http://christian-siegert.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:32:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://christian-siegert.com/2008/08/28/general/stem-cells-and-morality-sam-harris The trailer is very vague and not very appealing, the film is very lengthy and sometimes boring and too philosophical. Nevertheless, I recommend to watch the film if you are interested in UFO phenomena. Trailer of "From Here to Andromeda" by David Sereda: This film is devided into four series. You can ... http://christian-siegert.com/2008/08/28/ufos/from-here-to-andromeda-by-david-sereda This film is devided into Part I (95 min) and Part II (93 min). Unfortunately, I could not find Part I as a whole. Part I.1/11: Part I.2/11: Part I.3/11: Part I.4/11: Part I.5/11: Part I.6/11: Part I.7/11: Part I.8/11: Part I.9/11: Part I.10/11: Part I.11/11: Part II (93 min): http://christian-siegert.com/2008/08/28/ufos/evidence-the-case-for-nasa-ufos http://christian-siegert.com/2008/08/28/ufos/ufo-the-greatest-story-ever-denied Note: The video screen is black the first 30 seconds. In the Question & Answer part the video just shows a slide for several minutes instead of David Sereda standing at his lectern. http://christian-siegert.com/2008/08/28/ufos/nasas-dilemma-caught-on-tape-david-sereda-at-xcon-2005 I love street art. Especially because prettifying urban areas makes them a lot more livable. Even if it is dirty concrete wall you can make it a sight for sore eyes. Go to the Reverse Graffiti Project. I've never found that easy way of explaining what I do. I tell people that ... http://christian-siegert.com/2008/06/20/uncategorized/the-reverse-graffiti-project I love TED.com. "Ideas worth spreading", so true. I recommend you the talk by Jill Bolte Taylor: Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness –- shut down one by one. An ... http://christian-siegert.com/2008/05/25/general/ted-talk-jill-bolte-taylor-my-stroke-of-insight I just watched a StreetFilms.org film about the pedestrian paradise Melbourne. Now I'm missing Melbourne! When I visited it for about a week in June 2007 I walked hours through the city with another backpacker I met there. It is fun together. Melbourne is beautiful! I wonder if I could live ... http://christian-siegert.com/2008/05/17/travels/triggered-memories-of-melbourne Today I listened the first time to M.I.A.'s album "Kala", although it has been in my music collection for a couple of months. It is great. When I stumbled upon M.I.A.'s first album "Arular" and listened to it I was so thrilled. Same with the this one. Her website is an ... http://christian-siegert.com/2008/05/10/music/mia-music-album-kala There is an interesting read in the Los Angelos Times: Fairness, idealism and other atrocities 1. Go out and make a bunch of money! [...] There's nothing the matter with honest moneymaking. Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box. In a free ... http://christian-siegert.com/2008/05/04/general/fairness-idealism-and-other-atrocities Read more about Isabel Allende on TED.com. http://christian-siegert.com/2008/04/16/uncategorized/a-fantastic-talk-by-isabel-allende-at-ted-2007 Today Jolly Kunjappu, a 58 year old world traveling Indian who moved to Germany in 1970, held a speech here at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam. Some of his former clients are BASF, Bayer, BMW, Hewlett Packard, IBM, L'Oréal and Lufthansa. He talked about how knowledge, courage and respect can ... http://christian-siegert.com/2008/04/14/general/guest-speaker-jolly-kunjappu-about-knowledge-courage-and-respect