Great video on cycling in Brussels, Europe’s most congested city.
When I use an iPhone and an Android phone at the same time, I often find that apps from the same company look a lot different on these two platforms - the ones on Android usually look much worse.
Here is a couple of examples.
This is what Meebo IM looks on Android, the contact list screen and…
Whale Back Lighthouse, Portsmouth, NH
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 01: A pair of giant red shoes protrude from the store front as Harrods opens their Wicked Witch Of The East display on December 1, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/Getty Images)
Ourageously good book by Tracy Kidder re: the inspirational story of Deo, a pre-med student who escapes the genocides in Burundi and Rwanda Africa & comes to the U.S. to find his future.
YOUR BRAIN AFTER SURFING THE WEB? UCLA researchers seem to think so.
From the study:
“The first scan of participants with little Internet experience showed brain activity in the regions controlling language, reading, memory and visual abilities. The second brain scan of these participants, conducted after the home practice searches, demonstrated activation of these same regions, but there was also activity in the middle frontal gyrus and inferior frontal gyrus – areas of the brain known to be important in working memory and decision-making.
Thus, after Internet training at home, participants with minimal online experience displayed brain activation patterns very similar to those seen in the group of savvy Internet users.”
This is probably one of the funniest pictures I have everrrrr seen! AHHAHAAHAHA!
