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"Both the victor and the vanquished are but drops of dew, but bolts of lightning —thus should we view the world." -Ouchi Yoshitaka (1507/1551).

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20100208 005639 Z Abstraction img12.abload … d043d7dacw9q.jpg www.reddit.c … abstraction_wtf/ Art, Comics, Images, Japan, NSFW, Saucy At first you think "O no, it's some awful Japanese sex comic", but then it gets interesting. The Reddit thread has some interesting comments too.
20100205 165411 Z Laying out SQL Code www.simple-t … utm_campaign=SQL Programming, SQL, TECH, Writing Some good points, but it seems like he's having too much fun!
20100205 012043 Z Physicist Discovers How to Teleport Energy www.technolo … log/arxiv/24759/ Cool, Science, TECH If they're already using entanglement to teleport matter, then the obvious next step is to teleport energy! D'oh!
20100203 170836 Z Nanotechnology, TECH The word is out, but I'd like more testing before they go big time.
20100203 165946 Z New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound singularityh … -transmit-sound/ science.slas … Sound?art_pos=43 Gadget, Hardware, SSD, TECH A non-surgical, non-visibile hearing aid. It's also nice to see them mention Single sided deafness (SSD), or what some call Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL).
20100201 190158 Z Analysis of HTML5 Canvas Javascript performance in various browsers for Freeciv.net code.google. … BenchmarkResults developers.s … mance?art_pos=72 Browser, JavaScript, TECH, Video Games So they confirmed what everyone sort of already knew. The fastest browser is Chrome, Safaris is 2nd, Firefox is 3rd, and Internet Explorer 8 is 4th. They're still working to test it on Opera. FYI: I'm still primarily using Firefox because of TreeStyle tabs. I must resist playing FreeCiv.net, lest I lose hours of time!

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2010-02-03t02:30:08 Z | TAGS: Chill, Faith, Inspiring, Mind, Self Improvement
The Eight Irresistable Principles Of Fun
The Eight Irresistable Principles Of Fun [http://www.eightprinciples.com/]

I liked this quite a bit. Here are the principles but they do need some explanation:

2010-02-01t19:22:05 Z | TAGS: Cyber Life, Education, Language, Self Improvement, World
The Web Way to Learn a Language
The Web Way to Learn a Language [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/technology/personaltech/28basics.html?ref=technology] [VIA: http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/01/1418236/The-Web-Way-To-Learn-a-Language?art_pos=6]

The sites they mention:

The /. thread mentions learning via foreign videos (esp. comedies), sites that that interest you, and DVDs with subtitles.

2010-01-27t20:38:38 Z | TAGS: Apple, Audio, Books, Cyber Life, Gadget, Hardware, Software, TECH, Videos
Apple iPad
Apple iPad [http://www.apple.com/ipad/]
Beautiful, powerful, and well priced. I noticed was that its browser had problems with Flash but they're probably working that out. There's no camera or video camera, but that's minor to my concerns about multitasking and openness. Minimal ports as expected but no USB? I may wait for USB 3. I haven't seen how it works as a plain old computer, as in say directory management. With a $499-$829 price and a 10 hour battery life (with 1 month standby), this should beat most of the eBook readers. While eInk is good for hi-light situations, I find that I often read in lo-light situations. I assume that Amazon and the other eBook sellers will compete with the new iBook Store, and probably make apps for reading their eBooks on the iPhone --one eBook reader to read all the eBook formats. A data plan at $15-$30 per month is reasonable. Now I just want to be able to use it as a phone too so I can ditch my phone (maybe use a Bluetooth wireless headset). It's 9.56" x 7.47" x 0.5", with a 9.7" screen of 1024 x 768 @ 132 ppi, and 1.5#; i.e. it's 242.8 mm x 189.7 mm x 13.4 mm, with a 246 mm screen and 0.68 Kg. I don't think people appreciate intuitive multi-touch enough. No comment on iWorks, other than I don't want another file format. Available in 60-90 days. I assume that they chose to have "Star Trek" as a sample video on purpose.
iPad with Star Trek on
2010-01-26t14:53:52 Z | TAGS: Introversion, Mind, My Stuff, Psychology, Relations, Self Improvement
Three Key Factors to Help Children Avoid Social Rejection Identified
Three Key Factors to Help Children Avoid Social Rejection Identified [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100120121600.htm] [VIA: Julia]
The studies indicate that some children have difficulty picking up on non-verbal or social cues. ... A second major factor is that some children may pick up on non-verbal or social cues, but lack the ability to attach meaning to them. The third factor is the ability to reason about social problems.

Fascinating. I probably manifest all 3 problems to some degree:

  1. I sometimes don't pick up on non-verbal or social cues.
  2. If I pick up a potential cue, I have a large margin for epistemological doubt, as in "I can't know for sure".
  3. As far as reasoning about social problems, many times the response is "leave them be because they're figuring it out".

It's not that those of us with social problems and introversion are anti-social, but socially handicapped. It's like being stuck in a wheelchair while other people are running around. Exploring this topic should be a high priority for me.

2010-01-16t16:36:56 Z | TAGS: Faith, News, Sad, Text, USA, Videos, World
Old News: Limbaugh and Robertson are Dicks
In a time of great human suffering in Haiti, Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson continue to show us what dicks they are.
2010-01-11t18:49:02 Z | TAGS: Chicago, Fighting, News, Security, Self Defense, Violence
iPods and Knives

I caught this in this morning's edition of the Chicago Red Eye paper:

Theft victim stabs robbers on Green Line; 5 charged

Five people face charges related to an attack and robbery of a Forest Park man early Saturday that started as he watched a movie on his IPod while riding on a CTA Green Line train on the West Side, authorities said.

The 26-year-old Forest Park man was robbed 12:55 a.m. Saturday, Police said.

Charged with robbery in the incident were Tommie Bates, Robert Moore, Jaylin Tiggs and Kendalll A. Harris; charged with misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer was Tyeisha Underwood, of the 4400 block of West Congress Parkway, police said.

Bates, of the 5900 block of West Iowa Street, and Moore, of the 5100 block of West Iowa Street, both were hospitalized at West Suburban Medical Center with stab wounds suffered in the attack.

One of the four punched the victim in the face after he was robbed, according to Assistant State's Attorney Angel Essig. The victim then pulled a knife and stabbed at least two of the alleged would-be robbers, she said.

Given that there have been a number of iPod snatchings lately:

Expensive, hip, and small devices that take the victim's attention are perfect for thieves. Please be aware of your surroundings before you get involved in anything that takes your attention. Limit your activity to things that take less of your attention, e.g. a quick text is safer than a gripping story or a long text. Something that involve your eyes (e.g. texting, video, reading) is more dangerous than things that involve your ears (e.g. listening to music). Some folks go so far as to enclose their iPods in the shell of a bulky old walkman.

The victim in this case had a knife, but I think he successfully pulled it off legally because he used it AFTER he was robbed and punched. If he had used his knife before or during the robbery, then the robbers would have had a better chance of legally playing the "victim".

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