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The plot thickens when you try to understand it more. In Goswami’s book The Self-Aware Universe he talks about thought having an uncertainty principal… “David Bohm, and before him August Comte noted that there seems to be an uncertainty principle operating for thought. If we concentrate on the content of thought, we lose sight of the direction in which the thought was heading. If we concentrate on the direction of a thought, we lose sharpness in its content. Observe your thoughts and see for yourself.”

Think managers versus techies…

This article on slashdot talks about how the feds crack encrypted files. Incredible. For those who don’t know, encryption today is incredibly sophisticated, 128bit keys would take billions of years to brute force with todays computers. But… and there’s always a but, creating custom dictionary files from from all the corporate email, and then using that for a more directed attack, allows most files to be opened and read!

An aneuyrism is a blood clot in the brain that can be fatal. In a life or death moment you’d want your health to be of primary concern to a physician, not a bribe he made with the manufacturer of a tool that clears the blood flow. This is the kind of real-world conspiracy that has the medical insurance world in a big mess right now…

Google is everywhere, and more the usual lately. They were hijacked as I just read in Slashdot. France is mad at them, and there are some sites who’ve circumvented their ads. And their new ads called Google Autolink have gotten them into trouble too.

MIA, of Galanga langa fame has been remixed. If you missed MIA the first time ’round, her music is really great. You can’t help but start shaking your ass.

It’s sad to see that Yoga folks are still getting hassled + harassed by Bikram. Also check out the Open Source Yoga Unity site.

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I wrote a piece referencing Circadiana last year, and well they have a new interesting scoop. Read all about the shortage of darkness and related health risks.

If you haven’t seen What the Bleep Do We Know yet, go see it. Or rent it. It will make you think. Stuck in routines everyday? Wondering how you can be that more outgoing, all-round, wonderful, fun-loving, and loved person you always wanted to be? This movie asks questions like that, and a lot more, probing into subatomic particles, and the far reaches of our galaxy for the answers.

Take a look at G E M M and search for obscure music, and places to buy it. Thanks to the lovely lady at the Other Music store.

Take a look at these weblogs of financial analysis. Mentioned in Crains New York last week, The Internet Stock Blog and Burnham’s Beat are run by a couple former analysts from Morgan Stanley and CSFB respectively. Making money mostly from ad revenue, I suggest take the free advice while you can. And as always, buyer beware. Also take a look at Reflections on Equity Research and A Dog-eared Town.

An interesting site is hosted in Germany whose sole purpose is datamining the NSA. I’m not sure how this could be legal. Don’t the various security agencies work together?

Anyone who’s ever visited an accountant knows the tax laws are complex. But do you know how complex and contradictory? A fascinating read is the newest Schlosser book called Reefer Madness, where he disscusses Reuben Sturman’s history building the porn industry. Never heard of him you say? That’s because he never used his real name, and hid behind 3rd parties, secret swiss bank accounts, and practically wrote the book for money laundering, and tax evasion practiced by big corporations today. Interesting reading.

The quintessential juggling trick for respect among jugglers, and also a serious mind-fuck to watch is Mill’s Mess. Here’s a Mill’s Mess Howto site. Here’s another great site Juggle Mania site with plenty of animations of great juggling tricks.

I wish I could find this guy Xandor spouting conspiracies now-adays. Back in the day he was a regular feature in Mondo 2000. NSA + FBI coverups, aliens, and AIDS… it’s all here, and all connected.

Along with Robert Anton Wilson, Grant Morrison remains one of my patron saints. In Sept 2004, Arthur did an interview with him. Among the goodies, Enochian Magic, Choronzon, guardian of the abyss, and a bit about Crowley’s Horus Current and how it applies to what’s happening now.

“Initiation is simple a change of consciousness, an upgrade that gives you a wider and more inclusive viewpoint.”

If you’re wondering about the Astor Place Cube dissappearance, don’t turn to conspiracies. Dardo’s Burrito’s has the scoop.

An interesting photo gallery of Japanese air conditioners. This is a very Tokyo scene-scape.

When I was 13, I read Jonathan Schell’s nuclear war, nuclear winter classic Fate of the Earth which was a quintessential read for me during those years. He speaks about less super-ness. His newest book is The Unconquerable World. Extreme though his views are, I think his viewpoint is an important one.

If you’re looking for a cool messanger bag, apparently even uber-hip Freitag’s are out of style now. Don’t even mention Manhattan Portage or Jack Spade. The must-haves this season are the way cool Chrome Bags from San Fran.

A sex doll sent through the mail arrived at the post office vibrating, and postal workers feared it carried a bomb.

THis article in New Scientist is pretty awesome. It lists 13 things which don’t (to science) make any sense. Of course some of these things, like the placebo affect, and homeopathic successes make sense to the rest of us. The problem is again, science’s way of cutting up problems to get at the root. Also of breaking things down to comprehendable pieces has the side affect of sweeping asside the root cause.

For instance if it is possible that autonomic responses can be controlled by the conscious mind, then it makes sense that indian adepts can speed up and slow down their heart and breathing, and other unconscious processes. If that is possible, and I know from being a runner I can create a lot of heat by running, then they can will their body to do the same without running (albeit with a lot of training).

I just learned of VITTORIO SGARBI through this article in the economist. Despite their negative take, I want to see his exhibition now. His shows focus on cruelty and evil in art through human history. Stuff like a newsreel of planes hitting the towers, Caravaggio’s “Burial of St Lucy”, and beheaded John the Baptists. Sounds like as much pain as Tarkovsky’s “Andrei Rublev”. Of course you’ll have to go to Turin to see it.

This shit is good… a parody of woodstock, where the acid is mixed for the purposes of EVIL! check it out. It’s the Miskatonic Acid Test of course…

Great gallery of flyers from an old NYC club from the 80’s. Check out the Mermaids on Heroin, oh those were the days…

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Whenever I watch the news, or hear news that is political and on a global scale I say to people “I have no information”. What I mean by this is that in a sort of scientific sense, I have no direct evidence with which to make conclusions. I’m taking a sort of extreme view in saying that the news is simply hearsay. Of course all of it is not hearsay, but I believe that’s a safer position to take, with fewer surprises, and more chance for critical thinking. I admit I thought the whole story of Saddam’s capture was a little odd but I didn’t think much about it. Now there’s a ex-marine coming out and saying the story was fabricated.

Freeganism which rhyms with Veganism is a food and consumption philosophy and lifestyle, but takes things quite a big step further. I first read about them this month in TimeOut’s “The Crazy $#%! NYers Do” issue. They’ve been around for a while though.