So how does the cat err, catalyze stuff?

Not sure, but I like the way the word rolls off your tongue...cat-a-ly-ti-cat

Anyway, this website is basically a brain dump for my thoughts, designs and writing.
So have a look around and I hope you find something interesting.

And I enjoy getting comments so please feel free to leave one. ;)

- Sean Ockert
My narcissistic music corner

The bands on repeat on my iPod are Nine Inch Nails and The Tea Party. I'm praying that Nine Inch Nails does a stand alone concert in Brisbane but I fear that I might just have to cave in and get a ticket to Soundwaves in Feb.

Also, there's 2 incredible Aussie bands that deserve so much more attention than they recieve:
The Butterfly Effect and Mammal.

The Leonard Cohen concert was fantastic. An epic 3 hour show that I hope won't be his last.

May
08

The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less

My running theme lately seems to be brevity but I think that’s good thing. It’s always so easy to make something complex, messy and convoluted (laws, government reports, relationships), but the real skill is in distilling and simplifying it down to it’s essential elements while still being palatable. That’s beauty.

Anyway, I came across this really nice summary of the big events from the beginning of the Universe to the present day and it was too good not to share (a little US-centric towards the end though). Much respect to the author. Have a read:

“ Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Density perturbations. Recombination. Blackbody radiation. Local contraction. Cluster formation. Reionization? Violent relaxation. Virialization. Biased galaxy formation?

Turbulent fragmentation. Contraction. Ionization. Compression. Opaque hydrogen. Massive star formation. Deuterium ignition. Hydrogen fusion. Hydrogen depletion. Core contraction. Envelope expansion. Helium fusion. Carbon, oxygen, and silicon fusion. Iron production. Implosion. Supernova explosion. Metals injection. Star formation. Supernova explosions. Star formation. Condensation.

Planetesimal accretion. Planetary differentiation. Crust solidification. Volatile gas expulsion. Water condensation. Water dissociation. Ozone production. Ultraviolet absorption. Photosynthetic unicellular organisms. Oxidation. Mutation. Natural selection and evolution. Respiration. Cell differentiation. Sexual reproduction. Fossilization. Land exploration. Dinosaur extinction. Mammal expansion. Glaciation. Homo sapiens manifestation. Animal domestication. Food surplus production. Civilization!

Innovation. Exploration. Religion. Warring nations. Empire creation and destruction. Exploration. Colonization. Taxation without representation. Revolution. Constitution. Election. Expansion. Industrialization.

Rebellion. Emancipation Proclamation. Invention. Mass production. Urbanization. Immigration. World conflagration. League of Nations. Suffrage extension. Depression. World conflagration. Fission explosions. United Nations. Space exploration. Assassinations. Lunar excursions. Resignation. Computerization. World Trade Organization. Terrorism. Internet expansion. Reunification. Dissolution. World-Wide Web creation. Composition. Extrapolation?”

Tags: history, universe

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