August 2008
33 posts
Crazy smart surfer bum comes up with the theory of... →
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i want a calendar that is built - from the ground up - realizing that people traverse both space and time. in other words, i want certain reminders to occur when i arrive at a particular space-time, not just time. a calendar that operated only in the spatial domain, and not the temporal domain, might have send me a reminder when i arrive next in nyc, or on campus. i often have to remember, for...
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Science 22 August 2008: Vol. 321. no. 5892, pp. 1046 - 1047 DOI: 10.1126/science.1163029
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PSYCHOLOGY: The Unseen Mind
Timothy D. Wilson and Yoav Bar-Anan*
Can people think they are undecided about a political issue after they have already made up their minds? The study by Galdi et al., on page 1100 in this issue (1), suggests that they can, which raises...
spatiotemporal calendars →
The Tao Of Backup →
Wearing ice vests can improve athletic performance
A 1995 study of 14 male runners found that if they were first chilled for 30 minutes in a chamber at 5°C, they could run on a treadmill at a certain level of exertion for an average of 26.4 minutes, a whopping 3.8 minutes longer than they averaged otherwise.
More Proof That Canada Hates The Environment →
New Aiko hand sheds the clumsy glove, attains... →
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Sad? Give yourself a spinal cord injury....
Objective: To assess the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) on perceived health-related quality of life (QOL).
Background: SCI is physically disabling, socially handicapping, and romantically limiting. Nevertheless, little is known about post-SCI neurocognitive and psychosocial life. Better understanding of the cognitive and emotional worlds of SCI patients is essential to better address and...
gotta love this chick....she made solar energy... →
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Welcome to FreeYourID.com, creating your identity... →
back in nyc, uws
offered a post doc at stanford today :-)
gave a lecture at berkeley today with my toe nails painted sparkly purple
Watchmy talk at berkeley
chillin’ in the mission with seth
Winnie-the-Pooh held for robbery?
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police have arrested a 20-year-old man who attacked and robbed two people after they stared at his Winnie-the-Pooh costume, officials said on Tuesday.
Masayuki Ishikawa was hanging out on a Tokyo street corner after midnight last month while wearing the cuddly costume, accompanied by two friends dressed as a mouse and a panther, when he took offence at being stared at,...
iBoy - an iPod housed in a Nintendo Gameboy →
MacMod.com - Your Mac Modification HQ - The Real... →
back from visiting simone weinberg!
NEISTAT BROTHERS - Movies: Bike Thief →
chillin’ with chuck
“we’re not that different after all:
“To test whether the language...”
– The natural order of events: How speakers of different languages represent events nonverbally — Goldin-Meadow et al., 10.1073/pnas.0710060105 — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
“A study published recently in PNAS reported that people’s sexual...”
– Scanning sexuality : Article : Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Run for the Fallen →
WatchNew Scientist Short Sharp Science Blog: Rappin’ physics
20 Examples of Geek Art and Artists | WebUrbanist →
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