State Of Earth » Random http://www.stateofearth.com collaborative secret society blog... first there were five. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 © propaganda@stateofearth.com () propaganda@stateofearth.com() collaborative secret society blog... first there were five. propaganda@stateofearth.com No no http://www.stateofearth.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg State Of Earth http://www.stateofearth.com 144 144 The Humble User Interface Comes of Age http://www.stateofearth.com/2010/06/07/the-humble-user-interface-comes-of-age/ http://www.stateofearth.com/2010/06/07/the-humble-user-interface-comes-of-age/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:15:57 +0000 Cygnus Atratus http://www.stateofearth.com/?p=671 John Underkoffler points to the future of UI

]]> http://www.stateofearth.com/2010/06/07/the-humble-user-interface-comes-of-age/feed/ 0 My Top 10 TED.com talks http://www.stateofearth.com/2010/05/01/my-top-10-ted-com-talks/ http://www.stateofearth.com/2010/05/01/my-top-10-ted-com-talks/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 15:56:19 +0000 Cygnus Atratus http://www.stateofearth.com/?p=650 1. Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight

2. Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

3. Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds

4. Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions

5. Carolyn Porco flies us to Saturn

6. VS Ramachandran on your mind

7. Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy, sweet, funny

8. Adam Savage’s obsessions

9. Emily Levine’s theory of everything

10. John Lloyd inventories the invisible

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Other talks of note:

James Randi’s fiery takedown of psychic fraud

Mary Roach: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm

George Smoot on the design of the universe

Brian Cox on CERN’s supercollider

Brian Greene on string theory

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Full report here: -

BBC NEWS | UK | Police stored DNA with ice cream .

]]> http://www.stateofearth.com/2009/07/01/bbc-news-uk-police-stored-dna-with-ice-cream/feed/ 0 Why We Believe in Gods http://www.stateofearth.com/2009/05/31/why-we-believe-in-gods/ http://www.stateofearth.com/2009/05/31/why-we-believe-in-gods/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 17:13:38 +0000 Cygnus Atratus http://www.stateofearth.com/?p=537

Andy Thomson gives his talk titled ‘Why We Believe in Gods‘ at the American Atheist 2009 convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr J. Anderson Thomson Jr.J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., M.D. is Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction (CSMHI), Staff Psychiatrist at the University of Virginia Student Health Services and in private practice.  In this presentation he puts forward his compelling ideas of how belief in unseen deities is actually a by-product of many of the evolutionary mechanisims used in our early survival at the dawn of our species. 

]]> http://www.stateofearth.com/2009/05/31/why-we-believe-in-gods/feed/ 1 Some pix from my regular “I wish I had a better camera” section. http://www.stateofearth.com/2009/05/15/some-pix-from-my-regular-i-wish-i-had-a-better-camera-section/ http://www.stateofearth.com/2009/05/15/some-pix-from-my-regular-i-wish-i-had-a-better-camera-section/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 09:43:39 +0000 Cygnus Atratus http://www.stateofearth.com/?p=465 When the moon was at it’s closest approach (and 30% brighter) a few months ago I got out my Fuji S5600 and got a few quick hand held shots. It’s botched astronomy, but it’s good fun . . . enjoy!

And yes, I still wish I had a better camera . . .
But if you want some good astronomy you might try one of the following: -

Astronomy picture of the day

NASA picture of the day

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