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Why The Religious Right Is Republican

Recently I came across two graphs that reveal the secret motivation behind the close ties between the religious right and the Republican party. The first graph below demonstrates clearly that, at least for the last 60 years, income growth rates for Americans is significantly lower under Republican administrations. For all income brackets. The second graph below displays the strong correlation between poverty and religion. The Republicans make us poorer and therefore more religious. So, if you want to get America back on the religious bandwagon vote Republican and make us poor!

How to Delete Yourself from the Internet

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Seeking to escape from the internet? While online notoriety thrills some people, for others, it can become a great burden or even a fear. Perhaps the internet has kept you enthralled and even "captured" for the past years to the point where the rest of your life is being left behind, or perhaps you're still not convinced this is a way to live, up front and obvious to the whole world.
Whatever your reason, while it might not be possible to erase yourself completely, you can do a very decent job removing yourself as much as possible from the internet. This article will discuss the most obvious ways in which you can delete yourself from the internet.

Steps

1. Think this through very carefully before proceeding. Much of what is suggested below cannot be undone. This means that you will lose information, forfeit any marketable presence that you've developed online, and in some cases, you'll even lose the opportunity to restart your account using the same name or even the same email address. It might be drastic but if that's what's needed to set you on your new life's path or to escape being "known" online, the remaining steps will explain all.
   
   
   
   
   • Consider what is driving your wish to delete yourself completely. Is it a one-off scare from a cyberstalker? Is it a bad experience? Or is it an overall sense of being fed up with the pervasiveness of it in your life? Be sure to have fully worked through your concerns.
     
   • Are there other ways around your concerns, such as changing your online name, or using a different email account from your normal one for sending job applications, etc.?
     
   • Have patience and perseverance. This is not an easy task and there will still be echoes of your presence online that might not be worth the effort of chasing up. It all depends on why you want to delete yourself from the internet.
     
   • Realize that you might not even remember the extent of sites you've joined, created, participated in, etc.
     
   • Be polite. While you might be motivated by anger, fear, or irritation, don't let this come across in your tone and attitude when contacting website managers. They're human and will respond to reasonable requests couched in reasonable terms. If you're looking for a name removal because you're job searching, tell them - this at least lets them know you have a genuine reason. Avoid shouting, threatening legal action (unless you mean it, and only after they prove uncooperative), or generally being a bad sport.
     
   
   
2. Delete accounts. As already noted, it's possible that you've joined up to more sites than you'll ever remember. The more well-known the site, however, the better it is to remove yourself from it when trying to disappear from the internet. This won't necessarily resolve "deep web" memory of you but it's a good start. The following list is provided to help make it easier for you to know how to start ridding yourself of the principal sites:
   
   
   
   
   • How to delete yourself from Facebook
     
   • How to delete yourself from Twitter
     
   • How to delete yourself from YouTube
     
   • How to delete yourself from LinkedIn
     
   • How to delete yourself from Flickr
     
   • How to delete yourself from StumbleUpon
     
   • How to delete yourself from MySpace
     
   • How to delete yourself from PayPal
     
   • How to delete yourself from eBay - and delete yourself from any other online auction sites
     
   • Delete yourself from Craigslist and any other local advertising groups
     
   • Wiki accounts - on the whole, you can't delete wiki accounts. They tend to just get abandoned. If there is a real reason for removal (such as witness protection), contact the site's owner or engineers. At the very least, you should be able to get a name change to cover your real identity.
     
   • Alma maters (school, college, and university) - did you sign up for any old scholar websites? If so, you'll need to go through their deletion processes too.
     
   • Game sites - remove all your information from all game sites, contact details, and yes, that includes all the virtual items you've won and hoarded all those years. Give it away to people you know want the stuff, if the site permits this.
     
   • Check with your phone company that you're not listed online. If you are, ask them to remove your details completely. Ditto for any other customer databases that might cause your name and details to be online.
     
   
   
3. Close associated sites. Associated sites are third party applications that helped you to use your social networking accounts, such as Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, etc.
   
4. Close your personal sites. If you have created sites on the internet, you will need to remove them completely. Some of the sites you might have include:
   
   
   
   
   • Blogs
     
   • Personal wikis (it's unlikely you can remove a wiki others are actively sharing in even if you started it)
     
   • Groups (Ning, Gro.ups, Yahoo Groups, etc.; again, your ability to shut down might be dependent on participation of others)
     
   • Blogs within sites - many sites offer blogs as part of joining the site, don't forget these if you have started any
     
   • Forum posts (this is likely to be next to impossible for many sites)
     
   • Articles that you have added to article mill sites (ability to remove these will be dependent on the terms and conditions of those sites).
     
