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April 27, 2010
Category: Prime Stream
Crab Nebula Caesium-133 atom has 551,557,906,200 heartbeats per minute Humans have 70 heartbeats per minute Sun has 1 heartbeat every 11 years Crab Nebula pulsar has 1812 heartbeats per minute Wondering what's the purpose of all this time keeping....
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April 24, 2010
Category: Creative commons
Still alive. Still listening to music. Here's a few from my playlist this morning. Sophia by Nerina Pallot Les Etoiles (The Stars) by Melody Gargot (check out her lickable website and who she is). A Sunday Smile by Zach Condon...
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April 11, 2010
Category: Creative commons
Self portrait The american poet E. E. Cummings' poems usually have mashed-up capitalization, punctuation and are constructed on the page with words as visual art. Consider the below poems where he presents his (typical early 20th century) views on science...
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April 1, 2010
Category: Creative commons
From The Four Quartets: The whole earth is our hospital Endowed by the ruined millionaire, Wherein, if we do well, we shall Die of the absolute paternal care That will not leave us, but prevents us everywhere. The chill ascends...
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Category: Prime Stream
A fascinating presentation. The logical conclusion of a world singing to the tune of commerce. Life as a game. A gloriusly simplified abstraction over the complexities of real life. What's gonna stop it? You and me? Cue in uproarious laughter....
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