Month: August 2008
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Start-Ups Are Where You Want to Be
I suppose you could call Ooga Labs a conglomerate of start-ups. On their ‘About’ page they give a compelling argument to join their company, but more enticing is the open letter from their CEO imploring everyone to avoid the prestige (hype?) of big companies and do something entrepreneurial. So you’re going to take a cube…
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A 14-Year-Old and John Lennon Discuss Peace
In December 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono held one of their famous “bed-in for peace” protests at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto. This was when a 14-year-old Jerry Levitan sneaked into their hotel room and secured an interview with Lennon on the topic of World Peace. 38 years later Levitan produced an animated…
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Godwin’s Law
Godwin’s Law is an adage formulated by American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. The rule does not make any statement whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be…
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Losing Your Sense of Balance
After a hysterectomy, Cheryl contracted a post-operative infection and was given the antibiotic gentamicin; a known side effect of which is a loss of the sense of balance (equilibrioception). When it was overprescribed to her the inevitable happened. The Telegraph follows Cheryl’s story on losing her sense of balance and enlightens us on neuroplasticity in…
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Overcoming the Tip-of-the-Tongue Effect
The hows and whys on helping overcome the Tip-of-the-Tongue effect (PDF): One of the most fascinating things about the tip-of-the-tongue state, is that it demonstrates how sometimes we know that we know something, without actually being able to recall it. This is part of what psychologists call ‘metacognition’, which allows us to realise when we…
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Minimalist Workouts
I haven’t had a thorough look through this list of minimalist workouts yet, but it looks like I’ll discover some complimentary exercises to my current regimen (PodRunner and 100 Push Ups). Go calisthenics! via Link Banana
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Cognition Nutrition
The Economist has an interesting article on the science behind cognitive nutrition. Some foods […] are like pharmaceutical compounds; their effects are so profound that the mental health of entire countries may be linked to them. Last year, for example, the Lancet published research showing that folic-acid supplements—sometimes taken by pregnant women—can help those between…
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Social Engineering 101
Kevin Mitnick and Emmanuel Goldstein are undoubtedly the most widely known names in the black hat community*. In a series of videos from CNET News, they describe and demonstrate social engineering techniques. On the same subject, this video demonstrating how easy it is to social engineer you way into clubs by pretending you’re the DJ…
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Brief Hiatus
I’m moments away from starting a week-long vacation in Dijon, France. Posting will temporarily slow down while I’m away, and all comments will be kept for moderation ’til I’m back.