   
   
5. Delete search engine returns that feature you. Search engines cache old sites, pages, information, etc., including mentions of you. You will need to contact search engines direct for the trickier removals that return you when searched. Be aware that removing yourself from some search engines online is fairly detailed work, some involving paperwork in the real world, such as sending faxes, etc., to confirm your real identity. Major search engines and people search engines that will probably return your details include:
   
   
   
   
   • Google - read how to ungoogle yourself
     
   • Yahoo
     
   • Bing
     
   • Whitepages
     
   • USsearch
     
   • Intelius
     
   • Yahoo People Search
     
   • Acxiom
     
   • PeopleFinder
     
   • ZabaSearch
     
   
   
6. Consider using a professional company to remove your details from the internet. If contacting the myriad search engines one-by-one overwhelms you (and it is a very daunting prospect), you might be able to use a professional service to do the work for you. Of course, you will need to pay but it might be worth it if your reasons for removal are pressing. Look for a service that:
   
   
   
   
   • Is able to remove you from the "deep web" rather than just the obvious services.
     
   • If possible, has agreements in place with data source providers.
     
   
   
7. Cancel all mailing lists. This should be fairly straightforward as usually the method for unsubscribing is in the body of each email, often with a direct link. Follow the individual instructions given. If you can't find such instructions, contact the site administrators direct.
   
8. Cancel your email account. If you're going to this extreme, the method for deletion will depend on whether you're using a paid-for service or a free-roaming service on the web.
   
   
   
   
   • If free (e.g., Gmail, Hotmail, etc.), cancel following the site's instructions.
     
   • If paid for, contact the relevant company for instructions. Even web-based paid mail should have live people to contact.
     
   • Some free email accounts self-delete with lack of use.
     
   • Always check that you're not throwing away any vital information that you want to keep before you delete your account. Transfer all materials you need to a memory stick or other storage facility.
     
   
   
9. Clean up your computer.
   
   
   
   
   • Remove all internet history, cookies, etc.
     
   • Remove the internet program if you're really adamant.
     
   • Remove your computer if you're going "cold technology".
     
   
   
10. Shrug off what you can't remove. There may be some things that you can't do anything about. In that case, it is probably best to just accept that reality as you move on. If instances of your online come back to haunt you, you could always try denying it's you, especially if you have a common name! The following instances of your online presence will be very hard to erase:
    
    
    
    
    • Mentions of you in news items, blog posts, audio files, etc.
      
    • Your own interviews given to newspapers, radio stations, etc.
      
    • Comments you have left here, there, and everywhere.
      
    • Photos of your own used by other people on their websites and blogs; you would need to have copyright ownership in order to retrieve them and that could be a lengthy and wearying process.
      
    • Government sourced information that is considered appropriate to keep publicly available (except where a process is in place to remove such information).
      

Video

This video contains some good advice on what to look for when you're first considering removing yourself from online, including whether you'd rather create false aliases and decoy accounts rather than deleting yourself completely.

Tips

• If feeling addicted is the underlying impetus for deleting yourself from the internet, you might prefer to try removing the addiction rather than the internet. Some articles to check out include:
  
  
  
  
  • Stop your internet addiction
    
  • Defeat your Facebook addiction
    
  • Defeat your Myspace addiction
    
  • Get over your online game addiction
    
  
  
• There are software programs that will help you to remove yourself from online sites. Do a search online.
  
• If there is a problem with false or defamatory information about you online, contact a legal practitioner for advice in your jurisdiction.
  
• If you're really in a mess about having your name and details spread across the internet and don't know what to do next, seek help from privacy watchdogs such as Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (USA) for personal advice.
  
• Have you considered changing your name, either online or offline? It's probably easier!
  
• Consider using a fake name and fake information - create a web based email account with fake info.
  

Warnings

• Keep in mind the adage, "once online, there for all time". Always take care with what you share in the online environment: prevention is better (easier) than cure.
  
• Some sites use emotional blackmail techniques to encourage you to stay. Such comments as "all your friends will miss you" are targeted at making you think twice (after all, the site doesn't want to lose your patronage). If you're wavering, get photos of your real life friends, put them in front of you on the desk, press "delete" on the site, and phone up your real friends to go have a drink and chat together. You'll be over it just like that.
  
