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Learning to Think Different
A friend was kind enough to give me his older Mac Mini. It's a lovely little box and it does quite a few nice things. This is the first Apple product I have ever owned though I did play around with my Dad's Apple II back in the day. The only trouble I have had so far is trying to get it's Airport Extreme card to talk to my Verizon FiOS Router. ( Read more... ) -
Marvel from MIT
I think a lot of people didn't hear about this. Perhaps it is because a lot of people in the journalism field are scientific illiterates. I think it is pretty big news though ( Read more... ) -
Homeopathy and Critical Thinking (what's that?)
I am frequently dismayed to find such rubbish as Homeopathic "Remedies" on the store shelves whenever I walk into the pharmacy department at Giant or other places. This stuff has zero credibility but there are supposedly smart people who believe in this stuff. I guess the ultimate test of human gullibility would be to invent a new mystical art. ( Read more... ) -
All Those Teenage Vampires
PZ Myers has voiced what many of us have been saying all along.
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/01/are_you_writing_a_vampire_nove.php
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Simulated Lives - Gone Berzerk
I have learned a lot of things about the game play in the Sims this week. First of all it's a great idea to keep your Sims as happy as possible. I had been putting them into whatever career seemed to pay the most but that was mostly because I was greedy to make more money to buy upgrades for them. The upgrades seemed to be the easiest way to ( Read more... ) -
It's a Simulated Life (Fortunately)
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Who knew all this wet grey spongy stuff could be so interesting?
The BBC has once again outdone themselves with this terrific series. I have been watching them on YouTube and hoping that nobody posts a "take down" notice on them.
The series is called 'Brain Story' and it is quite enlightening.
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How Close Are We?
1946 documentary about Despotism (under 10 minutes)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=102585813125825400#
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