Inside Competitve Longsword Fighting
Longsword enthusiasts are resurrecting ancient sword technique as a modern, organized sport, with timed bouts and complex rules. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1BJk5MP Source The New York Times...
View ArticleJapanese Sword skills - Modern Samurai Isao Machii
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Machii Isao Machii (..., Machii Isao, born August 20, 1973) is a Japanese Iaido master (Shūshinryū Iaijutsu hyōhō, Shūshin-kan head master) in Kawanishi, Hyōgo,...
View ArticleThe scariest talk about the NSA as of yet - it's bad, people
You think all the info about the NSA/GCHQ program was scary? Think again. Today's revelations illustrated that the state of affairs is beyond your worst nightmare -- far beyond. Related articles:...
View ArticleNASA | The Difference Between CMEs and Solar Flares
YouTube Description: Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flares are both solar events, but they are not the same. This video shows the differences between the two by highlighting specific features of...
View ArticleThe Marines -- [PBS documentary]
This documentary examines the rich history and unique Warrior Culture of the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Corps "Warrior Ethos" is engrained into Marines from their earliest training. The...
View ArticleTara Shears -- Antimatter: Why the anti-world matters
[yt] Antimatter, an identical, oppositely charged version of normal matter, is one of the most mysterious substances in the Universe and very little of it survives today. Tara Shears examines the...
View ArticleRupert Sheldrake -- The Morphogenetic Universe
A morphogenetic field is a hypothetical biological field that contains the information necessary to shape the exact form of a living thing.
View ArticleWhistling language of La Gomera
Inhabitants of La Gomera, a small mountainous island in the Canary group, use a whistled language called the Silbo to communicate over great distances. “This is a form of telephony inferior to ours as...
View ArticleHow you should have climbed the damn rope in gym class
Oh, how I wish I had known this when Mr. Tabor was flogging us up the rope in the gym class. Clever---it gets your lower body into play effectively by involving friction around boot/shoe---much, much...
View ArticleTibetan monk who has taken in 170 children
YouTube description: A Tibetan Buddhist monk took in 33 orphans after an earthquake in 2010 - now he is looking after 170 children. Lama Lobsang originally started caring for the children on a...
View ArticleJason Silva: We're Going Through a Psychedelic Renaissance
YouTube: Jason Silva, host of National Geographic Channel's Brain Games, speaks to the power of suggestibility with regard to psychedelic experiences. According to Timothy Leary, psychedelics augment...
View ArticleVideoSift v6 (VS6) Beta Video Page
As our more veteran members have pointed out from time to time, it's been quite some time since we made any big changes around here. And as @dag announced last week VideoSift is 9 years old! As the...
View ArticleLMFAHS - It's Official!
The acronym I coined 2 years ago has finally made its way to the official pages of the urban dictionary. :D Yay! Now everyone knows the secret. :) The funny thing is I have actually caught myself...
View ArticleAlan watts-reconsider the meaning of "I"
what do you mean when you use the term "I"? maybe it is time to reconsider how you view yourself.
View ArticleGong "Occupy" music video by Cyriak
YouTube description: Here is a music video I made for Gong, a crazy psychedelic band I grew up listening to back in the grey world of the 1980s. The track is called "Occupy", and the video covers 13.8...
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