An entire neocortical column lights up with electrical activity. Modeled on a two-week-old rodent brain, this 0.5 mm by 2 mm slice is the basic computational unit of the brain and contains about 10,000 neurons. This microcircuit is repeated millions of times across the rat cortex—and many times more in the brain of a human.
Read the whole mind-boggeling article at Seed Magazine
Friday, 31 October 2008
Neocortical Column Art
Pin ItThursday, 30 October 2008
Kali Goddess Tattoo - Time and Change & a cut off head
Pin ItKali - Goddess of time and change
Kali, also known as Kalika (Bengali: Kālī / Kālīkā), is a Hindu goddess associated with death and destruction. The name Kali means "black", but has by folk etymology come to mean "force of time (kala)". Despite her negative connotations, she is today considered the goddess of time and change. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence. More complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role so far as to be the "ultimate reality" or Brahman. She is also revered as Bhavatarini (literally "redeemer of the universe"). Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kali as a benevolent mother goddess.
So, that's my new tattoo sorted.
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
British Lard
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WTF is going on in the British Lard Headquarters?? They even have a cafepress.com/lardstore now where they sell their demented designs.
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Final Impact - The End Of The World
Pin ItIf you think that the financial crisis is big news, check this out. A dazzling digital rendition of what it would look like if the Earth got totally killed by an asteroid. Sure, it would suck for us, but it'd be a pretty neat show for any aliens hanging around in the solar system.
It could happen tomorrow. Or next month. Or something..
Inportant resources:
NASA Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards
Play Asteroids
Sunday, 12 October 2008
Saturday, 11 October 2008
From Penis To Arse - French Style
Pin Ithttp://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&saddr=Calle+de+Penis,+36215,+Vigo,+Pontevedra,+Galicia,+Spain&daddr=Poo,+Llanes,+Asturias,+Asturias,+Spain+to:P%C3%A9e,+64300+B%C3%A9renx,+Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques,+Aquitaine,+France+to:Flang%C3%A9,+12350+Maleville,+Aveyron,+Midi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es,+France+to:L%27Hymen,+12100+Millau,+Aveyron,+Midi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es,+France+to:Anus,+Fouronnes,+Yonne,+Burgundy,+France+to:Le+B%C3%A9an,+53200+Loign%C3%A9-sur-Mayenne,+Mayenne,+Pays+de+la+Loire,+France+to:Ming%C3%A9,+35320+Le+Sel-de-Bretagne,+Ille-et-Vilaine,+Brittany,+France+to:pube+to:Arse,+17530+Arvert,+Charente-Maritime,+Poitou-Charentes,+France&hl=en&geocode=&mra=pe&mrcr=8&sll=45.057564,-2.568417&sspn=6.891455,13.623047&ie=UTF8&z=6
Bon Chance!
Kajagoogoo Reunion!!!
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Wednesday, 8 October 2008
How to NOT ask me for a link
Pin ItHi,
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Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Indian Runner
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The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
The winter looked the same, as if it never had gone
And through an open window where no curtain hung
I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me
One begins to read between the pages of a look
The shape of sleepy music, and suddenly you're hooked
Through the rain upon the trees, that kisses on the run
I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me
You can't stay and live my way
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind
You always say you want to go away
But I know what it always has been, it always has been
A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh
Most of the time I just let it go by
Now I wish it hadn't begun
I saw you, yes I saw you, comin' back to me
Strolling the hills overlooking the shore
I realize I've been here before
The shadow in the mist could have been anyone
I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me
Small things like reasons are put in a jar
Whatever happened to wishes wished on a star?
Was it just something that I made up for fun?
I saw you, I saw you, comin' back to me
The Film
The Song