (via crashinglybeautiful)

Open hearts and open minds - vulnerable but real - antidote to illusion …

whisperingwillow: wanderinguniverse: (via oceanofmind) All...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:51:12 +1000

whisperingwillow:

wanderinguniverse:

(via oceanofmind)

All is (no) mind …..

Astrology as Profession (4)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:47:14 +1000

· Read as many charts as possible with skilful craft and evolving method.

· Treat clients with respect and offer opinions with humility, giving them what they want, request, and are ready to hear - not what you think they need.

· Develop refined communication skills and deliver information in a straightforward manner devoid of jargon, cleverness, or vagueness.

· Distinguish clearly between applying the methods and concepts of astrology, and other forms of your practice such as therapy or counselling. In my mind they are not the one and the same thing.

· Remain up to date with the latest research, such as cutting-edge neuroscience and the most recent academic findings on human behaviour, if relying on psychological models in your practise. Simply leaning on conceptions that are decades old or were once fashionable, and possibly no longer entirely valid, is unlikely to be good enough.

· Recognise that the Tradition of astrology itself is full of perennial insights and practical wisdom pertaining to soul, psyche, character, and human nature.

The Son of Gutenberg | The Big Money

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:31:52 +1000

The Son of Gutenberg | The Big Money:

WordPress.com has become the 21^st-century equivalent of Gutenberg’s printing press.

As the leading blogging software, WordPress is an essential tool in the transformation of media. WordPress.com hosts 11 million blogs pumping out the enthusiasms, opinions, and ideas of its authors to 256 million unique monthly users. Unlike social media giants Facebook and Twitter, WordPress doesn’t sport a multibillion-dollar valuation or a murderer’s row of VC investors. That’s because WordPress itself is open-source code that anyone with skill could make his or her own. (They just can’t call it WordPress.)

It’s official - there’s hope for the human race!

Sun, 30 May 2010 16:17:15 +1000

It’s official - there’s hope for the human race!

"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not..."

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:12:13 +1000

“Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.”

- J. R. R. Tolkien (via heartmindspirit)

Astrology as Profession (3)

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:04:19 +1000

• Master the fundamental principles of the Art, and be able to clearly distinguish and utilise its core concepts, including but not limited to: celestial/terrestrial; universal/particular; diurnal/nocturnal; primary/secondary motion; benefic/malefic; essential/accidental; dignity/debility; condition/disposition; aspects/reception; oriental/occidental; direct/retrograde; angularity; movement; light; hermetic lots; fixed stars; significator/promittor; visible/invisible planets; commixture; weighing testimony/rendering judgement.

• Appreciate that “cookbooks” are devoid of genuine value or significance, otherwise computers could do a better delineation than a human being. It is only the clear and consistent application of essential principles, concepts, and methods in every particular circumstance and for each unique person that can possibly account for the variety and chaos which life presents to us in every unfolding moment. That’s what makes astrology both wonderful and viable. So permanently erase foolish and simplistic notions of 10 planets x 12 signs x 12 houses x 8 aspects = instant astrology! The quest is for singular description, not broad generalisation.

• Understand that charts are fundamentally meaningless without context.

Benjamin Dykes, Medieval Astrologer - Latest Translation - Persian Nativities II

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:55:46 +1000

Benjamin Dykes, Medieval Astrologer - Latest Translation - Persian Nativities II:

Here it is - hot from the presses of one of traditional astrology’s foremost translators. Nothing beats reading the original primary sources - that is if you’re genuinely serious about astrology and not just fooling around with empty modernisms and psychological quackery masquerading as the ancient art.

Check out Ben’s Learning materials as well.

Support the real thing!

Speechless by Bruce Cockburn

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:43:30 +1000

Speechless by Bruce Cockburn:

Listening to track Elegy - simply beautiful and moving - one of the ways I like my music…. Bruce Cockburn: a guitar virtuoso with heart and soul, conscience and mind - a sentient, conscious being.

Splendid Nature Photography of Alexandre Deschaumes

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:36:00 +1000

Splendid Nature Photography of Alexandre Deschaumes

"Warning : Most of the referenced works are in Latin or German. British and French libraries are..."

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:21:36 +1000

“Warning : Most of the referenced works are in Latin or German. British and French libraries are not providing sufficient and representative free astrological materials: they have been confiscated and are barely accessible. There is an “alliance” between British mercantilism (which insists that everything must be paid for : see for example the Eebo unavailable corpus that even most of University libraries can not afford) and French obscurantism (which provides only anti-astrological secondary works). This alliance is hostile to the knowledge of astrology, and promotes negation of the importance of astrology in European cultural history, and possibly the falsification and rewriting of its history in favour of ideological dominant imperatives. These imperatives are first Christian, followed by the scientistic, and are prevailing for centuries (see my Manifesto).”

- Digital International Astrology Library, DIAL, FIRST SET : before 1400, by Patrice Guinard

Astrology. CURA.

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:17:19 +1000

Astrology. CURA.:

The place to go for some serious astrology with an academic pedigree….

"A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great..."

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:37:54 +1000

““A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.” – Bill Gates.”

- Gluue - A blog about work, life, and internet apps. By Paste Interactive