Thursday, February 02, 2012
THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY on Vimeo
THE BEGINNING OF INFINITY on Vimeo: ""Some time in the last fifty thousand years, with the invention of culture, the biological evolution of humans ceased and evolution became an epigenetic, cultural phenomenon... technology is the real skin of our species. Humanity, correctly seen in the context of the last five hundred years, is an extruder of technological material. We take in matter that has a low degree of organization; we put it through mental filters, and we extrude jewelry, gospels, space shuttles. This is what we do. We are like coral animals embedded in a technological reef of extruded psychic objects." - Terence Mckenna
Lost in Learning: Celebrating the Spirit of Discovery | Brain Pickings
For four years, Bulgarian-born, Boston-based photographer Eva Koleva Timothytraveled the world, from Oxford’s libraries to Florence’s cathedrals, to pin down the ghosts of the intellectual restlessness that made humanity turn its gaze into the heavens, point its lens across the seas, and channel its fervor onto the canvas. The result is Lost in Learning: The Art of Discovery — a beautiful project-turned-book that breathes new life into historical photographs, manuscripts, and other archival materials to reveal timeless insights on curiosity, creativity, and intellectual inquiry based on the work and legacy of iconic thinkers from the Age of Discover, including Sir Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, and Galileo Galilei.
Eight Clever Things You Can Do with Your Underused Personal Domain Name
okay, maybe this will get me to re-open adentex.com
about that Job thing....
now try this...
Exercise for the Mind & Heart
- When your mind says, “You should just get a job, any job”. Your reply is: I will happily get a job – the perfect job for me. And laugh out loud!
- When your mind says, “Who do you think you are?” You reply: I’m me and that’s good enough!
- Your mind controls how you feel about things, therefore controlling your mindbreath-by-breath controls how you feel and act. Think of a favorite comedy scene from a movie you love. See it until you start giggling. Giggle until you feel happy. Notice how quickly you improved your vibration level.
- Imagine a perfect day in the life of a perfect career. See it start to finish – even if it seems impossible. Write down exactly what you saw and why you liked it. Now describe it out loud and talk about it until you’re smiling and getting the joy feeling inside. Walk around the house talking out loud about this perfect new career you’re going to have. Laugh about how ridiculously happy you’re going to be doing this work.
- Start each morning by sitting for 20 minutes and repeating a word of your choosing. It could be a Christian word such as Jesus or “peace” or it could be the Hindu word Om. As your mind wanders, gently bring it back to that word – without tension. Be gentle. Watch the thoughts go by. When the mind is quiet, start pumping in the joy. See the perfect dream vacation you’re going to take your family on. See their faces when you tell them you’ve bought the tickets. Hold that feeling and build on it.
- Start each morning reading from a spiritual book or your notes from your particular spiritual path. Go for that feeling of peaceful contentment. Read until you FEEL that everything will be alright no matter what. Ask for guidance. There is always help available from the other realms. Call in the light. Say God’s name in whatever religion you follow.
- Start each day by visualizing a perfect day from beginning to end. Take at least five minutes to see it clearly from what you’ll wear to work that day to how easily you’ll get your work done, to how well the meeting will go. Imagine friends asking you out for dinner and getting an unexpected check in the mail. Do this until you feel the joy. Carry that feeling with you for the rest of the day.
Facebook IPO Filing Reveals Its Stunning Size: A Private Jet, $1 Billion In Profits, And More
"Done is better than perfect”
"We don’t build services to make money," Zuckerberg added. "We make money to build better services."
"The Hacker Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration. Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete. They just have to go fix it -- often in the face of people who say it’s impossible or are content with the status quo," wrote Zuckerberg. "Hacking is also an inherently hands-on and active discipline. Instead of debating for days whether a new idea is possible or what the best way to build something is, hackers would rather just prototype something and see what works. There’s a hacker mantra that you’ll hear a lot around Facebook offices: 'Code wins arguments.'"
FREE WILL KNOWS BEST
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
20 Million Year Old Lake Beneath Antarctica Is About to Be Uncovered
20 Million Year Old Lake Beneath Antarctica Is About to Be Uncovered
Two and a half miles under the Earth is Lake Vostok, which hasn't seen the light of day in 20 million years. It's taken almost 20 years of drilling, but Russian scientists are about to break through and explore the lake at the bottom of the world.
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