Cool animation of 17th Century London

Cool animation of 17th century London (pre fire) done by a group of students from De Monfort University.  You can check out their blog at Pudding Lane Productions. 


(via Openculture.com)

The Universe in a Glass of Wine

Eight Writers and the Walks That Inspired Them

 (Click for a larger version via  The New York Times) 

THE TRANSCENDENCE - Jason Silva, David Lynch, Terence Mckenna, Ram Dass, Russel Brand

via graham hancock)

Terence McKenna - Reclaim your mind

The Future of us: Transcension Hypothosis

The Future of Us: Transcension Hypothosis

Sun Gazing 101

Super Human Abilities Confirmed by NASA...

The Internet often can have some way out there concepts, ideas, conspiracies, which all have their place in the human story. But this is one of the most intriguing ideas I've come across in a while. The idea is that instead of getting our nutrition from the "normal" way we can get all we need from "Sun gazing (also known as sun-eating) [which] is the strict practice of gradually introducing sunlight into your eyes at the lowest ultraviolet-index times of day – sunrise and sunset."

Read on at the link above or watch the documentaries below and start staring at the sun.

The Art of Meditation - Alan Watts

A couple of the latest videos from Deltron 3030

City Rising from the Ashes (ft. Mike Patton)


Melding of the Minds (ft. Zack De La Rocha)

The World Outside My Window - Time Lapse of Earth from the ISS

Awesome time lapse Footage from the ISS






(Via IO9.com)

The overview effect... Awesome!

"On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect."

OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.

Thanks 2E for bringing this to my attention. Coob.

Finding planets

Nasa's Hubble telescope finds signs of water of five distant planets.
(via the Independent)

"Nasa has reported that “faint signatures of water” have been found in the atmospheres of five planets outside our solar system, marking a further development in the search for planets capable of supporting alien life." read the rest


Alien Super-Earths Plentiful in Exoplanet Search.
(via space.com) 

"Observations using space-based and ground-based telescopes have indicated that a new class of objects dubbed super-Earths – worlds that are about two to 10 times our planet's mass and up to two times its radius – could be among the most common type of planets orbiting other stars." read the rest

Reality on the radio waves

The BBC radio show, The Infinite Monkey Cage, had a very interesting discussion on consciousness.  One of my favourites, Alan Moore, is on the panel. 
Check the show out here.