RICELANDER'S BLOG

WORLD’S MOST FRIENDLY: PHILIPPINES IS EIGHTH

ricelander — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:58:54 +0000

The most friendly countries around the world, according to Forbes: 1. New Zealand 2. Australia 3. South Africa 4. Canada 5. USA 6. Turkey 7. UK 8. Philippines More And all along I thought we would be number one!

THE SHIFTING SANDS OF POWER IN THE NEW WORLD

ricelander — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:38:44 +0000

A SINGING LITTLE ANGEL

ricelander — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:52:33 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=fFhUUOjuehI

MOST INDEBTED COUNTRIES

ricelander — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:20:21 +0000

Here are the nations most buried in debt: 1. Ireland- 1.382% (as percentage of GDP) 2. United Kingdom- 413.3% 3. Switzerland- 401.9% 4. Netherland- 376.3% 5. Belgium- 335.9% 6. Denmark- 310.4% 7. Sweden- 282.2% 8. Finland- 271.5% 9. Austria- 261.1% 10. Norway- 251% Surprisingly, the Philippines is only at 51.2%? So, how come for Filipinos [...]

ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS WEIGH IN ON 9/11

ricelander — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:04:01 +0000

Conspiracy theorists they are derisively called those who poke questions on the official story explaining the tragedy of 9/11. But now that architects and engineers themselves are joining the swelling ranks of those challenging the established line, conspiracy theorists may just gain the upper hand. Now, what happens when the alternative view is indeed more [...]

MORE FRACTALS ON MY ART BLOG

ricelander — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:01:50 +0000

More fractal designs are posted on my other blog. Many here, like the samples below, are old unused files given life with some ‘re-touching”.

LINKIN’ PARK

ricelander — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:24:54 +0000

Linkin’ Park’s best video, I think.

CONSCIOUSNESS, DIMENSIONS, QUANTUM MECHANICS, ETC.

ricelander — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:20:51 +0000

part 2, part3, part 4

“I KNOW WHAT I SAW”: THE UFO DOCUMENTARY

ricelander — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:10:35 +0000

I posted about it sometime ago as sort of a bookmark on my blog, then it simply slipped out of my mind. Bestirred by the recent spate of reports on UFOs, my searches on YouTube on the matter brought me yet to the actual documentary freshly uploaded by one 69blackbox. The thing about UFOs [...]

TALKING QUANTUM AT T.E.D.

ricelander — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:21:16 +0000

A LIKELY CANCER CURE IS FOUND!

ricelander — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:42:19 +0000

The University of Alberta, Department of Medicine, has made an all-important discovery. DCA is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule. And researchers at the University of Alberta believe it may soon be used as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer. Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the U of A Department [...]

FRACTALS: A TRIP INTO ENDLESS DEPTHS

ricelander — Wed, 25 May 2011 04:47:23 +0000

Fractals are always a captivating and a staggering spectacle. In a way, they seem like subtle intimations of the true nature of reality.

A SHORT SCIENCE FICTION I LIKE

ricelander — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:15:17 +0000

Isaac Asimov’s THE LAST QUESTION Excerpt: The consciousness of AC encompassed all of what had once been a Universe and brooded over what was now Chaos. Step by step, it must be done. And AC said, “LET THERE BE LIGHT!” And there was light—-

WEIRD WORLD OF QUANTUM

ricelander — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:05:57 +0000

A SCHOOL IN THE INTERNET

ricelander — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:13:55 +0000

I would have done a lot better in high school and college with this. One thing about learning inside a classroom is that so many things beyond control could come in between: a professor who do not know how to teach, a bad hangover, a chick over at one corner, a noisy classmate, an allowance [...]

A 12-YR OLD BOY AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS

ricelander — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:28:05 +0000

Simply amazing! And I didn’t understand a thing!

AN UNSPEAKABLE HORROR

ricelander — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:25:11 +0000

Against nature, are we not like ants and their anthills being flushed out of the yard with water from the wash basin? Image from The Big Picture. Update: Here’s a footage showing a more extensive coverage of the tsunami.

HYPNOTIC

ricelander — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:13:31 +0000

Amazing hypnotic animations here.

SEX OF IDEAS

ricelander — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:34:51 +0000

SENATOR TRILLANES AND CO., READ THIS.

ricelander — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:11:17 +0000

Corruption is a symptom of a deeper malady— not the root cause. When one falls for the trap that corruption is the mainspring, like the doctor that keeps on prescribing pain relievers for a headache that is a symptom of a cancer, he shall rail and thunder against a symptom not the disease. He has [...]