{"id":1785,"date":"2009-12-11T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2009-12-11T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T11:07:14","slug":"universe-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/1785","title":{"rendered":"Universe Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Universe Ring\" title=\"Universe Ring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1109\/universe_ring.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"to22\" href=\"http:\/\/www.to22.net\">To22<\/a> created something nearly perfect. A continuous ring, delicately proportioned, beautifully polished and seemingly flawless. There is only one tiny imperfection. A speck, no larger than a piece of dust.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Universe Ring\" title=\"Universe Ring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1109\/universe_ring2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At a glance, it is barely noticeable. Upon close examination, it appears intentional and more clearly defined. Only magnification reveals the actual object set within the miniature interior.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Universe Ring\" title=\"Universe Ring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1109\/universe_ring3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is a model of the known universe. Inspired by the writing of Stephen Hawking and loosely based on the anthropic theory, it puts our daily pursuits into perspective and reminds us that we are always a part of something bigger.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"NOTCOT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.notcot.org\/post\/26971\/\">NOTCOT<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To22 created something nearly perfect. A continuous ring, delicately proportioned, beautifully polished and seemingly flawless. There is only one tiny imperfection. A speck, no larger than a piece of dust. At a glance, it is barely noticeable. Upon close examination, it appears intentional and more clearly defined. Only magnification reveals the actual object set within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iainclaridge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}