Martin Strel - The man who swam the Amazon river

My first ever blog post was about Martin Strel. I have no idea how I found his website. I know I didn't search for "crazy people swimming with piranha". Yet there he was. I knew nothing about the man, just his mission. What a mission it was, to read all you need and want on him (it's worth it) head to Amazon Swim.com.

The folks over at American chronicle have published an incredible interview with the man himself.

From the prologue Matthew Mohlke -

"OK, I´ll be honest. When I signed on as a kayaker to help navigate Martin Strel down the Amazon River, I gave him about a fifty-percent chance of survival."

To purchase his book, head over...to amazon.com, Buy the book here!. Or head to American Chronicle and finish reading the interview

Arthur C. Clark - 3 laws of prediction

I'm not much of a science fiction fan, I can recognize a great writer with the best of em. Arthur C. Clarke passed recently and I couldn't help remember something I read. But with the recent passing This seemed just a small token of his genius, but well worth the quick post and quick read.

Arthur C. Clark
3 Laws of Prediction

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.