Supertitles on Handhelds?

> Wolf Trap to unveil smartphone and Google Glass supertitles for opera performances ... http://t.co/S8XU8HDCqI via @washingtonpost [https://twitter.com/washingtonpost] — Daniel Pink (@DanielPink) July 3, 2014 [https://twitter.com/DanielPink/statuses/484681970991894528] I've got to * find out more about this * find out if tickets are…

Health Benefits of Chocolate

> How Dark Chocolate, Not Milk Chocolate, May Help Blood Flow http://t.co/XcpNj3H4we — NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) July 2, 2014 [https://twitter.com/NPRHealth/statuses/484470605454905344] More at my Posthave site [http://mikeschultz.posthaven.com/chocolate-is-good-for-you].…

Oatmeal Knots

Focused on rolls this week instead of bread—potato rolls, sweet potato rolls, and these oatmeal knots. The base is a rich dough of oatmeal, whole wheat flour, honey, and flaxseed meal, and the knotted dough is topped with more oatmeal, sesame seed, and poppy seed before baking.…

Tyson recites Whitman

One of my favorite Whitman poems from one of my favorite people. The web site for the Hayden Planetarium charcterizes Tyson as a "science communicator." That may be so, but I think that this clip and so much more of what I've seen of Tyson show…

What Flannery O'Connor thought about Ayn Rand

Flannery O'Connor's taste has been on display at Twitter recently. While I appreciate the humor, even the sharpness of the judgement, I'm glad I was never the target of her pronouncements (better an admirer or a student than a victim). > Flannery O'…

A Musician's Wit

On the From The Top broadcast [http://www.fromthetop.org/content/show-290-norfolk-virginia] I heard yesterday, young bassist Lena Goodson [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fromthetopphotos/14474336423/] revealed that her role model Serge Koussevitzky had two pet dogs named Sharp and Flat. For an extra treat if you listen to the…

A lovely image from Walt

> "The sidewalks are littered with postcards from God." Walt Whitman — Frederic Brussat (@FredericBrussat) June 28, 2014 [https://twitter.com/FredericBrussat/statuses/482864573888749568]…

Neurobridge

Scinerds reports a "a breakthough technology that empowers paralyzed people to regain conscious control of their fingers, hands, wrists, and arms. Neurobridge bypasses damaged areas of the nervous system so the brain can communicate directly with the muscles" [http://scinerds.tumblr.com/post/89864588947/neurosciencestuff-new-device-allows-brain-to?utm_campaign=SharedPost&…