• Expect a tongue lashing from some webmasters who will insist on their "right" to keep public information public. Some of them just don't get the personal and privacy angle and see this as a personal affront against what they stand for. Just be persistent and if needed, get help from a privacy organization or a lawyer if your need for privacy is pressing or serious.
  

Things You'll Need

• Computer
  
• Standard request to webmasters - if you are sending a lot of these, craft a good, well-reasoned template request at the beginning
  
• Legal advice if the reason is serious (such as witness protection, etc.)
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Delete Friends on MySpace
  
• How to Delete your Usage History Tracks in Windows
  
• How to Recover Deleted Files from Your Computer
  
• How to Access Recently Deleted YouTube Videos
  
• How to Permanently Delete a Facebook Account
  

Sources and Citations

• Domain Tools, http://whois.domaintools.com/ - use this to help you look up ownership of a website so that you know who to contact if needed (especially helpful if no email provided on a site) - look for "admin email" and "server data" in the retrieved information.
  

Article provided by wikiHow, a wiki how-to manual. This page was last modified 09:11, 1 September 2010 by BR. Based on work by Eric, Jordan, Tess and BR, wikiHow user(s) Flickety and Anonymous. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

Marcy Playground "Indaba Remixes From Wonderland"

Marcy Playground today announced the upcoming release of the remix of "Leaving Wonderland ... In a Fit of Rage". What makes this remixed album remarkable is it "marks the first time that an entire album has been produced exclusively using crowdsourced remixes". Marcy Playground previously released all of these songs in separate mixable components and asked the public to submit remixes. This is the result and it sounds, in many cases, even better than the originals! Here's kudos to the best band you may not have even heard of and a group that has continued to astonish us with the quality of songwriting, performing, and now, crowd sourcing.

If the embedded code below doesn't work for you, try EMI's site.

Here's what Marcy Playground singer/songwriter/guitarist John Wozniak had to say: "I wanted to make this record to show people what the online music community is capable of. I believe the talent reflected in these tracks speaks for itself. This community is thriving. It's thriving because musicians feed on inspiration they get from other musicians. Music is not meant to be a solitary endeavour. It's something we like to do with other people. But maybe you live in a remote part of the world, or have problems with mobility because you're physically disabled, or have severe social anxiety, or simply can't find other musicians in your locale who share your musical interests. Indaba side-steps these limitations, giving musicians all over the world a way to get together and create anyway, which is revolutionary."

Enjoy these and buy everything Marcy Playground does - they have consistently been just super. My favorites so far - "Blackbird" (first version), "Star Baby" (amazingly different and cool), "Emperor" (haunting), "Good Times" (remember that little band I like to call the Beatles?), "Down the Drain" (makes my head bobble). But they are all great. My only complaint is they left the awesome guitar track out of "Gin and Money". All in all - way thank you crowd sourcing!

Fire Tornado !!!

Mother Nature combines Wind & Fire! Bad combination. Not funny. But awesome.

Orwell or Huxley ?

This insightful, funny, and kinda creepy comic delves into the question of which author more accurately predicted the distopian future - Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or Huxley's Brave New World.

Text is taken from the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, art by Stuart McMillen. You can view a 4 page printable PDF as well.

2009 05 Amusing Ourselves to Death

NATURE | Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds" | PBS

Filmmaker Ann Prum talks about her high definition high speed video documentary of hummingbirds she produced for the PBS series Nature. Seriously stunning footage, be sure to watch the 720p YouTube version or somehow get the full show in high def.

Of her work, Prum says:
“These are the kinds of films I like to make. They say, you think you know this animal … but we actually don’t know them at all.”

On hummingbirds:
“They are tough. People think they are delicate and jewel-like. They are not like that at all. They are tough as nails. They are incredibly competitive — really defending their resources. It’s the difference between life and death for them, they live so on the edge.”

Ann, please make another film on dragonflies!

Buffy/Angel Episode Sequence

The greatest television series of both the 20th and 21st centuries, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ran for 7 seasons. Seasons 4 through 7 aired along with the spin-off series Angel with plot lines interleaved throughout both series (even when Buffy moved to the UPN and Angel stayed on WB viewers had to watch both series on different networks to keep abreast of plot details).

