Archive for October, 2007

Videos From Burning Man 2007

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

10-minute Time Lapse Sequence
Includes the “early burn” during Monday’s total lunar eclipse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEdZpoWTBBw

The Monkey Chant
I wasn’t at this year’s Kecak, but got to participate last year when it was in Center Camp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGMjeLFY4I

Homoroborous By Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsI1FYC6B_Y

Homoroborous By Night
As the monkey swings, the serpent approaches holding an apple… the monkey eats the apple and the serpent. I thought that […]

Michael Clarke Rubel, R.I.P.

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Mike Rubel, the master of Rubel Castle, died peacefully and among family this morning. It was an honor and an inspiration to know him.

The Nuclear Baby: Stillborn

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I just couldn’t let October 13, 2007 pass without a mention that four-fifths of the Earth’s population have not died due to nuclear war. The Nuclear Baby is stillborn.
Call it schadenfreude, but I would love to be a fly on a wall in the House of Yahweh right now. Please, if you’re in proximity to […]

Friends Church Sign of the Week

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Number 8 in a series.

Those who seldom think of heaven are not likely to get there.
This is a masterful example of the “Veiled Threat.”
Translation: If you don’t accept our brainwashing, you are likely to be tortured for all eternity.
“I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, […]

You’re Gonna Get Schooled— On YouTube

Friday, October 5th, 2007

U.C. Berkeley has been making many of its lectures available in downloadable audio and streaming video (that unfortunately requires the RealPlayer.) Now UCB is making its lectures available on YouTube, which is a more convenient format for many people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD2144Lbqu4

Here is the first lecture from Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents. Everyone should know this stuff […]

Slate: Sex Ed 2.0

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Slate offers some good advice on talking with your kids about sex in the age of the Internet.