{"id":640,"date":"2016-02-14T10:24:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T18:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2016-02-14T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T18:24:32","slug":"the-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/14\/the-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Melting Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few good links to get your wheels spinning:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rideonewheel.com\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Onewheel<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0is the only self-balancing wheeled transportation thing that actually looks cool. It avoids the Segway problem of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/paulgraham.com\/segway.html\"><span class=\"s4\">making you look\u00a0smug<\/span><\/a>\u00a0while you&#8217;re riding it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Bitcoin seems to have stabilized after the steep drop last month, but there are competitors nipping at its heels. If I had to bet on one, it&#8217;d be <a href=\"https:\/\/z.cash\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Z Cash<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">You can make your own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodai.com\/#!brain-simulator\/c81c\"><span class=\"s4\">Brain Simulator<\/span><\/a> with open source software.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Looking for your next big idea? Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Q6vk6V\"><span class=\"s4\"><i>Where Good\u00a0Ideas Come From<\/i><\/span><\/a> by Steven Johnson. His explanation\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.org\/conversation\/stuart_a_kauffman-the-adjacent-possible\"><span class=\"s4\">adjacent possible<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is very good. Another &#8220;idea&#8221; book that is perhaps not as eloquent but more pragmatic is <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1O2iCob\"><span class=\"s4\"><i>Become An Idea Machine<\/i><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Wolfram Programming language is\u00a0<i>insane.<\/i>\u00a0Things that would take a lot of specialized code or special libraries are built into Wolfram. It&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.open.wolframcloud.com\/objects\/wpl\/GetStarted.nb\"><span class=\"s5\">really easy to try online<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">You&#8217;ve probably heard, but it looks like there&#8217;s probably another planet out there. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planet_Nine\"><span class=\"s4\">Planet Nine<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">There&#8217;s a documentary on Netflix called <a href=\"http:\/\/instantwatcher.com\/title\/70045525\"><span class=\"s4\">The Cruise<\/span><\/a>. It&#8217;s about a tour bus operator in NYC and it is&#8230; awesome. I first heard about it in a <a href=\"http:\/\/fourhourworkweek.com\/2016\/01\/18\/edward-norton-on-mastery-must-read-books-and-the-future-of-crowdfunding\/\"><span class=\"s4\">podcast with Edward Norton<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s7\">Fairytales &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/jan\/20\/fairytales-much-older-than-previously-thought-say-researchers\"><span class=\"s3\">older than we thought<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/126582\/irresistible-psychology-fairy-tales\"><span class=\"s3\">psychologically irresistible<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darlawrites.com\/hero-journey-writing-template\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Hero&#8217;s Journey storyboard\u00a0template<\/span><\/a> is great for sketching out ideas for stories. I used it a few years ago to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Udn4IePm2tQ\"><span class=\"s4\">a movie<\/span><\/a> about space\u00a0with my kids.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few good links to get your wheels spinning: Onewheel\u00a0is the only self-balancing wheeled transportation thing that actually looks cool. It avoids the Segway problem of\u00a0making you look\u00a0smug\u00a0while you&#8217;re riding it. Bitcoin seems to have stabilized after the steep drop last month, but there are competitors nipping at its heels. 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