Pepper's Ghost

The classic ghost illusion which relies on the reflection of an image onto a large pane of glass.

gladwell dot com - the tipping point

Ah, Malcolm Gladwell wrote The Tipping Point. Refer to previous bookmark for refutation of this theory

What we can learn from spaghetti sauce (video)

There is no perfect Pepsi. Funny, engaging talk by Malcolm Gladwell on the "democratisation" of the food industry.

Steven Poole: Free your mind

"I was particularly amused by the number of those people who left $0.01, which seems a lot of clicks to expend when you could just write “Fuck you” in the comments."

Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Waxy.org

'maybe this is a good idea. One person I talked to said, "When it sells 20,000 copies we'll finally be rid of Douglas Adams." That may be a little cynical. However, let's look at the alternatives.'

Mind Hacks: Neuroweapons, war crimes and the preconscious brain

"Causing something dreadful to happen without any intent or knowledge is considered an accident and not a crime. [...] this concept is based on the theory that the conscious mind forms an intention, and an actions follows. Unfortunately, we now know that

a u d r e y * k a w a s a k i

via claudine ko

Melanie Klein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Theory of eros and thanatos. Life is an anomaly

How To Deconstruct Almost Anything

"Tour de force: The Intel i486DX programmer's reference manual." Teehee! (via Robyn)

The Assignment Operator Revisited

A lengthy follow-up which ends "I don’t know about you, but there’s something really scary to me about a language where copying state from one object to another is this complicated". I don't know about me, either.

The Anatomy of the Assignment Operator

This is a really interesting treatment of the C++ 'operator=', the reading of which has given me opportunity to reflect on my theory that C++ appeals to old people.

Bay 12 Games: Dwarf Fortress

Mazapán.se - You Have To Burn The Rope

A fantastic Flash game

REV: Energy Drink: Old Lutheran Gift Shop

Want want want want want

Generic Wii Patcher - GBAtemp.net

Wii hax

Korean Language (Script, Orthography, Phonology, Korean Alphabet,

Hangul seems pretty gosh-dern interesting

The Megas

Since the year 200X (4), The Megas have strived to bring a message from Dr. Light to the people. They have chosen to transmit that message, the tale of a small blue robot named Megaman, directly into the eardrums of the general populace through the power

Maxim publisher Felix Dennis: 'I've killed a man' - Times Online

"I'm just trying to have a bloody good time filling in the gap between being born and dying. So - you can accuse me of anything else but if you call me a hypocrite, I shall get cross."

Good News, Everyone!

Write multi-player interactive fiction using standard single-player tools, such as Inform 7. Clever, creative, and neat.

Willem Visser's Research

Symbolic execution / model checking / Java PathFinder d00d

They're Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side - New York Times

Unicode In Python, Completely Demystified

Now I am less mystified than ever -- and I was pretty sure I knew how Unicode in Python worked before I read this.

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

You crazy bastard

Gamasutra - Opinion: My Horse And Me

"it was victory on my own terms, against people who thought I was *nothing*. And I did it for me. Not for you, daddy. For me." Thought-provoking review of a "game for girls"

Strategy Game Programming

Yeah, OK

Flying Off the Shelves - Books - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper

The coin of the realm is now, and has always been, the fiction that young white men read, and self-satisfied young white men, the kind who love to stick it to the man, are the majority of book shoplifters.

Heart devices vulnerable to hack attack - The Boston Globe

Implanted defibrillators can be remotely instructed to disrupt heart rhythm or deliver a high-voltage shock. Farker: "I sense a million script writers incorporating this into their next plot". Definitely!

pouet.net :: your online demoscene resource

Amiga nostalgia

D&D Flowchart

BACK IN THE BASEMENT, BY YOURSELF, IN THE DARK

Alpine Messaging System--

Sweet, more PINE

SitePoint Blogs » Table-Based Layout Is The Next Big Thing

fina-bloody-ly

Twin Galaxies Forums :: View Forum - The King of Kong - Official Statement

Very interesting and nerdy

Basho's Life

Microsoft (finally) releases Singularity, the research oriented operating system - Engadget

That's cool. Engadget, my #1 academic research source

Must Read: The Twenty Science Fiction Novels that Will Change Your Life

It's got all my favourites so maybe I should check out the rest!

826 Valencia - Shop

Dave Eggers is great when he's not writing fiction. ;-) I'm keen for the "when in doubt, swab" shirt.

So I'm Going To China: Beijing Traffic Lesson: Left Turn

"[A] has managed to partially block [B], a brand new purple and yellow Hyundai taxi, but [A] has only achieved what Beijing drivers would consider a 'weak' blocking position." (thanks jaq)

‘Ode to Joy,’ Followed by Chaos and Despair - New York Times

Perhaps Beethoven was taking the piss the whole time. "What if things do not go wrong only with the entrance of the marcia turca? What if they go wrong from the very beginning?"

Ant Is Not TeX

Jason thinks this is a logical successor to LaTeX. Am not convinced it's not just as crackpot, must investigate

Mac OS X Leopard: Keyboard Viewer, Character Palette does not appear

Fix for edit → special characters not showing up

Extensis Typecaster – Fonts find true love in this modern world.

Catie and I got Helvetica and American Typewriter: "Costly and expensive anti-depressant program".

How to Attract a Christian Girl - wikiHow

'When you see her, don't just say "hi" say her name like "Hey Lisa."'

Late Night Restaurants Dining Cafes Food in Sydney

Looks useful. ;)

YouTube - FC 2007 Fursuit Parade

Very relaxing video, would recommend to anyone

Blind Cavefish Not So Blind After All

Go go go, pineal gland! (This is such a great co-incidence after my previous research :)

Descartes and the Pineal Gland at plato.stanford.edu

I like this entry because the site's normally-sober tone of is infused with a distinct Descartes-is-a-crackpot vibe. "What would a principle of thought be doing in the bones and toes?"

Lguest Adventure

This is a pretty fun adventure. I'm about 1/6 of the way to my beer.

Is the Tipping Point Toast? -- Duncan Watts -- Trendsetting

"My model is better than your model", but angled in this story as "My model is better than your guessing"

Triviagasm: Everything You Need to Know About the Madness of Nikola Tesla

Still waiting on the "queen bee" theory

Chameleons Use Color to Communicate, Not Hide

sub-1ms colour changes! Animals are cool.