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This post will be rather short. I just want to lay out some ideas which I might continue at some other time.

So How can I successfully develop an Idea?

I found out through experience, that it is quite easy to come up with good ideas. I think that most people will say that this is probably the hardest thing but I would have to argue. It is the easiest, mainly because we are quite suited to use our imagination. [...]

I had a very interesting lunch conversation today with David. We were generally talking about Life, Money, Currencies, World Governance, among some other things. This brought a lot of creative input and we came to realize that there are some common principles that rule our lives. Therefore, I am planning to keep an updated lists of these principles/axioms and if you have found any of them yourself, you might want to share them with us in order to keep this list as complete as possible. [...]

Here Be Dragons is a free 40 minute video introduction to critical thinking.

Most people fully accept paranormal and pseudoscientific claims without critique as they are promoted by the mass media. Here Be Dragons offers a toolbox for recognizing and understanding the dangers of pseudoscience, and appreciation for the reality-based benefits offered by real science.

It worths 40 minutes of your time.

I quite like Darren Brown’s work although I realize that at the end of the day it is all tricks, some of which are quite simple. Before we move on with my explanation how one of his recent tricks works, have a look at the following footages just to get and idea of what I am about to talk you through.

When reading magic tricks you have to keep in mind that they are just tricks. [...]

code_swarm - created by Michael Ogawa with Processing.

Technology can enhance our lives, as long as it doesn’t take over control. A scary thought.

I am not an active gamer. In fact, the only two games I have been really into are StarCraft and WarCraft. Nevertheless, Mirror’s Edge really garbed my attention.

What I’ve found really interesting is the way the game designers solved various problems around concerns that players can get simulation/motion sickness. If you don’t know what simulation/motion sickness is, here is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article:

Pretty bad! [...]

This song has been stuck in my mind for a while. Mario Basanov & Vidis feat. Jazzu - I’ll be gone.

I’ve found a site with an interesting community. It is called Soup. Check out my soup page over here. Since I am planning to stick around, I will post my soup digest in Hakiri on a regular basis. Here comes the first one:

Another interesting TED talk. Paul Rothemund discusses how genetic engineers can fold proteins by writing the sequence of the DNA and compiling it with a DNA compiler. The result? Well, you can come up with whatever you want - from simple figures to actual living organisms.

This topic was introduced to me by Ramsesoriginal on a discussion within the House of Hackers network. [...]