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Hawt Damn! Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie Unleashes The Fattest Groove I've Heard This Week!

"Groove Workshop"_{- sign.}

Bernard Purdie teaches us mortals how to groove!

El camino del Rey:

" Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an approach to Makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro."

Atom:

"In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms."

"Part 1. THE CLASH OF THE TITANS. Professor Al-Khalili takes us from the discovery of the atom to the development of quantum mechanics."

"Part 2. THE KEY TO THE COSMOS. This episode tackles world-changing discoveries such as radioactivity, the Atom Bomb and the Big Bang, and tries to answer the biggest questions of all - why are we here and how were we made?"

"Part 3. THE ILLUSION OF REALITY. In the last in the series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist, finds out that empty space isn't empty at all, and investigates the differences in our perception of the world in the universe and the reality."

Just what is reality? I thought that this was quite interesting, well worth a viewing.

Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature:

With 3.8 billion years of research and development on its side, nature has already solved problems that human designers and engineers still struggle with. In this inspiring talk, Janine Benyus provides fascinating examples of biomimicry -- the way humans mimic nature in the products we build and the systems we implement. And because the champion adapters in the natural world are, by definition, those that can survive without destroying the environment that sustains them, biomimicry can contribute to the long-term health of our planet.

13 things that do not make sense:

This is a fascinating article by Michael Brooks at NewScientist.com about 13 curiosities that defy what we think we know about the Universe. Well worth a read.

Buckminster Fuller - Lost Interviews - Part 1:

" Buckminster Fuller described himself as a "living verb." Holder of 48 honorary doctorate degrees, born in the 1890s, he was a philosopher and engineer whose experience and global view of humanity and science enabled him to transcend nationalism and temporary current conditions and foresee the direction of major events in the future.

He created the geodesic dome to show how much can be accomplished utilizing very little. In this program and series of interviews, he points out how mankind is moving from the tangible world which can be evidenced by sight, sound, smell and touch, into the invisible world of energy, ions, electrical forces, etc., so much so that "99.9999% of what affects our reality will be undetectable by our senses."

He states that "man must learn to think for himself, rather than follow blindly what he has been taught." "As the astronauts stated, the words 'up' and 'down' have no meaning. The correct words are 'out' and 'in'. This was confirmed when mankind learned the Earth was round, not flat." He expresses many fascinating theories in these interviews that conditions today confirm."

I thought that this was phenomenal!!! The best thing that I've seen in a while. A must watch!!

Dean Potter [solo] The Nose of El Capitan [Yosemite Valley]:

" Dean Potter soloing the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley"

Simultaneity - Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity:

In his day, Einstein pretty much took everything we knew about time and space and threw it in the garbage. What he gave us is one of the most mind wrenching revolutions in the history of science. Person A sees two flashes of light at the same time, while person B sees one flash before the second one. ...Both perspectives are correct and valid. ...Did that really happen at the same time?

Dr. Quantum Explains Double Slit Experiment:

Ahh yes. The infamous double slit experiment. This is where our understanding of the Universe gets weird! How much power does the observer actually have?

Bruce H Lipton, PhD "Fractal Wisdom":

Bruce H Litpon, PhD uses the insights of fractal geometry to explain how unique answers to the global issues of human community may be solved by learning from the integrated community of cells within the human body.

The Carina Nebula - Star Birth in the Extreme:

I'm not even going to bother trying to describe this picture. It's the Hubble Space Telescope's 17_th birthday today! (April 24_th) This is from HubbleSite

Paradise Found - A Documentary on Islamic Architecture:

" Paradise.

We imagine many things when we think of this word. However, we do not think about Islamic Architecture, which influenced the art of Europe so profoundly. This documentary tours through the Muslim world, in search of that "atmosphere of Paradise," hidden away in mosques and palaces."

A Matter of Perspective:

I was cleaning some old crap from my computer, and I stumbled across something that I wrote somewhere around five years ago. I guess you could call it a book if you want to. Call it what you want. When I wrote it, I called it:
How Stupid Would a Chimpanzee Look With Makeup and a Pair of Tommy He’llfuck’er’s Talking on a Cell Phone Trying to Look Cool?
It's a long title, I know. And I've decided to post it as is; verbatim.

It's the story of a long weekend of self reflection that I had one Octoberish some when around five years ago. It's a story that changed my life, and the way the world actually 'physically' appeared in my eyes. It's a story that felt sorta like someone telling me a story, and I wrote it like that, what I could grab of it. It's a story that I could not stop, and still can't. It's a 'real time' snap shot of a revelation, as it happened, that infected every thing that I knew in such a profound way that I'd like to share it with you.

It's a story that set me free.

I have since read just about every thing that I can find that appeared related. Things like: Relativity and physics, quantum theory, philosophy, current politics, and past politics and history, ancient history, mythology and mysticism, religion, esoteric secret societies, Hermes and the esoteric itself, just to name a few.

Although some of the minor details and descriptions are off in this story, a bit of the science and whatnot, I have found ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that casts reasonable doubt (in my mind) on the actual 'picture' of what I 'saw' that weekend. In fact, ALL of these things, EVERY SINGLE ONE, seems to support it PERFECTLY. In reality, IT seems to be supporting THEM, not the other way around. It's like they're standing there, sheepishly grinning at me with a knowing look in their eye, having ALWAYS known, wondering if I'm willing to give up my sanity. I chose to...

...And then movies like "What The Bleep..." and "The Secret" start coming out confirming this. It's everywhere. I'm a believer! The Revolution has started!!

A Clockwork Orange:

"'What's it going to be then, eh?'
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening, a flip dark chill winter bastard though dry."

I just found another copy of Anthony Burgess' book "A Clockwork Orange". I keep 'lending them out...' It's one of my favorite books, and I'd highly recommend giving it a read if you haven't yet.

Although the movie is different, the book revolves around the theme: regardless of the external influence, absolutely nothing will change someone who feels no need for change, although someone, anyone, even Alex can infact change. If they want to. If they feel the need to. Regardless of external influence; absolutely nothing can stop them.

This book is really quite poetic, and is filled with odd humor and graphic, surreal scenes. It does interesting thing for the mind, as it forces the reader to learn "Nadsat", the slang of the teens of a not too distant time. Real horrorshow!

Build a Simple Homopolar Motor:

Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents:

Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents is a series of physics lectures from Berkeley University, that focuses on theory rather than math. It appears to be a full course with (I believe) 25 lectures (I haven't watched all of them yet, but the ones that I have seen are really good). This one is lecture 13 - Light I. Light is one of the most interesting topics in physics, and strikes at the very heart of how we understand the "reality" around us.

Berkeley has started webcasting many of their lectures for free, definitely worth a look.

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