Decided to watch a movie yesterday and happened to have this specific one lying around. So basically it is a documentary/biography of a guy who has lived there for over 10 years as a satellite engineer. During his work there he decide to document life on the antarctic in stunning time-lapse and video shots. This … More Antarctica: A Year on Ice – Stunning movie
Yesterday I embarked yet on another diving trip herein Djibouti. Got up at 7, got ready, grabbed a few croissants on the way and boarded the boat. The weather was clear blue, warm and calm. We had a group of about 20 people of which 6 were diving and the rest snorkeling. It took about … More White Sands Dive Trip
Well I was aware of the fact that most major maps used internationally are not correct. Found this little piece to elaborate on all the ways that they can be misleading. http://www.iflscience.com/environment/how-maps-can-lead-you-wrong-idea
Yesterday was the last dive of my Advanced Open Water course. It was a single night dive at an old massive (150m) ship wreck roughly 20 minutes outside of Djibouti port by speedboat. We were a total of 8 persons (2 crew, dive instructor and the rest divers). We departed at 17:45 just as the … More One of the best Dives I have ever been on.
Watched yesterday the promo video for Samsung Galaxy S6 and got excited. It looks sexy and if I have the resources I will most likely try to get one. I have had a Galaxy for the most part of my “Smartphone” life and never been able to consider anything else. I guess its just something … More Samsung is my kind of phone.
Honestly me giving my opinion on what Stephen Fry says in this interview would be redundant I feel. Because what he says is in itself a personal interpretation on how he understands life. And everyone of us whether we like it or not have formed to some extent similarly an interpretation on life. Therefore I … More Meaning of life and god as Stephen Fry sees it.
I have now nearly been in Djibouti close to a week. So far it has been a great experience and I don’t see that changing. The first few days were confusing and a shock to the system. Not only because of the nearly 50 degrees centigrade change in temperature (Finland to Djibouti) but also because … More Alien but Familiar; Djibouti.
Last week I had my official masters graduation ceremony. Traveled back to the UK for a week. It was a great trip not only because of the graduation but also because I had a chance to meet a lot of the good friends I had made during my studies. Some of them are like family … More Graduation
I think he points out a fundamental problem that spans nearly all current conflicts and struggles. The fact that we as a race are at a point in time where we are unwilling and ignorant by choice in facing the real underlying problems which cause such unnecessary expressions of violence. Everything is interlinked so there … More Brilliant Cartoon Response to the French Charlie Hebdo attacks.
Great visual experiment! Dan Burns explains his space-time warping demo at a PTSOS workshop at Los Gatos High School, on March 10, 2012. Thanks to Shannon Range from the Gravity Probe B program for creating the original demonstration which he shared with Dan in 2004. Information on how to make your own Space-time Simulator can … More How to visualize space-time warping.
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