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By Ernesto Burden, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
January 3, 2014 / Last updated : August 18, 2014 Ernesto Culture and Society

Want to be calmer, fitter and sleep better? Practice gratitude. Here’s why.

“Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances,” Saint Paul instructs in his letter to the Thessalonians. And whether you’re Christian, or Jew, Buddhist, Muslim, atheist or other, this is good advice. Because science shows that cultivating gratitude has a big impact on your brain, your happiness and your relationship with the world. Give […]

October 9, 2013 / Last updated : October 9, 2013 Ernesto Culture and Society

Adaptations to Technology, Fingerprints and The End of the Password

Oh, how quickly we adapt to new tech. Or perhaps how quickly new technology weakens us! I’ve had the iPhone 5S for about a week now, and just a moment ago was piqued by having to type my security code into my iPad. “What?” the unbidden (and apparently very lazy) voice in my head asks, […]

February 10, 2013 / Last updated : February 10, 2013 Ernesto Arts and Literature

The benefits of limits: Vine’s interesting social video idea

I heard about the new social media video app Vine last week on Slate’s Culture Gabfest’s podcast, that week’s episode titled, aptly, Six Seconds of My Life Manage to Bore Even Me Edition. Since then, it has seemed to come up everywhere. Like when you buy a car and the notice how many there are […]

October 15, 2011 / Last updated : October 15, 2011 Ernesto Culture and Society

Beautiful old stones

Point of Graves cemetery in Portsmouth est. in the 1600s.

September 24, 2011 / Last updated : September 24, 2011 Ernesto Culture and Society

A Little Good News: Pinker Says We Are Living In the Most Peaceable Era in Human Existence

It’s easy to feel the weight of the world some days – stock markets plunging, euro zone struggling, mid-East warring, politics mired in seemingly intransigent partisan demagoguery – but how’s this for good news: we may be living in the most peaceable era in human existence.  This according to Harvard psych prof Steven Pinker, who […]

September 11, 2011 / Last updated : September 11, 2011 Ernesto Culture and Society

Sept. 11, 2012

On our hike yesterday with four 8/9-year-old boys, a couple of things occurred to us. One was that 9 seems to be the absolute perfect age to be a boy. Coming into your physical and imaginative powers, yet with none of the baggage that attends the teen years. It also occurred to us that not […]

July 25, 2011 / Last updated : July 25, 2011 Ernesto Culture and Society

Southwest keeping it light

Great flight on Southwest today, with some very funny patter from the crew throughout. But the topper was a the “trainee twin sister” of one of the attendants they had pass through the cabin for trash pickup near the end of the flight. It’s irreverent, light hearted touches like this that really makes Southwest fun. […]

March 27, 2011 / Last updated : March 27, 2011 Ernesto Culture and Society

Observation about language and bias during On the Media bias discussion with Ira Glass

On March 18, On the Media hosted an excellent discussion about perceived bias in NPR’s reporting, including an appearance by This American Life’s Ira Glass. It was interesting to note, however, that it’s hard to get away from bias in our core language even when the discussion is bias and those discussing it are extra-sensitized […]

November 3, 2010 / Last updated : November 3, 2010 Ernesto Arts and Literature

Technically Incorrect Surfaces Sesame Street App-For-That Satire

There’s an app for that, but should there be?  CNET’s Chris Matyszczyk comments on this Sesame Street sketch satirizing app culture.  As he puts it: “This song reflects quite beautifully man’s excessive reliance on technology to alleviate the deficiencies of his own narcotically addled brain.”

May 9, 2010 / Last updated : May 9, 2010 Ernesto Culture and Society

There are some things that simply don’t call for PowerPoint

I see, and have to admit to using, a lot of PowerPoint in my work life. There’re things it’s good for, and some things it’s not. The Daily Show did a nice job of mocking a “things it’s not” use… Love the Star Wars moment near the end. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon […]

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