You wonder if we should regulate the burning of fossil fuels? The CO2 level of 420 ppm in the year 2021 is a problem – the last time it was that high was 4 million years ago. Geologic record shows the sea was 10 to 20 meters higher than today, in 2021. It just takes time for the ice to melt and the water to warm up and expand. All coastal towns and countries are already doomed.
Continue reading “At todays 420 ppm CO2 level, the sea level is already set to rise by +10m or more, as it was 4 mio years ago”The black cat in the black room.
Inspired by the image below.
Theology is like being in a dark room searching for the warmth of a black cat that you sometimes feel and that makes you happy. Reading articles of witnesses who where in the room when it was light and described the cat as clearly visible and their experiments and results with the black cat. As the articles are 2000 years old, they are disputed. Replicating the experiments is disputed as the black cat is described as physically gone, but it’s warm pelt can still be felt after 2000 years. You like the warm sensation and based on the 2000 year old witness accounts, you try to get the warm feeling. Note that the black cat said that “people should care for each other”. The warmth you feel may come from other people you cuddle to, who also look for the black cat. Or from the ghost of the black cat. You turn on the light and cuddling and friendship remain.
That’s how I experienced it when I was looking for a warm feeling. I still feel it. I believe the teachings of the black cat, whom I refer to as Jesus, help me and others to stick together and feel it, too. So the warmth of the black cat can be replicated without the black cat being touchable.
Via Markus Mooslechner.
The black cat in the black room.
Inspired by a cartoon:
Theology is like being in a dark room searching for the warmth of a black cat that you sometimes feel and that makes you happy. Reading articles of witnesses who where in the room when it was light and described the cat as clearly visible and their experiments and results with the black cat. As the articles are 2000 years old, they are disputed. Replicating the experiments is disputed as the black cat is described as physically gone, but it’s warm pelt can still be felt after 2000 years. You like the warm sensation and based on the 2000 year old witness accounts, you try to get the warm feeling. Note that the black cat said that “people should care for each other”. The warmth you feel may come from other people you cuddle to, who also look for the black cat. Or from the ghost of the black cat. You turn on the light and cuddling and friendship remain.
Seeing WS2812 LED signal on an analog oscilloscope
I am making blinking light art using ESP8266/WemosD1Mini + WLED + ws2812/sk6812.
As this protocol is very simple, I realized I want to see it on my fathers analog oscilloscope. It is the only protocol I actually use in my daily life which I can fully understand down to the physical layer.
Positive Happy News 2020: Elephants on the rise in Kenya
Newspapers tend to report on short, dramatic news items. Slow, positive, happy events seldomly make it. Here “Happy News” about Kenya’s elephant population.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbssHDBa_n/
“The Happy Newspaper” is a medium dedicated to positive news created by Emily Coxhead. I am subscribed to the newsletter in the spirit of the teachings about news by late Hans Rosling, who educated me and many others about media bias.
Other news sources quote the elephant population in Kenya has doubled in the last 30 years (BBC, 2020-08-14).
Collaborative Blokus
Collaborative games are so much more fun than competitive. Less quarreling and fighting. More caring about the input of others, learning collaboration. So Ingrid and me turned blokus into a collaborative game
- Rules are the same as normal Blokus
- Goal is to play all stones
- Collaboration is freely defineable
- If you are two players, each player plays two color
- Picking stones of other player is allowed if other player gives consent
- Rearranging, undo are allowed
Rohrschacchino
“What do you see in it?” #Rohrschacchino is a coffee up to interpretation.
- Stick Nutella against the inside of a glass using a small spoon.
- Put milk in glass, microwave.
- Pour coffee on top, over the spoon, held close to the milk surface to soften the inpour and keep milk and coffee separate.
- Make photo.
- Upload photo to social media, tag it #Rohrschacchino, add message “what do you see in it?” Your friends will all win this participatory Rohrschach test.
How I see “Destroyer” (2018)
This is about the movie “Destroyer” from 2018 by Karyn Kusama starring Nicole Kidman and Toby Kebbell. The movie has a plot twist that calls for rewatching it, here is the list of things I aim to look for. Spoiler alert! Only read on if you have watched it once.
Continue reading “How I see “Destroyer” (2018)”Klosterneuburg Strand
Ich liebe den Strand in Klosterneuburg. Hier ein paar Photos.
Continue reading “Klosterneuburg Strand”Whatever happened to the Semantic Web? What chance have I missed with the Semantic Desktop?
This article “Whatever happened to te Semantic Web?” about the failure of the Semantic Web is interesting. I may note that my personal failure to realize the semantic desktop – an end user application to use data from the semantic web for personal information management – contributed to the overall fail.
Continue reading “Whatever happened to the Semantic Web? What chance have I missed with the Semantic Desktop?”