However, the chronological broadcast order of the two series is not always the plot order - especially in Buffy Season 6 interleaved with Angel Season 3. What follows is the correct viewing order for all 7 seasons of Buffy and 5 seasons of Angel. The standard viewing order of the interleaved seasons is Buffy Season M Episode N then Angel Season M-3 Episode N and mostly this is how it goes until Season 6/3. The nonstandard episodes are italicized.

• Buffy Season 1
• Buffy Season 2
• Buffy Season 3

Buffy Season 4 / Angel Season 1 (standard viewing order)


• Buffy ‘The Fresh­man’ (S04E01)
• Angel ‘City Of…’ (S01E01)
• Buffy ‘Liv­ing Con­di­tions’ (S04E02)
• Angel ‘Lonely Hearts’ (S01E02)
• Buffy ‘The Harsh Light of Day’ (S04E03)
• Angel ‘In The Dark’ (S01E03)
• Buffy ‘Fear Itself’ (S04E04)
• Angel ‘I Fall to Pieces’ (S01E04)
• Buffy ‘Beer Bad’ (S04E05)
• Angel ‘A Room With A View’ (S01E05)
• Buffy ‘Wild at Heart’ (S04E06)
• Angel ‘Sense and Sen­si­tiv­ity’ (S01E06)
• Buffy ‘The Ini­tia­tive’ (S04E07)
• Angel ‘The Bach­e­lor Party’ (S01E07)
• Buffy ‘Pangs’ (S04E08)
• Angel ‘I Will Remem­ber You’ (S01E08)
• Buffy ‘Some­thing Blue’ (S04E09)
• Angel ‘Hero’ (S01E09)
• Buffy ‘Hush’ (S04E10)
• Angel ‘Part­ing Gifts’ (S01E10)
• Buffy ‘Doomed’ (S04E11)
• Angel ‘Som­nam­bu­list’ (S01E11)
• Buffy ‘A New Man’ (S04E12)
• Angel ‘Expect­ing’ (S01E12)
• Buffy ‘The I in Team’ (S04E13)
• Angel ‘She’ (S01E13)
• Buffy ‘Good­bye Iowa’ (S04E14)
• Angel ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’ (S01E14)
• Buffy ‘This Year’s Girl’ (S04E15)
• Angel ‘The Prodi­gal’ (S01E15)
• Buffy ‘Who Am I?’ (S04E16)
• Angel ‘The Ring’ (S01E16)
• Buffy ‘Super­star’ (S04E17)
• Angel ‘Eter­nity’ (S01E17)
• Buffy ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ (S04E18)
• Angel ‘Five By Five’ (S01E18)
• Buffy ‘New Moon Ris­ing’ (S04E19)
• Angel ‘Sanc­tu­ary’ (S01E19)
• Buffy ‘The Yoko Fac­tor’ (S04E20)
• Angel ‘War Zone’ (S01E20)
• Buffy ‘Primeval’ (S04E21)
• Angel ‘Blind Date’ (S01E21)
• Buffy ‘Rest­less’ (S04E22)
• Angel ‘To Shan­shu in L.A.’ (S01E22)

Buffy Season 5 / Angel Season 2 (standard viewing order)


• Buffy ‘Buffy Vs Drac­ula’ (S05E01)
• Angel ‘Judg­ment’ (S02E01)
• Buffy ‘Real Me’ (S05E02)
• Angel ‘Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been’ (S02E02)
• Buffy ‘The Replace­ment’ (S05E03)
• Angel ‘First Impres­sions’ (S02E03)
• Buffy ‘Out of My Mind’ (S05E04)
• Angel ‘Untouched’ (S02E04)
• Buffy ‘No Place Like Home’ (S05E05)
• Angel ‘Dear Boy’ (S02E05)
• Buffy ‘Fam­ily’ (S05E06)
• Angel ‘Guise Will Be Guise’ (S02E06)
• Buffy ‘Fool For Love’ (S05E07)
• Angel ‘Darla’ (S02E07)
• Buffy ‘Shadow’ (S05E08)
• Angel ‘The Shroud of Rah­mon’ (S02E08)
• Buffy ‘Lis­ten­ing to Fear’ (S05E09)
• Angel ‘The Trial’ (S02E09)
• Buffy ‘Into the Woods’ (S05E10)
• Angel ‘Reunion’ (S02E10)
• Buffy ‘Tri­an­gle’ (S05E11)
• Angel ‘Rede­f­i­n­i­tion’ (S02E11)
• Buffy ‘Check­point’ (S05E12)
• Angel ‘Blood Money’ (S02E12)
• Buffy ‘Blood Ties’ (S05E13)
• Angel ‘Happy Anniver­sary’ (S02E13)
• Buffy ‘Crush’ (S05E14)
• Angel ‘The Thin Dead Line’ (S02E14)
• Buffy ‘I Was Made To Love You’ (S05E15)
• Angel ‘Reprise’ (S02E15)
• Buffy ‘The Body’ (S05E16)
• Angel ‘Epiphany’ (S02E16)
• Buffy ‘For­ever’ (S05E17)
• Angel ‘Dishar­mony’ (S02E17)
• Buffy ‘Inter­ven­tion’ (S05E18)
• Angel ‘Dead End’ (S02E18)
• Buffy ‘Tough Love’ (S05E19)
• Angel ‘Belong­ing’ (S02E19)
• Buffy ‘Spi­ral’ (S05E20)
• Angel ‘Over the Rain­bow’ (S02E20)
• Buffy ‘The Weight of the World’ (S05E21)
• Angel ‘Through the Look­ing Glass’ (S02E21)
• Buffy ‘The Gift’ (S05E22)
• Angel ‘There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb’ (S02E22)


