I’ve had occasion to wish that these were built into all modern clothing, and it was impossible to buy anything without them. I suspect it’s going to be a long while before that happens though, unfortunately.
Somehow I suspect that Zynga, the company behind the popular Internet game Farmville, might have sponsored this story. 😉 In any case, it’s certainly true for me, and at least a few other people I know.
Interesting book, and interesting interview with the author. He says that Darwin “was wrong in seeing human evolution as a result of the same processes that account for other evolution in the biological world”, then goes on to offer some pretty good evidence for how technology and the human brain set up a constant feedback …
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What is it with companies these days? I just got an e-mail from a company I once did business with. They want me to spend “fifteen to twenty minutes” filling out an online survey, and in exchange they’re offering a chance to win a $10 Amazon gift certificate. A chance?! If they were offering me …
This video (safe for work) is just plain freakin’ funny. Watch out for the cameo of the “Unspeakable Horror.” 😀
Yeah, happy birthday… and good riddance. 🙂
Talk about fighting dirty… 😉 Really though, this is a pretty shrewd move. Scent is a powerful anchor for memories. Anyone with a sense of smell who looks at this is going to be hard-pressed forget the association. Of course, it might backfire. Think “my esteemed opponent, when he’s not playing in garbage…” 🙂 I …
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(This is the conclusion of yesterday’s post about my new fourth-generation 32GB iPod Touch. This first part is being written as iTunes loads my music and applications onto it for the first time.) Kid in a candy store… GoddessJ didn’t sleep well last night, so she was taking a nap. When she got up to …
I bought a 16GB first-generation iPod Touch a few years ago. It has served me well, but its battery is starting to wear out, and iOS updates will no longer work with it. So when the fourth-generation ones came out a few weeks ago, I was ready to buy a new one. They’ve added a …
It should have become obvious to people when the north-eastern US power outage happened a few years ago: malware is dangerous. The computer world is riddled with flaws that make it possible for a kid playing around on the computer in his bedroom (or more recently, a programmer writing a Trojan intended to steal money …
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