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Sock Monkey With Hat Ornament | Gump’s San Francisco

carol — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:52:48 +0000

Sock Monkey With Hat Ornament | Gump’s San Francisco.

On vacation

carol — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:38:07 +0000

Activist’s Web site, tweets put new face on homelessness

carol — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:21:47 +0000

via CNN.com

Brain Imaging & IQ

carol — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:06:26 +0000

From the November/December issue of Technology Review, fascinating article about neural mapping and our understanding of human intelligence.

“Richard Haier, a psychologist and emeritus professor at the University of California, Irvine, explains how brain imaging is shedding light on intelligence.”

http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=459

Schneier on Security: Helpful Hint for Fugitives: Don’t Update Your Location on Facebook

carol — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:46 +0000

via Schneier on Security: “Fugitive caught after updating his status on Facebook”

The Netflix Bandit

carol — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:28:58 +0000

via Current via CNN

The Netflix Bandit on trial:

Specifically, Weathers admitted stealing Netflix movies — the DVDs in the bright red envelopes — as they were moving on a sorting belt through the postal facility to which he was assigned.

He didn’t steal one movie.

Or two.

Or a hundred.

Weathers admitted stealing more than 3,000 movies.