Friday Lite

It's Friday.... wind down time... too cold and blustery outside to go fishing... so time for some fun...

1. A very cool computer program:


2. A very funny (and wayyyyy too familiar) Eddy Izzard observation on how TV/movies SHOULD show life with computers ...  if you've never been to the place Eddie describes here, you're living a charmed life!

BTW a strong language warning applies here - I mean, after all it IS about how frustrating life with computers can be: 

So, if you find cursing/swearing offensive please skip this video.

Eddie Izzard on Computers

3. If, rather than lightening up, you actually want some brain food after a week of dross... here's something to get you thinking.... He's not the most exciting presenter....he's a scientist remember...it takes years in recovery programs to get over it (she says as a recovering scientist herself), but at about the 13 minute mark, he shares some mind blowing research on malaria. So start it up, go grab a coffee, wander back and pick it up at 13minutes...

If this turns you on and you are interested in pollution, ecofuel or the flu... check out another TED talk by a fungal scientist by the name of Stamets at http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/258... once again, the first 7 minutes are overly complex...but tune in at about the 7.5minute mark for some amaaaaaazing stuff!

I reckon it's worth thinking about how this might apply to the transmission and domestication of wild and toxic ideas (after all we use the expression 'germ of an idea') - how you might get toxic ideas to evolve toward mildness rather than virulence.
4. Finally, the fabulous Yolngu boys doing Zorba - the best tonic on the planet when you're feeling jaded!! 



Hope you enjoy!