Buffy Season 6 / Angel Season 3

• Angel ‘Heart­throb’ (S03E01)
• Angel ‘That Vision Thing’ (S03E02)
• Angel ‘That Old Gang of Mine’ (S03E03)
• Buffy ‘Bar­gain­ing Part One’ (S06E01)
• Buffy ‘Bar­gain­ing Part Two’ (S03E02)
• Buffy ‘After Life’ (S06E03)
• Angel ‘Carpe Noctem’ (S03E04)
• Buffy ‘Flooded’ (S06E04)
• Buffy ‘Life Ser­ial’ (S06E05)
• Angel ‘Fred­less’ (S03E05)
• Buffy ‘All The Way’ (S06E06)
• Angel ‘Billy’ (S03E06)
• Buffy ‘Once More With Feel­ing’ (S06E07)
• Angel ‘Off­spring’ (S03E07)
• Buffy ‘Tab­ula Rasa’ (S06E08)
• Angel ‘Quick­en­ing’ (S03E08)
• Buffy ‘Smashed’ (S06E09)
• Angel ‘Lul­laby’ (S03E09)
• Buffy ‘Wrecked’ (S06E10)
• Angel ‘Dad’ (S03E10)
• Buffy ‘Gone’ (S06E11)
• Angel ‘Birth­day’ (S03E11)
• Buffy ‘Dou­ble­meat Palace’ (S06E12)
• Angel ‘Provider’ (S03E12)
• Buffy ‘Dead Things’ (S06E13)
• Angel ‘Wait­ing In the Wings’ (S03E13)
• Buffy ‘Older and Far Away’ (S03E14)
• Angel ‘Cou­plet’ (S03E14)
• Buffy ‘As You Were’ (S06E15)
• Angel ‘Loy­alty’ (S03E15)
• Buffy ‘Hell’s Bells’ (S06E16)
• Angel ‘Sleep Tight’ (S03E16)
• Buffy ‘Nor­mal Again’ (S06E17)
• Angel ‘For­giv­ing’ (S03E17)
• Buffy ‘Entropy’ (S06E18)
• Angel ‘Dou­ble or Noth­ing’ (S03E18)
• Buffy ‘See­ing Red’ (S06E19)
• Angel ‘The Price’ (S03E19)
• Buffy ‘Vil­lains’ (S06E20)
• Angel ‘A New World’ (S03E20)
• Buffy ‘Two To Go’ (S06E21)
• Angel ‘Bene­dic­tion’ (S03E21)
• Buffy ‘Grave’ (S06E22)
• Angel ‘Tomor­row’ (S03E22)

