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Information Physics

Wake Forest, NC
Joined May 2008
Photo taken by NASA of a space shuttle leaving our atmosphere
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This is where ad reinforced search engine results pages are in 2023, a page that would have been labeled as spam 20 years ago. 29 unique ads before reaching the recipe, 29 views after clicking on 1 of the top ranked recipe results. 1 recipe, 1 page.
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Subjective opinion
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Packaging
Roman glass 'bird bottles', known as 'unguentarium'; these delicate vessels were made with their contents (perfumes or cosmetic oils) sealed inside. The tip of the tail would be broken off to pour out the liquid. 1st century AD, Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum.
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*looks around Twitter Feels more like MySpace everyday
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Most influential classes I’ve had in school: Art and Home Ec : middle school Wood shop: high school Jazz history: college Business psychology: grad I reflect back and use lessons from these classes the most (so far).
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Rethinking my position on the graviton, dark energy and dark matter. I was probably wrong.
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One of my favorite visuals, because it’s not the usual bubble formation, it requires some imagination
Kurt Gödel, who was one of Albert Einstein's best friends in his later years, found a solution to general theory of relativity that modelled a strange, unusual and rotating universe allowing for backward time travel [the Gödel metric: buff.ly/3E4m7Or]
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At sunset, as the terminator passes over, there’s a subtle breeze of cooler air that moves through. I can’t find a name for this. If no one has called this yet, I’m calling this the Kool breeze. That way I can say I’ve left something behind for society.
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Prediction, Gen Z will move away from cities and begin to repopulate rural areas, remote work and affordable housing being key drivers yahoo.com/finance/news/off-b…
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As the old saying goes, all roads lead to Nashville and Chattanooga
1923 map (by Myer) issued by the Smithsonian showing the old Indian Trails in the southeast of the US.
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Memorizing something is not the same as understanding something
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Amazon: order up $25 in the 4 hours and get delivery between 10-2PM Spends some time adding more things and checks out a few hours later Amazon: great everything will arrive in 2 days
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