Owl & Ibis - A Confluence Of Minds

Web users view the web in many different ways. I view it as "America’s Attic."  This introductory episode to the  Exploring America’s Attic  series explains this metaphor.  And it clarifies how search engine tools such as Google allow anyone to quickly and efficiently search America’s Attic for the ingredients to create small miracles for friends and family. Click  here  for Part 1, Small Miracles. In this video I share the basic details of a few Google-fied miracles I have performed for my own family.  Although they are interesting in themselves, I share them in particular to perhaps inspire some viewers to consider using these miraculous tools to explore America’s Attic themselves, and bring smiles to their own friends and family. No, these aren’t big, flashy “supernatural” miracles, but small intimate miracles nonetheless. Proven to be that by the smiles and gentle joy they brought to people I care about. Miracles that couldn’t have been done in 1995 or earlier, that truly

  This is for anyone who has never made a presentation at Owl & Ibis - A Confluence of Minds and thinks they might like to but need a little encouragement and want assistance. It is also for those who have presented in the past and would like to branch out in their method of presentation for their next go. I encourage everyone to make a presentation at least once. There is a great wealth of knowledge and wisdom among those of you who attend or who have shown an interest in the Confluence. Among you are parents, professors, teachers, artists, engineers, lawyers, musicians, singers, students, diplomats, social scientists, Burning Man attendees, Dark Mountain followers, economists, geneticists, independent scholars, natural philosophers, counsellors and psychotherapists, authors, poets, librarians, military veterans, pilots, medical doctors and other health professionals, humanitarian assistance workers, political activists, world travellers, fluent speakers of multiple languages, c

Kudos to Mona Leiter for her top-notch Owl & Ibis – A Confluence of Minds presentation on October 2, 2021. In her “Computers and the Internet: The World They Have Created – Is It Worth It?” Mona was superb in presenting objective information about the history of computers and the Internet, her analysis of its impact including her personal experience, and her point of argumentation in answering her question “Is it worth it?” What follows is a note from Mona with links to material she presented. Great job, Mona! Jim }:> & ~:)  ~ ~ ~ NOTE FROM MONA LEITER Here are some related links to my Owl & Ibis presentation on Computers and the Internet. 1. A video essay about the movie 2010 which was the sequel to the classic 2001.  This essay features spoilers.  So if you think you might want to watch the movie first go ahead and then this is a great essay about it.  This is the movie where Hal the computer has a redemptive story arc.  I really love 2010 and own the DVD and have watc