Links for 9/21/07

Tekhed-Celldweller.Com Sm The Believer – Interview with Frans de Waal mental_floss magazine – Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix Zooillogix : Aye-Ayes Have “Color” Night-Vision Cottyn | Fresh-Picked T-Shirts Talk Like A Pirate Day – September 19 YouTube – Disney Dog Fight eBay Store – Pencil World Creativity Store: color pencils, graphite pencils, water color […]

Velociraptor Had Feathers

“It’s sort of as if you scaled up a chicken and then gave it really nasty teeth and big claws on its feet,” he said. VOA News – Scientists Find Conclusive Evidence Velociraptor Had Feathers Technorati Tags: chickens, dinos, dinosaurs, evolution, feathers, jurrasicpark, paleontology, robertbakker, science, teeth, velociraptor

thanks bush

TORONTO – The Canadian dollar opened at exactly 100 U.S. cents Friday morning, up 0.13 of a cent from its close Thursday – the day it topped US$1 for the first time since November 1976. The Canadian Press: Canadian dollar opens at parity with U.S. dollar, then pulls back slightly Technorati Tags: bush, canada, canadia, […]

When is soon?

When is soon? As an Adult with ADD I know when “now” is and I know when “not now” is. I understand that later means sometime after “now“. I have fairly decent idea of when 9:30 pm, 2:00 am and 1:45 pm are. What I really don’t seem to get is when “soon” really is. […]

TED | Talks | Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy? (video)

get this: one year later, new paraplegics and lottery winners happiness levels are identical, and the same as everyone else’s. this interesting video explains why. Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel real, enduring happiness, he says, even […]

Links for 9/11/07

On Selfishness Zooillogix : Stop Animal Trafficking in Southeast Asia 360 light field display Design Meltdown § Minimalism Part 5 Apple – To all iPhone customers The Rape of the RealDoll, Part One / Violet Blue explores why silicone just seems to be “asking for it” Wired Science – Wired Blogs The World’s Fair Home […]