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More About Me

I'm passionate about

art and science

An idea worth spreading

There are resources and space on the Moon.

Talk to me about

science (art I know : )

People don't know that I'm good at

wordsmithing; sample: The better mouse-trap caught a cat.

My TED Story

I could've used Ted as a support system for my Kickstarter project that flopped: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1111558482/the-help-save-lives-project

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• A reply on Talk: Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley

  May 11 2013: If you say so, I guess it could be possible.
  
  You're correct.
  I checked it in Firefox and the end was there.
  Didn't occur to me.
  I'll do better next time.
  
  Thank you!
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  A comment on Talk: Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley

  May 11 2013: I was disappointed for not having heard and seen the applause at the end of this talk.
  Otherwise it was great, as expected.
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  A comment on Talk: David Pogue: 10 top time-saving tech tips

  Apr 27 2013: and what else?
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  A comment on Talk: Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong

  Mar 16 2013: I am a poor artist and occasionally I give artwork to charities, but those organizations who have their own overhead don't acknowledge my own.
  I can't keep on giving forever if nothing comes back to me to give me the possibility and incentive to keep on doing it.
  Mine could be the difficulty of other product making givers.

• A comment on Talk: Diane Kelly: What we didn’t know about penis anatomy

  Jun 10 2012: This a joke, but a funny coincidence as well:
  http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/view/showdown/11/artist/174861

• A reply on Conversation: If you could trade lives for 24 hours; who would you trade with? Why?

  Jan 4 2012: You're welcome,
  Happy New Year!
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  A comment on Conversation: If you could trade lives for 24 hours; who would you trade with? Why?

  Dec 16 2011: I admire your confidence and beauty, but as you probably know, because I think that you're intelligent too, most people's experiences are unique. I am now a happy old man who was recently diagnosed with MS. When I was 17, I was a happy champion basketball player and an abstract expressionist painter. While I changed my artistic expression from large oil painting to digital which is GREAT, I'd like to feel again the rush of dunking (the ball, not Oreos),
  and maybe to try to ask you for a dance : )
  
  I'm not a wordsmith and English is not my native tongue but at 17 I would've written you a poem in Romanian or French.
  My writing was pathetic in its youthfulness but sincere and I miss that as well.
  Just for a day, and then—back to reality would be fine.
  If you didn't, please read In Search of Lost Time:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time
  
  Best regards,
  Laurentiu
  http://pixelsPainting.com
  http://pixelspainting.com/OldWork/
  
  PS I'm not trying to change who I am but I'd love to travel in time briefly.
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  A comment on Talk: Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer

  Dec 15 2011: Using the printer for jewelry making or toy parts would open commercial gates of consumer desired merchandise which will provide funds for further research and development.
  
  Strata Studio is distributing software for inexpensive 3D modeling from photo stills:
  
  http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_foto_3d_cx/

• A comment on Talk: John Bohannon: Dance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal

  Dec 15 2011: Terribly cute presentation, and I agree with not cutting the NEA, but would like them to account for the funds they distribute, with explanations.
  
  I only applied for a couple of grants and was rejected because my competitors' art was "stronger".
  What the art was, how strong and who decided wasn't communicated.
  I don't accept the NEA's or most… axioms, I wouldn't even if they did a song and dance : )
  
  … and yes, I know Swift's Modest Proposal; the "funniest" read ever, but just as sad as the NEA's labyrinths of art funding.
  
  Ask any art student if they know how to apply; this is not something they learn in art school, and should.

• A comment on Conversation: If you could trade lives for 24 hours; who would you trade with? Why?

  Dec 15 2011: I'd like to "trade" with myself… at age 17.