iON | Biocentrism
Payday
Bob Dobbs’ private session 221, 13 December 2009. Dr Carolyn Dean and iON discuss Robert Lanza’s theory of everything—Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe.
Bob Dobbs’ private session 221, 13 December 2009. Dr Carolyn Dean and iON discuss Robert Lanza’s theory of everything—Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe.
Be Here Now-ish
beherenowish.com
Be Here Now-ish is a new comedy web series about two down and out New York gals (a dating consultant and a drug delivery gal) who go to LA in search of a spiritual awakening and a guru they call Bob.
Here’s what the two Brooklyn filmmakers, Alexandra Roxo and Natalia Leite, say about their series:
Be Here Now-ish is a new comedy web series about two down and out New York gals (a dating consultant and a drug delivery gal) who go to LA in search of a spiritual awakening and a guru they call Bob.
Here’s what the two Brooklyn filmmakers, Alexandra Roxo and Natalia Leite, say about their series:
In a sea of media that comments on our generation’s pitfalls and strengths, we feel there is nothing that accurately depicts the world we live in … a world where managing to survive/pay bills/pay for $15 cheeseburgers and $10 kale juices on weirdo freelance schedules is “normal,” while juggling magic and meditation groups and dance parties till 3 AM. Where dating is more complex than trigonometry and commitment is scarce. Where people choose their personal pronouns, girls look like boys, boys look like girls, sexuality is fluid, sex is complicated, and laughter is abundant.
Clones Clones Clones | Marathon
BBC America
Saturday June 1 BBC America will show all ten episodes of this season’s cloning extravaganza Orphan Black beginning at noon 12pm EST.
The marathon concludes with episode 10 the season finale but relax, the series has been renewed and will return in 2014. To find the marathon schedule for your time zone go here and use the button in the upper right to select your time zone.
Saturday June 1 BBC America will show all ten episodes of this season’s cloning extravaganza Orphan Black beginning at noon 12pm EST.
The marathon concludes with episode 10 the season finale but relax, the series has been renewed and will return in 2014. To find the marathon schedule for your time zone go here and use the button in the upper right to select your time zone.
“Plato would have thought we were gods.” ~Dr Aldous Leekie
What if you really are an involuntary human subject in a vast, deeply creepy secret experiment? What if, for your whole life, all the people you’ve trusted and loved might well turn out to be merely plants, spies; the tools of a sinister network devoted to collecting information about you without your permission.
If you’re a self-aware product of an secret human cloning project, your next move may be the only thing left in your life you can still control.
If you find the series interesting and would like to know more, visit the BBC America website for a who’s who of the series’ clones and episode recaps with insights from the writers.
Cannes Recap 2013
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| The French film Blue is the Warmest Color won the Palme d’Or |
National Public Radio
Critic John Powers gives the skinny on his experiences at the Cannes Film Festival.
Critic John Powers gives the skinny on his experiences at the Cannes Film Festival.
"Premium" Writing Paper (Clairefontaine & Rhodia)
I think that I've completed the basic kit for a fountain pen newbie. Fountain pen: check. Converter: check. Ink samples: check. Another fountain pen: check. Bottle of ink: check. The last item in the fountain pen 101 kit? Fountain pen friendly writing paper! Really. I'm serious:
Left to right: Clairefontaine Triomphe writing pad; Rhodia Dot Pad (spiral bound); and Rhodia Dot Pad (staple bound). They are all A5 size, and they all contain really nice paper. Serious reviews of these writing pads can be found all over the Internet, and anything I try to write will be redundant. Personally, I like the feel of the Triomphe paper the best, but I don't like the way that the pages are glued at the top . . . tearing the pages away cleanly can be hit or miss. I prefer the micro perforations on the Dot Pads much better in this regard. The Triomphe paper has lavender or purple-ish colored lines, which are impossible to accurately show due to poor lighting, color balance, and bush league photography skills:
The Dot Pad paper uses a grid of dots instead of lines. Official specs say that the dots are printed with a 5 mm pitch. I like the dots:
To be honest, my fountain pens work just fine on the standard office copy paper that I use. That said, they write smoother and produce higher quality ink lines on these premium paper products. Even if you don't write with fountain pens, you should try some of this paper just for the experience. You only live once.
By the way, I also acquired a tiny Rhodia pad (No. 10 size, 2 x 3 inches) and feel that it's just too small to be really useful. I also bought one in the No. 11 size, which is 3 x 4 inches. The No. 11 size is perfect for quick notes, to-do lists, reminders, and miniature paper airplanes. I use the No. 11 pad more than the A5 size pads shown in the pictures.
To summarize: I now have fountain pens, converters, ink, and good writing paper. I think my kit is complete. Too bad my handwriting sucks.
