August 2007
54 posts
Man Chopped in Half Learns to Walk Again →
Red hair going extinct??? →
in short… NOT!
Hints of a breakdown of relativity theory?: Sciam... →
Perfect Pitch: "You've Either Got It or You... →
“DRM stands for “digital restrictions management”. ([not] ...”
– Galactic Interactions : DRM: The sky does fall
stevenf.com: Social Networking License Agreement →
I like it.
Mother Teresa's doubts
Here’s a CBS news story which says, basically, just what the title says: Letters Reveal Mother Teresa’s Secret, Book Of Iconic Nun’s Letters Shows She Was Tormented By Her Doubts In Her Faith - CBS News
I haven’t read the book of letters, and I have no idea if the selected letters they quote in this story are representative of an overall theme or not.
And that’s...
Teen Hacks iPhone - News - CNBC.com →
Can I please have my iPhone in this country now?
“There are only three countries that do not use the metric system: Liberia,...”
– GOOD 006 - Transparency - Weights and Measures
“some snake species will actually digest their own hearts […] during...”
– Discovery Channel :: News - Animals :: Starving Snakes Eat Their Hearts Out
5-Year-Old Delivers His Own Sister →
Cool!
Be careful what you wish for →
This child molester asked for his case to be reviewed. So it was, and his 20 year sentence was increased to life.
Flu in Australia: tears and all →
“Your call is important to us…”
– BT leaves customer hanging on its helpline for 20 hours - Times Online
Can Fat Be Fit? -- [ HEALTH ]: Scientific American →
Overstimulation →
The link above actually goes a long way toward describing how I often feel. My case is not quite as extreme - I can cope with some flash animated ads, for example, and clutter doesn’t bother me as much. Nevertheless, if you want to understand me, read that article.
I’d like to add one thing: working in a cubicle feels like having my brain in a blender.
“many things make sense when viewed through this filter of...”
– The Dilbert Blog: The Power of Choice
***** - The software awards scam →
“No lawyer, thanks - I’ll tell the truth instead”
– I know some fantastically upstanding people who are lawyers… but the quote still makes me smile :-)
Story at Stuff.co.nz
Mini-Telescope Implants May Save Vision Damaged by... →
Modern day existentialism
Are we all just Sims?
Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch - New York Times
The Loom : The Wisdom of Parasites →
“It wasn’t politics that soured his chances, he declared; it was stabbing...”
– Norman Mailer, on why he has never won a Nobel Prize.
Story: Washington Post
Skydiver plans head-first freefall from the edge... →
I love the diagram of the adventure, with the heights of Mount Everest, Jumbo Jet and Concorde cruise heights for scale.
Unraveling the Mystery of How Antidepressants Work →
Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill →
That’s US dollars. And I thought my bill was high.
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : The King of Web... →
It is interesting that technology journalism is in such a bad way that the very fact that a journalist does it right is news in itself.
Kudos to the journalist, Jessie Scanion.
Appetite-Killing Hormone Negates Joy of Eating:... →
"Genius" videos may hinder baby development: study... →
Apparently having actual humans talk to babies is better for them than putting them in front of a video. Gee, who’d have thought that, huh?
Total Un-recall
Apparently, only 1 in 3 people can remember what TV commercials thay’ve just seen. Ok, I can deal with that. Here’s the thing though: apparently, more than 1 person in 5 can’t correctly remember even one show they have viewed. Yipes. source: blog.pmarca.com: Ever get that sudden sinking feeling?
A Gene to Better Remember Traumatic Events:... →
Near-Vegetative Man Partially Recovers from Brain... →
There are some interesting things going on these days involving electrodes in the brain, including treatments for Parkinsons, Depression, and apparently helping someone in a vegitative state.
“[The Christian Nudist Convention] is a respite from […] the prudes of the...”
– Nashville Scene - Naked Before God
I like it, purely because it flies in the face of the idea that to be Christian you have to be an uptight prude. Real Christianity is much more interesting than that.
Why brainstorming is a bad idea →
Interesting… one assumes that 2 or more heads are better than one, but it appears that might not be the case.
