The BBC is covering a story about a study of hearing habits. Apparently they’ve found that the folks they observed used their right ears significantly more than their left ears. I wonder if this translates to actually being “better” for … Continue reading
Every year, the American Cancer Society sponsors fundraisers around the country to raise money for cancer research. These event is called Relay for Life. I participated in two such events at JMU, and this year, I’m organizing a team at … Continue reading
Here’s an article about “addiction” that I thought was interesting. The question to the reader is this: would the romantic relationships you’ve observed/participated in be considered “addictive” by the measures in this article? I guess the question is whether items … Continue reading
If you haven’t seen “Once,” you should. My roommate rented it this evening on a recommendation from a friend, and I was surprised and quite impressed. It was amazing. It’s a low-budget indie musical that is surprisingly poignant and inspirational. … Continue reading
Today I was made aware of a really neat piece of open source software that I think holds great promise. It’s called EyeOS, and is a “web operating system.” I haven’t looked at the source, but the gist of its … Continue reading
Just wanted to give a plug for my good buddy Tim Disney’s new blog, in which he plans to explore the intersections between computer science and philosophy. Should be righteously thought-provoking. Check it out! http://www.disnetdev.com/blog/
Found some interesting websites today. The first two I already knew about, but the second two were a complete surprise. Evidently there are two different projects that have customized the Ubuntu distribution to include Bible software and website filtering. I … Continue reading
Just download the following PDF, print it out and follow the instructions to make your own slide rule: http://www.sciam.com/media/pdf/Slide_rule.pdf Pretty nifty! Don’t know how to use a slide rule? Here are some tutorials: Manual Calculation: Using a Slide Rule Slide … Continue reading
Found an amazing short video on Google today: Reveille (12 minutes). There’s not really much to say. Just watch it.
Saw this link on digg.com today and couldn’t resist posting it on here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/14080073/. This is possibly the best use of Flash that I have ever seen (and I normally HATE Flash, so that’s saying a lot). Warning: if you … Continue reading
