Anamorphic Image

Hans Holbein, the court artist of Henry VIII painted The Ambassadors (pictured here) with an anamorphic image of a skull within it. In addition there are several symbolic images and hidden meanings (the sheet music has been identified as a piece composed by Martin Luther. . . read more here

The end of ignorance is coming

During a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Intel CEO Paul Otellini had some amazing comments on the future of computing. He also said that within 5 years everything is going to be on every device; you'll be able to access it all from your car, your phone, your personal computer, your TV. To which Rose asked, "What's going to become obsolete?" Otellini responded, "Ignorance."

Clickstream

Find out about this really interesting data set click here

Kurzweil part two

Kurzweil has now written what may be his opus, "The Singularity is Near." If you are at all interested in what the future might hold, and are not afraid to get out of your box, you should get this book and read it. What is the singularity? Kurzweil suggests it is a future period in which technological progress becomes so rapid that it radically transforms humankind. The difference between human and our machines becomes less and less as we adapt to an increasingly technological civilization. Increasingly, out nanotech starts to inhabit our bodies. "To picture the singularity, imagine computers trillions of times smarter than Newton, Einstein and Edison inventing new technologies while continually enhancing their own abilities. Kurzweil argues that the Singularity will occur around 2045."

Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil is perhaps the primary spokesman of our generation documenting the change in the pace of technology. Some of that change he has personally been responsible for. He is the inventor of speech recognition, scanners, music synthesizers and many other technical marvels. He is a certifiable genius in multiple fields. You can learn more about him by going to his web site click here

Picasso's Guernica

An amazing history in it's own right. Franco didn't want him or his painting and Picasso kept it in Spain until Franco was verifiably dead. If you want to see an amazing 3D look at the piece click here

Fishing Knots

Ever wonder how all those great knots are tied? Well, click here and learn.

A gigabyte

The world's first one gigabyte disk drive was announced in 1980. It weighed 550 pounds and had a price tag of $40,000. Heck, most people have that much memory in the cellphones now.

The creepy spider

Click here to go to a cool website where you can play around with spiders. Poke and prod the spider with your mouse, also 'grab' one of its legs with your mouse and drag it around the screen. Tell me it's not alive!

Put the cursor anywhere on the map and then hit the space bar and it leaves little bugs. Watch the spider go after them and when she catches them they disappear; this is totally crazy but fun to play!