I was text chatting with a friend via skype and he said something to me that made me think. He said he was working on his “online branding.” It made me pause, and I almost questioned him on it but it wasn’t a conversation that one can easily have over text chat. It made me [...]
Since I’m studying Iceland I thought maybe I should actually write a post about it. At the moment I’m deep in a study of the conversion of Iceland to Christianity. The sources, specifically Ari Throgilsson write that the conversion of Iceland from heathenism to Christianity took place in the law court. The Althing in Iceland, [...]
I generally don’t enjoy watching sports except for international football (soccer for the Americans). Why I’m not entirely sure. More recently though I’ve noticed that international games that have my country as a contender keep my interest. These past Olympic games in Vancouver had me staying up until 4am nightly watching the Canadians. The tension [...]
I find the duality pushed by the mainstream pop-culture to be very distressing. People are so often encouraged to live two lives. Think of how many times people tell us we should have two facebook accounts, one private one professional. Is it really that difficult for people to realize that the net is not private. [...]
Yes folks. I’ve reneged on my own decision. I’m going to be posting again, though there will be no schedule and the “flavour” of the place is likely to change. Hope you enjoy the new blog.