You can do this, but it’ll take some practice.
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Born in captivity and freed into the wild, watch this amazing tale of a plastic bag finding its way home.
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As anyone who knows any basic maths knows, 1 = A, 2 = the, and 3 = hello, but here’s a look into the details, the real nitty gritty, the tocking that makes maths tick. So to speak. It’s brilliant, so pay close attention and take notes.
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Here’s a short film from Boing Boing by the great Lee Titt. The humor is subtle, but if you’re sharp you’ll get it.
The antique sex robot alone is worth the visit.
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Well, Baltimore’s got Otakon going on this weekend and you can read about it at the Snallygaster, but here’s a little bit about Comic Con from Wired. Same thing sorta, weird people in weird outfits worshiping weird things. And this is very funny, especially the last 20 seconds or so.
Take it full screen, it works well.
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Beautiful and damned. Check out these terrific photos in Wired Magazine of a forgotten paradise.
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People are getting addicted to their gadgets. They can’t sit still. Can’t concentrate. Can’t stop texting. Can’t stop checking the email. iPhones, BlackBerrys, iPads, PCs, Droids. Is it harmless stuff, or is it rewiring our brains?
Well, yeah, according to the New York Times.
Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.
These play to a primitive impulse to respond to immediate opportunities and threats. The stimulation provokes excitement — a dopamine squirt — that researchers say can be addictive. In its absence, people feel bored.
The resulting distractions can have deadly consequences, as when cellphone-wielding drivers and train engineers cause wrecks. And for millions of people like Mr. Campbell, these urges can inflict nicks and cuts on creativity and deep thought, interrupting work and family life.
While many people say multitasking makes them more productive, research shows otherwise. Heavy multitaskers actually have more trouble focusing and shutting out irrelevant information, scientists say, and they experience more stress.
And scientists are discovering that even after the multitasking ends, fractured thinking and lack of focus persist. In other words, this is also your brain off computers.
“The technology is rewiring our brains,” said Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and one of the world’s leading brain scientists. She and other researchers compare the lure of digital stimulation less to that of drugs and alcohol than to food and sex, which are essential but counterproductive in excess.
Our parents used to worry about us taking drugs. Now we have to worry about our kids ODing on technology. While we do it, too.
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