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Blue or Red?

 

The choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing the sometimes painful, sometimes pleasant, truth of reality (red)

Photo by SezzRS

"You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."

Morpheus describes the effects of the two pills to Neo

Scenes from Antarctica

boston.com

“Down in Antarctica, November marks the end of spring, the beginning of austral summer, and the beginning of Antarctica’s cruise season. The Sun just rose for the first time in 6 months on September 22nd, and is now visible in the sky all the time. Recent studies in Antarctica have brought new insights into the origins of deep sea octopus species (a 30 million-year-old ancestor from Antarctic waters), volcanic contributions to disappearing Antarctic ice, and the effects of increasing numbers of icebergs scouring the seafloor. “ see the pix

Inside a Blue Angel Cockpit

 

Wicked!

Impersonations by Kevin Spacey

 

He’s the man! watch

If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state
of civilization, it expects what never was and never
will be… If we are to guard against ignorance
and remain free, it is the responsibility
of every American to be informed.”
Thomas Jefferson

Single tasking Is the New Multitasking?

lifehacker.com

“While multitasking is invariably useful, excessive multitasking can make it difficult to get things done (as we’ve previously noted). Productivity weblog WebWorkerDaily suggests now may be the time to adopt a single task approach.” read more

 

A web app to practice single tasking: Now Do This

Full Earth-rise!

space.com

Full-Earth-rise has been captured by Japan’s Kaguya lunar orbiter.The just-issued movie was taken on November 5, 2007. Credit: Jaxa

watch the video

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” – Viktor Frankl

F1 faces split as eight teams break away

ft.com

“Formula One was plunged into its worst crisis in its 60-year history on Friday after eight teams announced they would set up a rival championship, saying Max Mosley, the head of motorsport’s regulator, had ignored their demands over his controversial budget cap plans and had tried to drive a wedge between them.” read more

Google does Stravinsky

guardian.co.uk

“Happy birthday, Igor! You know you’ve pricked the popular consciousness when you become the subject of a piece of Google-artistry.” read