A preview of a digital guest book

Something I'm working on for the IDS opening on January 23rd.

qweeky.com

If you have a tablet pc or a cintiq, this site is pretty addictive in its blend of simplicity and sophistication.

I just happened on it as I searched for a flash drawing component. The fact that it does movies of the progress of the drawing is very nice...and a nice tool.

stardust at home

This image appeared as I was doing my scientific duty at stardust at home. It's time to come clean. I'm addicted to looking for stardust. It's a combination of the delight of finding beautiful images like the one above, a healthy sense of competition, a desire for stardust glory, and yes obsessive compulsion. I had to share.

Great description of Bhuddist deity

Here is a video of a bhuddist tulku describing the vajrayogini deity. I post this here because it's a great example of the precision needed in visualizations.

Quantum Layer 1 (Q-Power Water)

...that's what I drank today on my walk along false creek...I looked for signs of special smartness induced by more fuel as I drank this special oxygenated water. Then I started thinking...extra oxygen...is that some sort of heavy water? Is this oxygen just floating around without a hydrogen? Maybe it's just hydrogen-deprived water. Who ever thought to name a bottled water with [more] oxygen, Quantum Layer 1. I bought it just for the label...so I guess as a marketing strategy it is not a total failure.

Anyway, it's interesting that the Q word carries so much mystery/promise/fear/hope. It's heavily projected on.

Introduction

I've created this blog to start a discussion around quantum stories. These stories involve concepts like entanglement, superposition, decoherence. They are told by physicists, lay people, dabblers, and meta physicists to make sense of this science of the small and to try to relate it to something we know. None of the stories are totally consistent but they work to the extent that they help us deduce more information or at least get us to the next story.

Stories are sometimes better with illustrations. Hopefully we can generate illustrations for our quantum stories that are both inspiring and informative.

note: I am not a quantum physicist. I'm a devoted groupie. I have read extensively on quantum physics and quantum information science. One of the reasons for this blog is to attract quantum physicists who are interested in the story and its illustrations.