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Saturday, December 1, 2007

Mindwalk

Mindwalk is a motion picture that came out in the 90's based on a book by theoretical physicist Fritjof Capra called The Turning Point. It's a discussion between a politician, a poet, and a physicist. Music by Phillip Glass, I highly recommend it, its very well done. Takes a couple hours though, so give yourself some time :)

Thursday, November 29, 2007

When the other shoe drops


This Article
is an intriguing discussion of the future of our planet in an economic sense. The content is a crash course in economic policy and i really found the comments at the bottom to be stimulating.

after struggling with hyperlinks i decided to use html code. the page that helped explain it to me is here
its basically just this:
[a href="url of link you want"]clickable text to see[/a]
just replace the brackets with < and >

"heady overlord" Magner


too funny...

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Tree Man

Holy shit, this is crazy...
tree man

Also,
Albert Hoffman voted #1 living genius...

We.

Here is a cool video I found.


Here is a cool blog I found. This guy is uploading some sweet tunes. Everything I've copped so far has been pretty gnar-like. Check out LTJ Bukhem and the Gotan Project. Hit 'older posts' on the bottom to see more albums.
http://gnarbrah.blogspot.com/

Let's go skiing on Friday and then shred kimEOTOver.
Namaste.

premature?

the BBC reported WTC building 7 collapsing 20 minutes before it actually happened. you can see the building behind the reporter... who forgot to push the demolition switch the same time as the twin towers? i bet chaney ate their souls for the mess up..

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Watch TV, its good for you



the "theatre" bill oreilly likes to say...the "theatre"
its like shakespeare
divine comedy

may the spirit of gravity burn in the hell it created for itself
much love :)

movies are neat


i just almost (DVD is dented) finished watching "the ghost in the shell." it is an amazing japanesse anime from the 90's. the film is about the future of computer technology and the possibilities of artificial intelligence eventually forming a soul of some sort. there is a lot of info packed into the flick and there are follow up movies and a series based on the premises. interesting stuff. there are huge discussion on the topics on wikipedia as well:

wiki link

and by the way, Beowulf 3-D is really incredible. gross monsters. dragons. 3-D nudity. action packed thrilla... its way better than old "3-D" movies. the whole movie has depth that falls in multi-layers behind the screen as well as times where things fly out toward you.
seriously, i don't want to see not 3-D movies ever again!!

US Military wants to 'fight the net'


A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks.......And, in a grand finale, the document recommends that the United States should seek the ability to "provide maximum control of the entire electromagnetic spectrum".

US forces should be able to "disrupt or destroy the full spectrum of globally emerging communications systems, sensors, and weapons systems dependent on the electromagnetic spectrum".

Consider that for a moment.

happy wednesday

$100 laptops

Come Party Tomorrow Night!!!

Tomorrow night is gonna be hot. We've got a fort collins all star jam featuring Joe Prinzivalli (3peas) on bass. Phill Salvaggio (3peas) on Guitar. Corey (listen) on drums, and Walter Hannah (the Grip) on keys. $1 cover, $3 new belgiums...come out and enjoy your wednesday night with me.

Friday is Logic supported by Filthy Children.

Monday, November 26, 2007

futurama MOVIE

click above

new futurama movie got leaked to the net ENJOY

exoskeletons

Longing, Searching, and Discovering



Among all the great things we have here in America, two of my favorites are whiskey and Coke.



Let's say you’ve got this whiskey that’s aged in old wooden barrels in a gnarly backwardsass cabin somewhere in Oregon. It’s got a just classic, full-bodied taste that no man can deny, and an almost creamy sensation that brings you back to the days of sucking on your mother's tit. It warms your body and your soul in a way that is just essential simply because it helps you let go for a little bit. It lets you float backwards downstream like you’re supposed to, oblivious to the waterfall you've created in your mind that supposedly lies ahead.

Then you’ve got this Coke right, this thing to drink and it’s full of sugar and carbonation, which are essentially just material, but nonetheless momentarily make you feel pretty happy. And that is California at its finest. It’s made in a factory by a corporation that is committing just atrocities in terms of labor and destruction of ecosystems, but is still able to convince you that it is real, that this sugary, carbonated beverage called Coke with a capital C is real, and they’ve succeeded. The Coca-Cola logo is the most recognizable image in the world today.

So now in the year 2007, straight Oregon is drunk by only a few because California is just too powerful, it's too sweet. And the people who are still drinking straight, home cooked Oregon are living out in the middle of nowhere and are most of the time completely oblivious to California's atrocities in the "real world". But somehow California produces some good too. It at the same time consumes us, rapes us, and kills us, but yet still defines us whether we like it or not, but that shouldn’t lead us to believe it’s the best or the worst thing that’s ever happened because it’s just something that happened, and its virtue will be something people contemplate for many years to come.

So I’m up in Oregon for the first time at this crazy four-day-party a band called the String Cheese Incident liked to throw down and by golly its coke and whiskey in a glass on the rocks. There's glitter and glow sticks and costumes and music that people are paying good money to see and experience, and it's sweet. And they've got this amazing venue for art from crazy lights to outrageous sound systems that just couldn’t have ever existed if it weren’t for all the California in the world.

And on the same token, you’ve got people camping in these beautiful Oregon woods, dancing barefoot under a blanket of stars in soft sand, taking care of their own trash, playing with their kids, and giving gifts of goods and services just for the warm feeling it provides, the letting go of it all, the wonder of just floating downstream.

And then to top it all off you’ve got this ice in the form of performance artists floating down from the chilly north, from Vancouver and Whistler, and they cool it all down super hard by just putting people in ah! of how beautifully refreshing it is when we combine these forces and how powerful the sum of their parts can be.

And as you drink this whiskey and coke on the rocks, you think to drink it slow because it’s so much to take in. And as you become settled with it, comfortable with it, and think you might be ready for another, you notice that a storm has actually been brewing within both you and the drink. Because the next time you look at your glass, you realize something separate but yet completely connected to all of the parties involved has formed, because on the outside of your glass, out of nowhere, rain has started to fall.

And as the rain falls, maybe you catch a glimpse of yourself in one of its drops. Maybe you see that you too were a part of this creative process, that YOU, were somehow, somewhere in the coke, in the whiskey, in the ice, in it all. And if that’s not the case, and maybe you’ve been drinking whiskey or coke, or any combination of the two for too long, maybe you’re ready for a change, maybe for some lightning to strike in your storm, and that lightning could literally lie in colorless, odorless drops, just like the ones hanging out on the outside of your glass. But if you're not into that, just take it easy like a wise elder such as Jerry Garcia would, and mix your drink and let it sit a while in the sun.

Let that rain really come down, let it all mix together perfectly, and when its time to lift it up and take a sip, just take a look at what’s lying in that chemistry project’s little wake--nowhere does it begin, nowhere does it end, but its everywhere we go--and that, my friend, just might be enough to make the rain fall from your eyes, but if it doesn't, at least we'll all, for many years to come, have the satisfaction of knowing that you tried.