Buffy Season 7 / Angel Season 4

• Buffy ‘Lessons’ (S07E01)
• Buffy ‘Beneath You’ (S07E02)
• Angel ‘Deep Down’ (S04E01)
• Buffy ‘Same Time, Same Place’ (S07E03)
• Angel ‘Ground State’ (S04E02)
• Buffy ‘Help’ (S07E04)
• Angel ‘The House Always Wins’ (S04E03)
• Buffy ‘Self­less’ (S07E05)
• Angel ‘Slouch­ing Toward Beth­le­hem’ (S04E04)
• Buffy ‘Him’ (S07E06)
• Angel ‘Super­sym­me­try’ (S04E05)
• Buffy ‘Con­ver­sa­tions With Dead Peo­ple’ (S07E07)
• Angel ‘Spin the Bot­tle’ (S04E06)
• Buffy ‘Sleeper’ (S07E08)
• Angel ‘Apoc­a­lypse, Now­ish’ (S04E07)
• Buffy ‘Never Leave Me’ (S07E09)
• Angel ‘Habeas Corpses’ (S04E08)
• Buffy ‘Bring On the Night’ (S07E10)
• Angel ‘Long Day’s Jour­ney’ (S04E09)
• Buffy ‘Show­time’ (S07E11)
• Angel ‘Awak­en­ing’ (S04E10)
• Buffy ‘Poten­tial’ (S04E12)
• Angel ‘Sou­less’ (S04E11)
• Buffy ‘The Killer in Me’ (S07E13)
• Angel ‘Cal­vary’ (S04E12)
• Buffy ‘First Date’ (S07E14)
• Buffy ‘Get It Done’ (S07E15)
• Angel ‘Sal­vage’ (S04E13)
• Buffy ‘Sto­ry­teller’ (S07E16)
• Angel ‘Release’ (S04E14)
• Buffy ‘Lies My Par­ents Told Me’ (S07E17)
• Angel ‘Orpheus’ (S04E15)
• Buffy ‘Dirty Girls’ (S07E18)
• Angel ‘Play­ers’ (S04E16)
• Angel ‘Inside Out’ (S04E17)
• Buffy ‘Empty Places’ (S07E19)
• Angel ‘Shiny Happy Peo­ple’ (S04E18)
• Angel ‘The Magic Bul­let’ (S04E19)
• Buffy ‘Touched’ (S07E20)
• Angel ‘Sac­ri­fice’ (S04E20)
• Angel ‘Peace Out’ (S04E21)
• Angel ‘Home’ (S04E22)
• Buffy ‘End of Days’ (S07E21)
• Buffy ‘Cho­sen’ (S07E22)

• Angel Season 5

Mathematics in Service of Entertainment - The Science of Futurama

Futurama head writer and producer David X. Cohen is noted for inserting physics easter eggs in episodes of the animated space comedy. Cohen has a Bachelors degree in Physics from Harvard and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Berkeley. In what is most certainly the greatest scientific accomplishment of any animated TV series in the history of mankind, this week's episode of Futurama contained a mathematical theorem written and proven specifically for the show by a staff writer with a Ph.D. in Mathematics!

The 111 year old American Physical Society published an article on Cohen in which it reported:

In an APS News exclusive, Cohen reveals for the first time that in the 10th episode of the upcoming season, tentatively entitled “The Prisoner of Benda,” a theorem based on group theory was specifically written (and proven!) by staffer/PhD mathematician Ken Keeler to explain a plot twist. Cohen can’t help but chuckle at the irony: his television-writing rule is that entertainment trumps science, but in this special case, a mathematical theorem was penned for the sake of entertainment.

The episode aired August 19, 2010 on Comedy Central and can be seen on Project Free TV.

La Bahia

La Bahia, originally uploaded by Doctor Free.

The La Bahia apartment building across Beach Street from The Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. Photo and digital editing by Doctor Free. Bodaciously excellent!

Big Lyapunov Exponent Bug

bigbug, originally uploaded by Doctor Free.

Fractal visually depicting the Lyapunov exponents of an iterated map of the plane. Generated with a fractal software laboratory written by Dr. Ronald Joe Record. I find it interesting that, even though this is a 2-dimensional object (the colors representing the Lyapunov exponent for a particular parameter), there seem to be shadows like it's a giant space bug hovering over a green landscape.

This is one of the images in my Lyapunov Exponent Flickr set.

Mandelbulb Flight

A super cool zoom into a 3D Mandelbrot Set (Mandelbulb). No music, just awesomeness.

Flame Thrower vs. Fire Extinguisher

Dancing Pigeons - Ritalin from Blink on Vimeo.

Hilarious music video pitting a flame thrower versus a fire extinguisher. Plus, hey, those teeth are gnarly.

Mandelbox Zoom

The latest amazing zoom on a 3D Mandelbrot set. Fascinating.

Facebook friends get real about business start-up | social, business, spin - News - The Orange County Register

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This is what Chris & Vanessa are doing

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Will.i.am on rave culture: "The underground is bigger than the surface. That's what people don't understand." | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times

via latimesblogs.latimes.com

will.i.am manages to be highly informative and extremely cool at the same time.

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