It was often the case that I would look out at the mountains of Sintra, be in awe at how beautiful it was and wish I could show it to others.  I would sometimes snap a photo but then I would look at the photo later and be disappointed at the result.  So after a long time I figured out how to use the camera and quicktime to make time-lapse sequence of photos.  Below is the first experiment and I’m really pleased with it!  The photos were 45 seconds apart and taken over about 30 hours.

I plan on repeating this experiment with both the same angle and different angles overlooking the mountains!

p.s. the movement you may notice at the end of the land is due to the chickens and geese and ducks and turkeys and et cetras.

This is today’s morning, as seen from the window of my house.  Sintra, Portugal.  It is worth waking up early don’t you think?

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I used to watch videos of tennis games and tennis players practicing and I would notice that my stroke would improve significantly.  That phenomenon extends itself to many other topics; nowadays I watch videos of climbers, yogis, massage therapists, swimmers… a learning through empath.

Microsoft has just put 7 hours of Feynman lectures online, for the free viewing.  I recommend you go learn through empath by watching and listening to this inspiring person.

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html

The third TED talk in less than 24 hours to be posted here.  As you can see I really enjoy those talks and have been deprived of them from some time; I have recently embarked on a new stage of my life (certainly feels that way at least) and so I have been checking out some of my passions.

This following talk stays on the theme of the previous one, ethnomathematics.  No corals in this one but, instead, African villages.  A very interesting talk.

Enjoy:

This is another TED talk which I had watched several months ago.  I enjoyed the pace of the talk, the topic, and the presenter.

Enjoy!

In this video Diane Benscoter talks about her experience of being a Moonie (a follower of Sun Myung Moon, a member of the Unification Church).  She talks about how she was part of that cult, of how her mind was “infected” such that she truly believed that that was best.  And she talks about how it is important to help people preserve critical thinking.

A heartfelt talk.