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Incorporate beauty into your life. In its varieties of forms. — yours truly :)

thesciencellama:

Acoustic Levitation Using sound waves to levitate individual droplets of solutions containing pharmaceutical drugs and drying them in mid-air. Why do this? This is useful because most of the drugs on the market are either amorphous or crystalline and the crystalline form doesn’t get absorbed by the body. So levitating the solution allows the drug to be made into an amorphous state (by evaporation) because if it were to touch any surface it would simply crystallize. They call this “containerless processing”. The frequencies used are just above the audible range at about 22 kilohertz and when the two speakers are aligned they create two sets of sound waves, perfectly interfering with each other creating a phenomenon known as a standing wave. This allows the objects to levitate in areas within the waves known as nodes as the acoustic pressure is enough to cancel the force of gravity. Video Source - Argonne National Laboratory

sufficientlyantique:

Fujiyama like you’ve never seen before. Perfect clouds on the perfect mountain.

scribkin:bluepueblo:Lenticular Clouds, Mount Fuji, Japan ~photo via permsiri 

To know God and to live is one and the same thing. God is life. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession (via marylikesbagels)

It’s not about fate…it’s about changing fate. — The Observer, from Fringe

katykelley:

How a key works. In case you were curious.

Awesome illustration!

GPS Tracker - Follow Other Phones Using GPS

When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. In so far as I learn to love my earthly dearest at the expense of God and instead of God, I shall be moving towards the state in which I shall not love my earthly dearest at all. When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased. — C.S. Lewis (via marylikesbagels)

Misty Mountains, an extended interpretation from the movie The Hobbit as sung Peter Hollens.

I came out singing/humming this song both times I saw the movie in theaters. Orthodox Tolkein devotees tell me the lyrics are authentic to the book. :) Official movie version is also available on iTunes.

(via G, by peterhollens)

Here ends another day,
during which I have had eyes, ears, hands,
and the great world around me.
Tomorrow begins another day.
Why am I allowed two? — G. K. Chesterton (via The Catholic Young Woman)

Okay, now to feature the stylus shown in Monday’s video on Paper – The Cosmonaut. I think I first saw this when it had its Kickstarter campaign. It seems to me this would be much better to use than the small styli – I’ll ruminate some, them maybe cajole for a belated Christmas present. :)

The Cosmonaut: A minimal, wide-grip capacitive stylus for touch screens by Studio Neat. $25 plus $2.50 shipping.

A fun family video set to the tune of Toby Mac’s “Christmas This Year”!

He’s here, he’s here! The Christ child has come! the one who is to redeem his people Israel, and usher in a new kingdom. One not made by human hands, but built within the human heart. Glory to his name now and forever more!

Many remain at the foot of the mountain who could ascend to the top. I repeat and ask that you always have courageous thoughts. As a result of them the Lord will give you grace for courageous deeds. — St. Teresa of Avila (via fathershane)

This video announces a feature addition to the iPad app, Paper, by the folks over at FiftyThree.

I’m fascinated on a couple different levels: first, the videography – first person perspective, eyes blinking, calming soundtrack, step-into-the-shoes-of feeling. Second, the app itself: practically buttonless, menuless, enhanced Moleskine-like. And third, the feature being announced: Mixer. What an intuitive concept, blending colors in a progressive mixing motion – no computer sliders, percentage specifications, color codes, etc.

It’s no wonder Apple named Paper iPad App of the Year.

To see more videos from the folks at FiftyThree, just visit their Vimeo page.

For the right key, the door will open. — yours truly

A sequel to last year’s installment, An Unexpected Christmas by stpaulsartsandmedia gives a glimpse into the prelude to Christ’s coming. Check it out for some great smiles, kiwi humor, and childlike reminders of this special time! :) (And don’t forget to check out last year’s installment too.)

(via A)

:)

Mpix