“What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain”
Always a good thing to know. I’ve mentioned before that I seem to have acquired a permanent immunity to caffeine, but I don’t see anything here to explain that.
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“The Science Behind ‘Having a Bad Day’ (and How to Solve It)”
I don’t have much to add to this, I just thought people might find it useful. In addition to some fun neurobiology information, it offers some concrete steps to use the next time you start thinking that you’re having a “bad day.” (Hint: as I’m sure you suspected, it’s essentially all in your head, and …
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“Nerve connections are regenerated after spinal cord injury”
This is excellent news in and of itself — but it’s also one of the key technologies needed for direct neural connections. 🙂
“Unsuck It Translates Awful Corporate Speak into Plain English”
I’ve often wondered why some people can’t just use plain English. I understand that there are some specialized terms in every occupation, but making up whole new words when existing words will do? Or using flowery and obfuscating phrases instead of well-known ones that mean the same thing? So far as I can tell, the …
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“Driller robot to explore great pyramid”
I’ve been waiting for years to find out what’s behind that little door. It’s almost certainly nothing… but there’s always the chance that it will be something amazing.
“How to Program Your Immune System”
“Altermune.” Pretty damn smart. I expect this will be a product (or more likely, dozens of products) before this decade is out. And that people born in the next one will consider our worries about most infectious diseases as incomprehensible as we see the beliefs of the Dark Ages.
“Funny t-shirt: ‘this was supposed to be the future'”
I love it. Now if we can just make it obsolete… 😉
“Fidgeting and Doodling Could Be Unconscious Focus Tools”
I always wondered why some people doodled when they were listening or thinking. This may explain it.
“Shark Knife will terrify your enemies with macho impracticality”
As the last sentence in the description says: The Klingons have a word for this, most often translated as “trying too hard.” 🙂
Wireless Webcams
I recently had a discussion with a friend about webcams, and we both mentioned that we rarely had any use for them… at least, for the usual uses. We’ve had a problem in the last few months with one of our cats defecating on the floor in a particular spot. As mentioned, we have three …