January 2009
87 posts
Shape Shifting Criminals in Lagos, Nigeria →
The metro police department in Africa’s largest city claim that a car thief SHAPE SHIFTED INTO A GOAT to avoid being caught. It didn’t work, the cops got him, and paraded him around in front of news…
curious about justified true belief
Shoe Tree →
there are more everywhere
Paleo-fantasies →
Zuk draws on Leslie Aiello’s concept of ‘paleofantasies,’ stories about our past spun from thin evidence, to label the nostalgia some people seem to express for prehistoric conditions that…
Automatic Believing →
from changingminds.org
Description
People initially believe everything they see and hear (’seeing is believing’), but then rapidly assess whether it is true or not and consequently reject or…
100 Meters of Eventual Death →
Berlin looks like a great people watching town
Prix Ars Electronica - time to submit →
Dear Friend and Participant of Prix Ars Electronica,
The 23rd Prix Ars Electronica - International Competition for CyberArts is open for entries now!
We kindly invite you to submit your latest…
seeking last minute donated objects/services for my son’s co-op fundraising auction - hook us up!!
abn or mal →
going beyond what i can say, abnormal behavior child is making a great something!
Strike First to Protect Your Heart →
2 music videos, watch them in order
Story from North America (FULL VERSION!) from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.
If I Had A Heart from Fever Ray on …
White Washing a Fractured Reality →
A contemporary Red Balloon framed by It’s Only a Paper Moon, this dystopia is literally built from the remnants of communication’s failed attempts to unite humanity. A little too mimey, but the…
Social Storytelling Glue →
“WHY does storytelling endure across time and cultures? Perhaps the answer lies in our evolutionary roots. A study of the way that people respond to Victorian literature hints that novels act as a…
hearing rumors that Going Street will be the next bike boulevard! oh yeah!
Ideas for Obama →
Brief Obama With Salesforce.com’s Idea Generator: “
Do you have a good idea for President-Elect Barack Obama, a concrete policy proposal? All week long, Obama’s transition site Change.gov…
More Monkey Tools →
Just have to love it when animals use tools.
via new scientist
Criminalize Profanity In Public Forums? →
South Carolina Considers Law That Would Criminalize Profanity In Public Forums: “Slashdot points us to an immensely troubling law being proposed by a state Senator in South Carolina that would
