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Re: Remembering 9/11

tonychung — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:36:47 -0000

Thank you for you comment, Anne. I can always count on your thoughts to provide more insight. I have to be honest that I was quite detached from the events of Sept 11 2001 because we had limited access to media during that time. We didn't have a TV, didn't subscribe to newspapers, and barely surfed the web, as our first child took ALL of our attention. Both my wife and I took time off from work to nurse the newborn.

I recall groggily waking up to the radio announcer reading the news report of planes crashing into the world trade center as if she herself didn't believe it. It was so far outside the scope of our understanding so as to be completely surreal. My best friend phoned to tell me about it, and my first thought was "wars and rumours of wars...."

Still, I am encouraged that tragedy manages to find a way to bring people together, even though I believe at our base we have the capacity to do unthinkable things. (Remember my previous post that you responded to). May my negative view of human nature continually be proven wrong. I don't mind.

Re: Remembering 9/11

Anne Gentle — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:42:47 -0000

You know, a friend of mine pointed out that September 10th has to be the more difficult day for those who experienced loss of loved ones on 9/11... their last dinner together, their last bedtime routine. Sigh. It chokes me up even to write this comment. Thanks for sharing the strip and reminding us all to cherish every day.

Re: Self exposed when the lights go out

Anne Gentle — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:03:02 -0000

Interesting post, Tony - I am reminded of a TV show called Locked up abroad on NatGeo (http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/lo...). One episode told the story of American missionaries, a married couple, who were kidnapped and held hostage in the jungle for over a year, during which time the events of September 11 occurred, much to the American's shock and their kidnapper's delight. An extremely emotional and moving show.

At one point in the show, the husband was quoted that he saw more greed and hatred in the months of their exile than he had ever seen before - not in his captors, but in himself. Your table about human nature in opposition to Christian nature reminded me of his self-observation... it was an amazing revelation to have in a television show. Great blog post.

Re: Days like these

tonychung — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:08:18 -0000

Thanks, Edwin! I don't usually work in color, but I figured since I was posting this on the web that I should at least try. Of course, it's nothing compared to the example on http://www.mindmaps.moonfruit.com/#/howtomindma... . (I found this site from a comment on your blog).

Your MindVisualizer looks similar to Freemind. Does it work the same? And have you given any thought to exporting the mind map data as XML?

Re: Days like these

Edwin Yip — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:54:29 -0000

Wow! Your hand drawn mind map is too colorful :)

Edwin Yip

MindVisualizer -- Visual Mapping Software Leverages Mind Mapping and Concept Mapping Approaches.
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