Baby Brand.

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Children are such an untapped market. What a scarey thought. 

Holy Fuck!

Drop everything, forget everything and watch Zeitgeist The Movie!

By Dan Hillier (Click me!)

Tissue Regeneration - a fingers tip away.

I think that within ten years we will have strategies that will re-grow the bones, and promote the growth of functional tissue around those bones.

Dr Stephen Badylak - University of Pittsburgh.

In every town in every part of this sprawling country you can find a faceless sprawling strip mall in which to do the shopping. Rarely though would you expect to find a medical miracle working behind the counter of the mall's hobby shop. That however is what Lee Spievak considers himself to be. "I put my finger in," Mr Spievak says, pointing towards the propeller of a model aeroplane, "and that's when I sliced my finger off." It took the end right off, down to the bone, about half an inch. "We don't know where the piece went." The photos of his severed finger tip are pretty graphic. You can understand why doctors said he'd lost it for good. Today though, you wouldn't know it. Mr Spievak, who is 69 years old, shows off his finger, and it's all there, tissue, nerves, nail, skin, even his finger print. View article and film here >>

Perverted Powers of Ten.

A couple of years back I was in melbourne and happened to get to see the Eames exhibition.  As part of this exhibition they showcased an interesting photo gallery and film by Charles and Ray Eames called Powers of Ten. Here is the film in its original format:



And here is a somewhat disturbing parody by John Cheese:

Rich, delicious chocolatey thing.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

The human brain appears hard-wired for hierarchy.

Human imaging studies have for the first time identified brain circuitry associated with social status, according to researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health. They found that different brain areas are activated when a person moves up or down in a pecking order – or simply views perceived social superiors or inferiors. Circuitry activated by important events responded to a potential change in hierarchical status as much as it did to winning money. More>>

Good Vibrations.

Do these prevent or encourage?

I'm a little concerned these would entice pedophiles rather than prevent them. Aren't you? I just hope someone with a twisted sense of communication was fired over this campaign.

Sloth.

The 3 toed sloth is a marvellous creature. They are entirely herbivorous, and spend most of the day relaxing, reclining and generally not scavenging for flesh. They are mostly famous for being slow - perhaps an evolutionary low when your species is famous for sucking at motion. This is me on a good day:

Sleeping Beauties.

Beard Alphabet.

By Tim Yarzhombeck

New York Man Hole Covers.

Made in India. Barefoot.

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AQAL or a Map of the Human Experience.

This is an updated version of Ken Wilbers AQAL (All Quadrants All Levels) Map which may well be the best theory to date that outlines all dimensions of the human experience. And it's all nicely laid out in a free download available from Formless Mountain.   

Eyes.