by Brent Zupp | May 20, 2017 | Words
I’m reading a book by Edward de Bono titled, The Happiness Purpose. In it, he states something that I thought was counter-intuitive: [T]he price of freedom is decision. This didn’t make sense to me. I can agree that without the ability to decide, there is... by Brent Zupp | Apr 15, 2012 | Words
As a lifelong bibliophile, this quote about books from Carl Sagan made me pause and look at my library with wonder. “A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called ‘leaves’) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at... by Brent Zupp | Mar 3, 2012 | Videos
Title sequence of the David Fincher’s version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is totally fantastic. Not sure yet what it has to do with the story, but it’s a great piece of effects, editing, and cinematography. Super cool. After enjoying the Swedish... by Brent Zupp | Feb 13, 2012 | Videos
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter – I thought it was a joke. Turns out, besides being a book by Seth Grahame-Smith, it’s a movie by Tim Burton (as producer) that should come out next summer. Trailer looks exciting, with Kazakhstani Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted)... by Brent Zupp | Feb 8, 2012 | Words
I loved the responses to this question on reddit. Below are some of my favorite books of those listed in the reddit post, along with my impressions of each book. A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition Started this recently, and it is... by Brent Zupp | Mar 8, 2011 | Words
This NPR interview with James Gleick was weak, but good enough to whet my appetite for Gleick’s new book, The Information. To be fair, the topic of information theory is HUGE and intersects with just about everything, which was one of the points of the book that... 
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