No Data Source

RU Sirius interviews Daniel Pinchbeck this month. He introduced me to two new weirdos who I think you all might be interested in, namely Rudolf Steiner, and another weirdo Jose Arguelles.

Pinchbeck’s new book is 2012 - The Return of Quetzalcoatl . I’ve of course mentioned Pinchbeck before and also here.

I love this site, explaining how to make your very own juggling balls in 5 minutes!!

Here’s some exciting stuff. We heard about the EN ES EH spy-ing, and we heard that they’re watching ABC reporters. Now there’s news that social networking software, a la friendster, myspace, linkedin, and all the other six degrees sites is being used to determine who is talking to whom, since it’s not easy to figure out *what* was being said without recording…

I remember growing up with these images, in movies, and sci fi books. Here’s a really great site with plenty of desktop backgrounds for those who like art of space colonies.

Jason Louv, author of the new book Generation Hex was recently interviewed on the RU Sirius show. He also has a blog. Damn straight.

Those who practice Chaos Magick claim to use “meditation, chanting, spinning, dancing, drug use, pain or orgasm” to alter reality.

For those of you who like do-it-yourself projects, check out the great Instructables site!

Check out mashup king & DJ Party Ben for audio goodness. He was interviewed on the RU Sirius Show a couple of weeks back as well.

Linda Stone calls it continuous partial attention, a world where we never have anyones full undivided attention…

Technology Review has a piece on 10 new technologies which will impact our lives. Many of them are medical, such as nanomedicine, or comparative interactomics…

Well for regulating your moods according to this article. It sometimes crosses my mind why I’m watching news about, or how it affects my life when people are shooting each other halfway around the world in a place I’ve never been and will never go. Of course it makes me feel like a better participator in the global community, and society. But come on, does me knowing about that, or thinking about that, really impact that at all??

An interesting study has shown hot pepper kills prostate cancer!! I think I’m going to go order some bimbimbap right now!

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is famous for her study of infanticide among Langur Monkeys. She found to her surprise that the infanticide was not due to overcrowding, but was an evolutionary tactic. The alpha-male moves in, kills the offspring of the previous male to be sure all the females are both ready again for reproduction, and guarentee his genes.

Here’s the kicker. From the wikipedia page: “This is where the idea of sexual counter-strategies comes into play. Hrdy theorized that by mating with as many males as possibly, particularly outside males who are not part of the colony, mothers are able to successfully protect their young, as males were unlikely to kill an infant if there was the slightest chance that it might be their own. This gives an “illusion of paternity,” as Trivers put it. ”

Wow! That’s all I can say…

If you care about why Apple lost, and Microsoft won, you may debate the question of licensing, for that is the secret and the difference between the two companies strategies. Here’s an interesting article The Art of the Parlay, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Platform Licensing and Market Share. Interesting reading…

Many fish cause hallucinations when eaten. Some of you may already know about the Puffer Fish which must be prepared very carefully lest you overdose on a bit of Tetrodotoxin. That’s the active ingredient in Haitian Voodoo powder. Read more in Wade Davis’s book Serpent and the Rainbow

You’ve heard of open-source, but who would have thought the word would be applied to sex and talk of the subject? Violet Blue, that’s who! Check out her podcast, but don’t blush!

Chan in Japanese roughly translates to my little friend, like ito or ita in spanish, or adding a “y” to names or nouns in english. In the case of Ya-Chan, Ya stands for Yakuza, so it’s sort of like “my little mafioso friend” or something to that affect. Here’s a great boingboing article Yakuzasploitation on those wild Japanese ladies of the sword…

This article about loopholes might just as well be filed under DIY, for it’s interesting look at what people have done, and how they have managed to work SMARTER rather than HARDER!!!

If you haven’t heard of You Tube you best get your ass out from under that rock. Upload your videos, and watch them take the internet by storm!!! You probably also know about Flikr. But have you heard about Odeo, which lets you do the same thing with audio?? Very cool new stuff out there…

Wow, what a breakthrough. Scientists managed to grow a bladder out of tissue from the original. Interesting stuff, and phenomenal for the future of transplants…

Here’s a few articles which talk about the most potent medicine, the food you eat everyday. One is Superfoods. Guess what, 11 of the 14 foods are vegan!!!

Also found this article on vegan diets and weight loss. Mmmmm yum!

If you want to take it even further, fasting is the way to go. It prolongs life, and gives your body a bit of spring cleaning. Check out The Master Cleanser!