Friday, August 31, 2012

I Train So Others May Live- Introducing Romero


stem cells in a new breakthrough toward longevity


This is pretty fascinating, and may, thankfully, render the embryonic stem cell debate moot. See the full article here:

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Burial & Four Tet - Moth [480p]



hmm this too....somehow...but more of the detached Xander narrative, trying to integrate and attach...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Someone has glimpsed the soul of Romero de Landa



The combination of this actress, this narrative, as well as this song really seem to capture the soul and character arc of Romero de Landa.  I'm breathless.  Such a hauntingly beautiful performance.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Curiosity - Ep. 11 - Can You Live Forever?



Geek Squeal...Okay...I'm out for the day.

Sheila Nirenberg: A prosthetic eye to treat blindness

The Encoder is the key part of this...a codebook and equations mapping out visual data...and the implications can be reading the other senses as well...so the question is for me in the purposes of story...is this a possible key to the leap of digitizing memory, for retrieval, storage or maybe even transfer....

Encoding vast amounts of data from organic DNA storage

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End Of Love



And here, my lovelies, here is the heart of it.  See the lyrics taped to the inside of the cardboard shelter that has become of our lives....dance me, to the end of love....

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Autism, Analysis, and Religious Belief

An interesting article that may help me understand Xander's biology and thinking/internal conflict.