Exploring the Infinite
… Like cocaine: I mean, it's your body, so do what you want to it… Just sayin. I have seen more to this video, but cannot find the full length video anymore. Next, they add either alcohol or acetone to this pasta base to remove some impurities then strain it, press it, and then melted with hydrochloric acid to get
Stop and think about all the ways you communicate. In one day, I can easily mutually communicate or receive messages through several mediums. The Internet is my main source, chatting, email, reading, writing, conversing with others. Television, radio, telephone, snail mail, books, newspapers, magazines… many times words are agonized over before being transmitted, in the hopes to convey a precise
Remember back in the post about SIC when I mentioned that the folks over at Me.dium were working on something really cool but I was sworn to secrecy? Well, it's finally the official launch day, so now I get to tell you all about it! It was my pleasure of having reviewed Me.dium back in March and I have enjoyed
This is just f*ing badass! Is there a single artist alive who could say that they wouldn't LOVE to have this capability, at least if only for one day?
Amazon sells the book.
“…Chaos is beautiful. Now many times we are afraid because we want order. We can’t deal with the confusion and disorder. We want form. We want rules. Yes, throughout human history there have been people—religious leaders, political leaders—who will give you order. They will give you rules and commandments… …The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for
Just wanted to start spreading the news… I finally purchased a domain name for the Librarian Chick wiki! Please bookmark www.librarianchick.com and share it on your favorite social networking sites! Librarian Chick now contains nearly 400 free resources with new additions posted multiple times weekly. If you want to know when new resources are listed, just subscribe to the RSS
A very cool movie. If you're a math geek and you haven't watched it yet, tsk tsk… for shame. This is just the trailer, but it's very cool too.
This is an amazing story of a young man who is gifted with a facility for mathematics problems, sequence memory, and natural language learning. (Wikipedia) The following clip is just part one of 5 of the Brittish documentary. Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five
Thank you, Jon, for sending this my way! More information can be found here: Microsoft Live Labs Also, you really must check out the Ted Talks if you haven't already.
Below is a movie in two parts, Johnny Got His Gun, based on the book by the same title by Dalton Trumbo. The book was previously banned in the US, but it is definitely a mandatory read (or watch) in this day and age. This classic movie is a chilling, haunting, yet thought-provoking tale of a young man who goes
Henson explores existentialism, psychology, as well as social roles and alienation… an interesting “experiment” to say the least.
Ok, it's disturbing, yes, but it's also beautiful, so watch it all the way through. Those eyeless kermies spook me out on the same deep-seated level as my fear of clowns! (via Mostly Muppet Dot Com)