Chris Barna’s Weblog

When the fool learns the Way, He laughs at it. Yet if the fool did not laugh at it, It would not be the Way. Indeed, if you are seeking the Way, Listen for the laughter of fools. ~Lao Tzu (via 43 Folders)

Today is Free Mojtaba and Arash day. Set up by the Committe to Protect Bloggers, Free Mojtaba and Arash day was set up to raise awareness about Mojtaba Saminejad and Arash Sigarchi, two Iranian bloggers being detained by the Iranian government. Arash Sigarchi of Panhjareh Eltehab was arrested on January 17th. He has been denied [...]

Last week, my Physics/Math teacher Andy left on an educational trip to Tajikistan. He will be gone for three weeks but he has an eJournal (is this sort of like a blog?) that he updates most days. His latest entry is about him teaching the kids in Tajikistan how to play 19th century baseball. This [...]

Recently, I have been reading about grassroots media and the bottom up design of the internet. As such, I have started noticing these two concepts around in different places, one of which happens to be school. Yes, my school is surprisingly open. The interesting thing about that, however, is they are open without even realizing [...]

Yes, I am sitting at school. It’s Saturday morning at 1AM, I’m having so much fun here…