- Had a nice day at the beach today following days and days of stormy weather here after a ‘Kona low‘ hit the state. Check out some photos of the damage. Felt kind of like the phantom hurricane we were supposed to have in back in August. Blizzards on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, flash floods on Maui (though some still found a way to have fun – click on “Maui’s kind of couch surfing” at CNN video), power outages, school closings, disaster declaration and high surf that washed away all the sand at several of our favorite spots. Glad to finally see the sun again, though even today it’s still windy.
- I understand the Northwest also suffered similar weather-related disasters last week, as did Australia. In Ireland, surfers defied unusually giant waves for the ride of a lifetime. And I’m crying hurriquake again in Fiji, which got hit with a cyclone and a 7.8 earthquake.
- Here’s a PDF article about HAARP and weather warfare, “Beware the US military’s experiments with climatic warfare”, warns the author. I’m also in the middle of Jerry Smith’s book Weather Warfare. It’s a doozy.
- Very interesting video of Ron Eglash, an ‘ethno-mathmetician’, discussing fractal patterns in African villages. I cited his work in my book as an example of possible evidence that we have been unconsciously processing fractals as a species for a very long time, and perhaps a renewed awareness might help us in our present consciousness-raising endeavors. Seriously – fractals are super-cool and have a lot to teach us about our reality.
- If you’re following the current economic crisis, you might like to read this recent article in Der Spiegel, “The Dollar Nosedive”. It explains a heck of a lot. Then read this article by Ron Paul, “The End of Dollar Hegemony” and you’ll understand why we need to be concerned when oil starts being traded in currencies other than dollars, as Venezuela has done and now Iran.
- In that spirit I wonder about articles like this one about creating alternative or regional currencies; kind of an interesting idea. Except, of course, when the ‘government’ steps in and confiscates all your gold and silver. The Liberty Dollar people are up in arms. I suppose that might hurt their plans for the Amero.
- Genetically modified insulin, anyone? How about a flu shot at the airport?
- Pretty cool flash video from Scott Creighton about how the Giza pyramids align with the belt of Orion.
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Hi Angela,
fascinating, thought-provoking post, as always! I no loner can access your blog, unfortunately, from work, but try to make it a regular stop when I get home after dinner.
Just a quick comment: the african fractals video (thanks for the link) reminded me that Eglash’s book was one of the last books I gave my dad as a gift before he died a few years ago. My dad, not being mathematically trained at all, had a very hard understanding the technical aspects; but he immediately resonated, on an artistic level, with Eglash’s examples. Its a very nuce book if you haven’t seen it:
http://www.amazon.com/African-Fractals-Modern-Computing-Indigenous/dp/0813526140/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197496562&sr=8-1