Left to right: Clairefontaine Triomphe writing pad; Rhodia Dot Pad (spiral bound); and Rhodia Dot Pad (staple bound). They are all A5 size, and they all contain really nice paper. Serious reviews of these writing pads can be found all over the Internet, and anything I try to write will be redundant. Personally, I like the feel of the Triomphe paper the best, but I don't like the way that the pages are glued at the top . . . tearing the pages away cleanly can be hit or miss. I prefer the micro perforations on the Dot Pads much better in this regard. The Triomphe paper has lavender or purple-ish colored lines, which are impossible to accurately show due to poor lighting, color balance, and bush league photography skills:
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| Clairefontaine Triomphe |
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| Rhodia Dot Pad |
By the way, I also acquired a tiny Rhodia pad (No. 10 size, 2 x 3 inches) and feel that it's just too small to be really useful. I also bought one in the No. 11 size, which is 3 x 4 inches. The No. 11 size is perfect for quick notes, to-do lists, reminders, and miniature paper airplanes. I use the No. 11 pad more than the A5 size pads shown in the pictures.
To summarize: I now have fountain pens, converters, ink, and good writing paper. I think my kit is complete. Too bad my handwriting sucks.
iON | Anthropomorphic Physical
Payday
Bob Dobbs’ private session 216 with iON, 5 December 2009. How do we get beyond the Anthropomorphic Physical? Remove the walls from the labyrinth of the mind and Heaven and Earth merge.
Bob Dobbs’ private session 216 with iON, 5 December 2009. How do we get beyond the Anthropomorphic Physical? Remove the walls from the labyrinth of the mind and Heaven and Earth merge.
Iron Man Space Diving Suit
Gizmag
The development of a real life Iron Man suit allows astronauts or extreme thrill seekers to space dive from up to 62 miles (100 km) above the Earth‘s surface at the very edge of space, and safely land using thruster boots instead of a parachute.
The development of a real life Iron Man suit allows astronauts or extreme thrill seekers to space dive from up to 62 miles (100 km) above the Earth‘s surface at the very edge of space, and safely land using thruster boots instead of a parachute.
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| Mock up HUD display of the hi-tech augmented reality goggle. Photo: Blaze Sanders/Juxtopia |
Hi-tech inventors over at Solar System Express (Sol-X) and biotech designers Juxtopia LLC (JLLC) are collaborating on this project with a goal of releasing a production model of such a suit by 2016. The project will use a commercial space suit to which will be added augmented reality (AR) goggles, jet packs, power gloves and movement gyros.
iON | May 2013
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Soylent | Replace Food With Fuel
Food can be a great sensual and social pleasure. But today many individuals feel that they are too busy earning the money to purchase food and other stuff to spend the time it takes to plan, shop, cook and clean up after a good meal. What if you could occasionally engage in a leisurely meal and the other times just drink a tasty food beverage that quickly and easily mixes with water and supplies all your nutritional requirements.
Rob Rhinehart is a 24 year-old electrical engineer and computer scientist from Atlanta whose work doesn’t afford him the luxury of dealing with food several times a day. So he used his engineering skills of problem solving to determine what a body requires to survive. He discovered that it’s not necessarily fruits, vegetables and meat that human bodies need but the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates and fats contained within those foods.
Rhinehart identified the exact nutrients the body loves and needs and put together a super-food compound that would give him 100 percent of his daily recommended intakes. The result is Soylent which is mixed with water, tastes good and costs less than $150 per month. No cooking, no dishes to clean up and a diet that supplies all your body needs to function optimally and maintain healthy weight. Here’s a list of what’s in Soylent.
Below from an interview with Rhinehart at vice.com.
In Defense of New Food by Rob Rhinehart.
Rob Rhinehart is a 24 year-old electrical engineer and computer scientist from Atlanta whose work doesn’t afford him the luxury of dealing with food several times a day. So he used his engineering skills of problem solving to determine what a body requires to survive. He discovered that it’s not necessarily fruits, vegetables and meat that human bodies need but the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates and fats contained within those foods.
Rhinehart identified the exact nutrients the body loves and needs and put together a super-food compound that would give him 100 percent of his daily recommended intakes. The result is Soylent which is mixed with water, tastes good and costs less than $150 per month. No cooking, no dishes to clean up and a diet that supplies all your body needs to function optimally and maintain healthy weight. Here’s a list of what’s in Soylent.
Below from an interview with Rhinehart at vice.com.
Hacking the body is high risk, high reward. I read a textbook on physiological chemistry and took to the internet to see if I could find every known essential nutrient. I started to think that it’s probably all the same to our cells whether it gets nutrients from a powder or a carrot.
It [Soylent] tastes very good. I haven’t got tired of the taste in six weeks. I’s a very “complete” sensation, more sweet than anything. Eating to me is a leisure activity, like going to the movies, but I don’t want to go to the movies three times a day.
Not having to worry about food is fantastic. No groceries, dishes, deciding what to eat, no endless conversations weighing the relative merits of gluten-free, keto, paleo or vegan. Power and water bills are lower. I save hours a day and hundreds of dollars a month. I feel liberated from a crushing amount of repetitive drudgery. Soylent might also be good for people having trouble managing their weight. I find it very easy to lose and gain precise amounts of weight by varying the proportions in my drink.
In Defense of New Food by Rob Rhinehart.
A New Railroad Under New York City
Wired
160 feet underground, The East Side Access project will connect the Long Island Railroad to New York’s Grand Central Terminal via a massive tunnel under the East River.
160 feet underground, The East Side Access project will connect the Long Island Railroad to New York’s Grand Central Terminal via a massive tunnel under the East River.
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