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Saturn Cassini Holst
Saturn Cassini Holst
I played around with Cassini’s raw images and music by Holst and came up with this video of Cassini’s Saturn mission footage!
Avi Solomon
Jan 4
Terra Luna Sol Monumenta
Terra Luna Sol Monumenta
What a transit of Earth and Moon across the Sun would look like
Avi Solomon
Mar 31, 2020
Earth and Moon from Saturn
Earth and Moon from Saturn
GIF version made by adding two additional frames of Earth shot by Cassini:
Avi Solomon
Aug 7, 2019
NASA Apollo Moon Missions 50th Anniversary Homage
NASA Apollo Moon Missions 50th Anniversary Homage
I’ve had the incredible luck and privilege of meeting and interviewing many NASA Apollo astronauts like Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell and…
Avi Solomon
Jun 20, 2019
Cassini’s Saturn: A Music Video Homage
Cassini’s Saturn: A Music Video Homage
I remixed NASA Cassini spacecraft footage of Saturn and its rings and moons, real Saturnian space sound, music from Max Richter (Written…
Avi Solomon
Nov 3, 2018
How to use Pareto’s 80/20 heuristic to hack your happiness
How to use Pareto’s 80/20 heuristic to hack your happiness
Doing the right thing (at any level of skill) is better than doing the wrong thing well. But how do you know you are doing the right thing…
Avi Solomon
May 5, 2018
The Fermi Paradox and the Meaning of Life
The Fermi Paradox and the Meaning of Life
The reason the aliens are not here is because we are living in a simulation, which resolves the Fermi paradox, since the aliens who are…
Avi Solomon
Oct 21, 2017
Transit of Venus across the Sun as observed by Captain James Cook in 1769 from Tahiti
Transit of Venus across the Sun as observed by Captain James Cook in 1769 from Tahiti
Avi Solomon
Oct 19, 2017
Gurdjieff on having a “whim” in life
Gurdjieff on having a “whim” in life
“Gurdjieff was decisive, that his school was a school of individuation, and that a man must find his own work in life.
Avi Solomon
Sep 18, 2017
The Ekalavya Effect: A Parable for Internet Learning
The Ekalavya Effect: A Parable for Internet Learning
“In the forest, Ekalavya diligently treated his clay image of Drona as his teacher and practiced the yoga of the bow, observing strict…
Avi Solomon
Feb 20, 2017
Yogic Pranayama from Patanjali via Al-Biruni to Abraham Abulafia: A Case of Medieval Cross-Cultural…
Yogic Pranayama from Patanjali via Al-Biruni to Abraham Abulafia: A Case of Medieval Cross-Cultural…
Abraham Abulafia (1240–1290) is considered to be one of the most significant Jewish mystics and is one of the few who taught a…
Avi Solomon
Feb 15, 2017
Abraham Abulafia Kabbalah Life of the World to Come Manuscript Divine Name Meditation Circles GIF…
Abraham Abulafia Kabbalah Life of the World to Come Manuscript Divine Name Meditation Circles GIF…
Avi Solomon
Dec 15, 2016
Sherd
Sherd
by Avi Solomon
Avi Solomon
Nov 30, 2016
Abraham Abulafia: Light of the Intellect
Abraham Abulafia: Light of the Intellect
Free online translation of a classic of Jewish Kabbalah
Avi Solomon
Sep 25, 2016
To see Earth and Moon in a single glance
To see Earth and Moon in a single glance
An interview with Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden, on the 45th anniversary of his epic voyage to the Moon.
Avi Solomon
Jun 29, 2016
The Grammar of Happiness: An Interview with Daniel Everett
The Grammar of Happiness: An Interview with Daniel Everett
Daniel L. Everett is Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University. He is the author of Language: The Cultural Tool and the subject of…
Avi Solomon
Sep 16, 2015
DMT and the Soul of Prophecy
DMT and the Soul of Prophecy
An Interview with Rick Strassman
Avi Solomon
Nov 21, 2014
Making your own Menorah is no longer a Pipe Dream!
Making your own Menorah is no longer a Pipe Dream!
With the Jewish Diwali aka Hanukkah well nigh upon us, I was looking to provide my 7 year old son Uriel with a maker angle on the central…
Avi Solomon
Oct 16, 2014
Robert Sapolsky on Stress: An Interview
Robert Sapolsky on Stress: An Interview
Robert Sapolsky is a Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurology at Stanford University. He is the author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers…
Avi Solomon
Sep 1, 2014
Making Shelter Simple: An Interview with Lloyd Kahn
Making Shelter Simple: An Interview with Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn is the editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications. I interviewed him about his book Tiny Homes: Scaling Back in the 21st Century in…
Avi Solomon
Aug 28, 2014
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