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The first single from the band James.

This morning, astronomers released the first-ever photograph of a black hole. The capturing of the image was the result of a massive international collaborative effort involving 200 astronomers and nine telescopes. All of these minds and machines came together to create the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an international consortium that linked eight radio observatories around the world. The black hole that was captured on camera comes from Messier 87, or…

Is Facebook a necessary evil? Or does it just take enough people who are secure enough in their own self-worth to reject the vanity exercise of needing to seek validation of their lives through “likes” and instead choose to #DeleteFacebook in order to take this flawed corporation down a peg or two? Either way, there’s no question that Facebook can be a toxic wasteland of narcissism and vitriol. I mean,…

The PHPfox Community Mourns the Loss of Brian   “Brian has been with our community since March 28, 2007 and has touched the lives of many clients and our staff with his tremendous heart and warm personality. He always gave his best to the community and his passing at such a young age leaves a deep impact.” – data66   Source: PHPfox

A behind the scenes look at Curiosity’s landing on Mars.     Video Source: NASA on YouTube Featured Image Source: NASA

A hologram of Tupac Shakur performed live at Coachella with Snoop Dogg on Sunday, April 15th, 2012.     Video Source: westfesttv on YouTube Featured Image Source: CBS News

If recent announcements coming out of camp Google are any indication, they have a scientist on the case to make the invention of hover boarding portrayed in the Back to the Future Trilogy‘s fictional 2015 a reality in the next three years. I’m being facetious but in the last two weeks, Google has released a couple of videos on its YouTube channel that have really caught my attention. The first…

One of the best ways to change the world is to create tools that allow so many others increased opportunity to also change the world.

I used to write on paper because it was heroic. Poetry, lyrics, even passages for novels. I had three or four journals that I lugged around like trophies. Better yet, artifacts from a waning era that few still appreciated. I know that I appreciated it when I witnessed others writing on paper. It was a communal demonstration of the sacred. I couldn’t stand when aspiring novelists assended upon the coffee…