This is some fantastic (and spooky) video footage of several mountain lions hanging around Rancho San Antonio park (near Cupertino and Los Altos). In particular, watch for the part where the lions sit and watch the runner/hiker with the flashlight in the distance:
Here’s also a related news report and video where a runner came upon and recorded a lion capturing a deer at mid-day in Rancho San Antonio park.
I haven’t posted an external link in a while but this is a great recent find I wanted to share: Wait But Why. Tim Urban puts together some really brilliant, fascinating and in-depth posts about a myriad of topics. I stumbled on it by way of his amusing post about his unexpected call from (and subsequent visit/tour/lunch with) Elon Musk (“The World’s Raddest Man“). I later found myself up late, still caught up in his fascinating, two-part exploration of the current state (and potential, future existential threat) of artificial intelligence.
There’s an archive of posts to explore and upon subscribing for updates, you’ll receive an enticing list of popular articles to sink your time into, including these on “Science, Philosophy, Space and Anything Mind-Blowing”:
| The Fermi Paradox – “The mind-twisting discussion of whether alien life exists and why we’ve never seen evidence of any. The post I get the second-most emails about.”
The AI Revolution – “A long, two-part post that took me six weeks to do—a full overview of what everyone’s been talking about with AI and the reasons I believe this is the most important topic in the world right now.” Putting Time in Perspective – “An infographic that starts with today and works its way backwards, in increasingly large time increments, all the way to the Big Bang. Good way to put all of history in perspective.” |
My sister-in-law, Michele, started a blog recently about her adventures with my brother, Glenn, and their success at turning around their health and lifestyle and getting to do more of what they want to be able to do.
Michele has always been really great at writing very entertaining stories and it shows here too! Check it out, it’s both fun and inspirational: A Life More Extraordinary
Wow, amazing experience!
Siri is very cool but this… *this* is very funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eLELOBuT-Q
That’s right, I’m talking about…
James Cameron’s “Aliens”
… on Ice!
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/39aliens-on-ice39-review-with-video/5491
Alas, it’s only being performed in Austin.
In a statement dated March 31, the State Administration for Radio, Film & Television said that TV dramas that involve characters traveling back in time “lack positive thoughts and meaning.” The guidelines discouraging this type of show said that some “casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation.”
I really liked this: “A Day in the Future”
I can get instructions on how to do pretty much anything that has ever been done. I can summon complete histories of almost any person or culture you could name, expert opinions on anything at all, unlimited advice, unlimited entertainment, unlimited information. I can buy pretty much anything from where I’m sitting, and have it brought to my door.
I can even write anything I want and publish it myself. I don’t need permission or credentials. The whole world could read it.
These are true superpowers, only we don’t call them that because they’re completely normal. Almost everyone has access to this kind of power. Yet somehow many people complain of boredom, or of not having enough power.