This is really, really, REALLY amazing.
“World’s Most Powerful MRI Ready To Scan Human Brain
05 Dec 2007
The world’s most powerful medical magnetic resonance imaging machine, the 9.4 Tesla at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has successfully completed safety trials and may soon offer physicians a real-time view of biological processes in the human brain.Read more »
How to recycle an old sock (preferably clean!!) into an iPod cover. I doubt I’ll jump on this one, but I thought it was cute.
From Instructables:
“This is an instructable about how to build a homemade iSock. An iSock is an iPod cover that is basicly a sock to cover your iPod, that Apple came out with. If you have an old sock thats clean and dosn’t have holes in it, you can “recycle” it into an iSock.”
Leave it to WikiHow to have this very helpful entry explaining how to block Facebook’s Beacon. It includes a nice summary of how Beacon invades your space:
“When a Facebook user purchases an item at one of these websites, Facebook provides a way for the user to advertise their purchase on their Facebook News Feed.[2] While users can decline sending out the advertising, Facebook does not allow users to opt out of the data collection and behavior monitoring.[3][4] Even if you opt out, click “no thanks”, and log out of Facebook, Beacon will still be surreptitiously collecting your web browsing behavior data and sending it to Facebook. [5][6] “
and then describes their tips, the first being to USE FIREFOX.
From: info@climateprotect.org
Subject: Stand with me in Bali
Date: December 5, 2007 3:31:53 PM EST
Dear Friend,
In Bali, Indonesia thousands of delegates from nearly 190 countries have gathered at the UN Conference on Climate Change. In ten days, I will address the conference to urge the adoption of a visionary new treaty to address global warming and I want to bring your voices with me.
Click here to sign my petition today and I will bring your signatures on stage with me as a clear demonstration of our resolve:
http://climateprotect.org/standwithalRead more »
from Computerworld
“November 30, 2007 (IDG News Service) — A CA security researcher is sounding the alarm that Facebook’s controversial Beacon online ad system goes much further than anyone has imagined in tracking people’s Web activities outside the popular social networking site.
Beacon will report back to Facebook on members’ activities on third-party sites that participate in Beacon — even if the users are logged off Facebook and have declined having their activities broadcast to their Facebook friends. “
From Think Simple Now:
“I find that I prefer living places with lots of lighting, wood floors, open space and high ceilings. Personally, this gives me the most effective amount of creative energy boost. In addition to the physical surroundings that make me feel best, I’ve also found that the clutter in my environment negatively affect my performance. When I am surrounded by mess and disorganization, I feel more mentally cluttered, less decisive, slightly anxious and more easily annoyed. I’ve learned that in order to be at my best, I needed my physical surrounding to be clean, organized and clutter free.”
Read the specific tips at http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/how-to-cure-packrat-itis/
Via Pingdom
“Old Apples never get rotten – instead they run the Web
November 30, 2007Apple and the Macintosh computers have a loyal following dating back long before the first iPod ever hit the streets. There are millions of old Macs in circulation, and as would be expected in these days of the internet and tinkering enthusiasts, some of them have ended up as web servers. An old Mac obviously never gets useless.”
Full story at Pingdom
Pingdom’s source for their story was The Old Apple Web Server Directory
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/cosmeticeye111907.html
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:58:00 -0600
At FDA’s request, U.S. Marshals have seized 12,682 applicator tubes of Age Intervention Eyelash, a product that may lead to decreased vision.
From National Geographic’s Photo of the Day:
“Found only on the islands of Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii, the happy face spider, such as this one guarding its eggs on a leaf in Maui, is known for the unique patterns that decorate its pale abdomen.”
Compelling graphic showing the rise in obesity in the U.S over the past 20 years. The map shows the increase state by state from 1985 to 2006, and makes a strong impression through the use of color coding the percentages. The 1985 map shows a handful of states with 10-14% of their population overweight, then finishes with 2006 showing the majority of the U.S. saturated in red, indicating states with an obesity rate greater than 25%.
