A powerful video drawing parallels between the development of a human fetus from conception to birth and the entire course of our evolution, right up to a version of the proverbial nuclear demise.

Especially during times when things are not so dandy for a lot of people and resources are short, these images should inspire a drive towards constructive introspection.

Let’s make this machinery work FTW!

Best Obama picture ever (courtesy Boston.com)

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I love what Johnny Lee is doing – having fun with all kinds of seemingly simple designs and sharing them with the world. Here is his TED presentation, definitely worth watching:

Johhny showed everyone that $40 and a creative mind can sometimes have far bigger an impact that what most large corporations can muster with their immense budgets.

Another fun project of his even involves elasticity – literally. He built a giant slingshot that allowed people to bombard a soon-to-be-demolished building with paint balloons. Simple and fun!

This reminded me of the 3 days I spent in my basement working on a rotating-table 3D scanner I would use to capture convex 3D shapes, just for fun.

I remember the thrill I felt when the thing actually started rotating the way I wanted it to rotate -

but like with a lot of other endeavors, other projects came and took the limelight, and what was meant to be fun actually soon became a burden.

And as time went on and more and more projects seemed to be the most important thing since landing on the moon, I suddenly realized -

Did any of these make me feel nearly as full as my own little thing? Not even close.

Of course, everybody needs to make a living, and childhood dreams and pet projects rarely pay for rent.

But in the end, these are what keeps you going and make you wake up in the morning motivated and with a smile on your face.

It’s time to lose or at least loosen the shackles of everyday life and start digging through the basement designs .

Pangea Day is A Global Film Event Harnessing the Power of Film to Inspire and Compel Social Change.
It will take place on May 10th simultaneously in 180 different locations all over the world and the web.

The event in Ljubljana will start at 20h and is organized by YES.

I’m looking forward to 4 hours of speeches, music and film, as well as hanging out with like-minded individuals who aren’t afraid of change.

Even though I am often pragmatic about the state of society and the world we live in (after all, I am a consumer of all things digital ), deep inside I am a romantic libertarian screaming revolution .

For more information, join the Facebook group.

A wonderful talk by Isabel Allende about writing, women, passion and feminism.