Learn to Program By Writing AI For Battling Tank Robots
Beginner and Intermediate yoyo-ing
“The Mystery of Consciousness” (which explores the relation between systems neuroscience, meditation, computer science, and literature)" Slides
Literary analysis of pop culture works
How to get into hacking stuff with arduinos - Build a capacitive sensor

Freelance Web Design

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Music

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Ideas

Commentaries

whyisitawesome.jacobcole.net
A Buddhist/Vedantic Reading of the Brothers Karamazov
Music: Bach vs Beethoven – “Einstein preferred Bach over Beethoven because Beethoven was ‘too personal’ (vs. being in touch with cosmic harmonies)”
Art: "On a Mountain Path in Spring" – connection and harmony with nature
Taoism #tt
Sun Tzu #tt

Dreams

Have group of people around me just as excited about building stuff as I am to go realize ideas with. Nerdherd! Have one person I spend time programming with on a weekly or greater basis.
furor poeticus (the maker’s frenzy)/ “the quickened, multiplied consciousness” ~Pater
Goal: achieve balanced, wholesome luxury lifestyle in the here and now for myself and others (not in the sense of opulence, but fulfillment and softness – smoothing the sharp corners of the world).
Challenge to all: can you make it through a super basic qigong/tai chi exercise set that 70 year/old ladies pull off with ease? I think if everybody did qigong every morning for 20min, most of the world’s problems would go away.
Become educated and civilized (though not stiffly) and create technologies to enable others to do the same
“I am the dance step of the paintbrush singing I am the sculpture of the song the flame breath of words giving new life to paper yes, I am the creativity that never dies I am the creativity keeping my people alive.” ~Alexis DeVeaux
Twizzle Factory Idea Lab
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My Deepest Nature (which I aspire to embody):

My Schools / Teachers

Shaolin Kempo Arts — Play
Iyengar Yoga - Patricia Walden. Jarvis Chen. Elise Miller. Judith Lasater. Roger Cole. Peggy Cole. Dave Cole - Yoganananda. Viniyoga: TKV Desikachar
Aro Buddhism - Wearing the Body of Visions By Ngakpa Chögyam Lama Yeshe Vajrayana Buddhism. Gelug - how to see self as you really are. Ossian.
Qigong. Zhineng. Vajrayana - Sun, Raymond, Tiffany. Tai Chi - Cheng Man Ching. William C C Chen. Stanford tai chi. Joe Deishar. Steve Zellman . Dima Grinberg. Alexander Krakolinig.
Engaging the Movement of Life. Non-Violent Communication. Conscious Leadership Group. Patrick Ewers.
Naval
Sri Aurobindo
Shadi. Rafael.
Torrey Pines. MIT. Harvard. Oxford. Del Mar Hills. ID Tech Camp. LEGO Mindstorms. EWMS Surf Team. The Ocean. Mokey. Karate kids. Chase. Jack.

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