“Baby pictures in lost wallets increase the chance they will be returned”
Interesting psychological information, but an even more interesting practical application: put some baby pictures in your wallet, even if you don’t have any children. 🙂
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“US, South Korea site attacks traced back to UK”
Hm. I guess it’s a good thing we didn’t immediately attack North Korea as some people were suggesting.
“Caring for Your Introvert”
As a member of this “little-understood group,” I have to recommend this article.
“Swearing mitigates pain”
Honest, that’s what it says! 🙂
“Read It Later” iPhone App — Excellent!
I’ve been using the free Read It Later add-on (RIL from here on) for Firefox for quite a while now. It’s really great for marking pages that I want to read, but don’t want to take time out from whatever I’m doing when I find them. It’s also very nice because I often have my …
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“Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?”
Someone recently asked me what I thought about the Google ChromeOS announcement. I think a lot of things about it, but this article sums them up extremely well, and adds several more that I hadn’t considered too. The bottom line: like the Chrome browser, I don’t see it as necessary. Neither will put much added …
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“Lockpicking”
Check out both of the links here. Fascinating and disquieting at the same time. I always knew that locks were only a nuisance to professional lockpickers, but I didn’t realize just how easy it was to learn to pick them… or how quickly even the best locks can be beaten.
“Chaps: Give up, you’ll never understand women”
GoddessJ claims at times that she can’t understand me. I’ve always said that I’m very easy to understand. This article suggests that I’ve got the upper hand in that argument. 😉
“Oceans charge up new theory of magnetism”
Interesting idea… I haven’t seen the math (and probably wouldn’t understand it if I did), but there’s some merit to the concept. (It was originally misreported as the oceans causing the Earth’s magnetic field, but this paper only suggests that they affect it.) (Via BoingBoing)
“iPhone app lets you squash Wall Streeters”
I’m betting that this game will do very well. At 99 cents, I’m considering buying a copy myself.