Get the Feeling You've Already Heard This?
"Leeds Memory Group researchers say they have gone some way to recreating the sensation [of deja vu] in the lab using hypnosis."
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Dance Like A Monkey!
I've never been a huge New York Dolls fan, but I like the energy of this single—and I love the cameo by the Flying Spaghetti Monster at the end of the clip.
Yo Ho Ho!
And a bottle, too. Wayne Curtis considers <I>The History of the New World in 10 Cocktails</I>.
The Sofa-Moving Constant
"What is the greatest possible area for a sofa <B>S</B> that can be moved around a right-angled corner in a hallway of unit width? It's assumed only that <B>S</B> is a connected region of the plane."
It's the Law!
The law of unintended consequences, that is. It seems that, as the Mega Lo Marts introduce auto-scanning checkout kiosks to feed customers through more "efficiently," people are buying fewer of those impulsive point-of-purchase items.
Hours of Humidity
Up at 9am. No shower, no shave. Coffee. I sat down on my orange couch, opened the laptop and got to it. One more day of "Recommended Components."
The Sleeping Sickness
Fans of <I>Sandman</I> will recognize this outbreak as one of the points of departure for the story arc begun in issue #1. What they may not realize is that Neil Gaiman wasn't making up the Sleeping Sickness: there really was an outbreak of <I>Encephalitis lethargica</I> from 1916 through the '20s.
All About Great Britain
George Saunders checks out the motherland.
Faster In Reverse?
<I>The Register</I> reports that scientists have developed a material with a negative refractive index, which means it causes light to bounce off it "backwards" at speeds that "appear faster than the speed of light."
Mark Fleischmann's Blog
Over at <I>Home Theater</I>'s website, Fleischmann's arch blend of understatement and geekiness is the sort of stuff I wish I could write consistently. A recommended daily read. Yes, I know him, and yes, I share an employer with him, but this encomium comes from the heart.