http://mochasteak.com The personal blog of Brian Bishop Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:39:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a conversation last night with a good friend of mine about beliefs. For those of you who don't know, I classify myself as a tolerant atheist, not a fundamentalist atheist. I realized during this discussion that over time my views have softened a bit. My friend Jeff Tripodi actually ... http://mochasteak.com/2009/08/21/beliefs/ Dubai photoset on Flickr I've been fortunate in my life to have lived in a few great cities (London, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul) and travel to many many more. Travel is one of the experiences I value the most for its amazing ability to transform people: by embedding yourself into other ... http://mochasteak.com/2009/05/29/dubai-part-1/ So I've seen two great examples of extremely thoughtful gifts in the past month, and thought that now would be a good time to give some credit to these extremely generous and caring people: Pamela Seaton (my girlfriend's sister) and Mark Bishop (my brother). [EDITOR'S NOTE: It should be assumed by ... http://mochasteak.com/2009/01/29/thoughtful-gifts/ This is an attempt to test out the new functionality on the AuthorMapper that lets you embed a map on your own site. Powered by AuthorMapper.com Journals: Acta MathematicaPowered by AuthorMapper.com http://mochasteak.com/2009/01/23/widgets/ This past week I accomplished a major goal: a website that I've been working on for fourteen months has finally launched. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the AuthorMapper. It's a great feeling, when you've worked for something for so long, to finally have it, well, DONE. The idea for the AuthorMapper ... http://mochasteak.com/2009/01/10/achieving-goals/