My Wikipedia Contribution
I created this example for the optic neuritis wiki entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:OpticNeuritisExample.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_neuritis
"Maggie May" Is Not a Bed-Wetter
I used to mumble 85% of the lyrics to this song. At least I’m not the only one with cotton in their ears:
From “The Archive of Misheard Lyrics”
Maggie May, Rod Stewart
Real lyrics: All you did was wreck my bed
Misheard [by Archive reader] as: All you did was wet my bed
No "Jello" Here: Serving Up Ads for VOIP Calls
The worst part isn’t the invasion of privacy…it’s the product name: “ThePudding” from Puddingmedia:
“A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying ads on the callers’ computer screens based on what’s being talked about…
… On Monday, the Silicon Valley-based company is launching a public trial of the software on its Web site, http://www.ThePudding.com. Visitors will be able to place free calls to U.S. and Canadian phone numbers from their computers using headsets or microphones. The phone numbers are entered via a Web browser, which is also where the ads and links show up.”
via CRMDaily.com
I smell a rat…
“This Old House” brings you Home Inspection Nightmares.
This lovely photo shows a rat that was fried when it entered an electrical panel.
Microsoft Installs New Software Without Permission
via Slashdot by kdawson on 9/13/07
Futurepower(R) writes “Even though I have Automatic Updates turned off, on August 28, 2007, between 3:49 and 3:51 AM PDT, Microsoft installed new files on my Windows XP computer.” Nine files are updated on Vista and on XP SP1, a different set of on each, relating to Windows Update itself. Microsoft-watch.com’s Joe Wilcox and ZDnet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes confirm the stealth update.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives
via Slashdot by kdawson on 9/11/07
i_like_spam writes “Scientists from NYU and UCLA report in Nature Neuroscience that the brains of Democrats and Republicans process information differently. This new study finds that the differences are apparent even when the brain processes common information, not just political topics.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Bad Pun, Interesting Research on Color Perception
From CogNews:
“Colour is a product of our nervous system–it is a pigment of our imagination. The colours that we see are more related to the materials that things are made of than the light reflected from them into our eyes. Making this happen involves many complex processes. One of the earliest involves seeing contrast between pairs of colours. We have found that this important step of seeing colour contrast happens much earlier in the brain than we had realised up to now.”
Diet.com Offers Free Fitness Videos
Two magic words together: fitness and free! I’m always looking for ways to add some variety to my workouts, and these short clips offer just that.
More at Diet.com
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Lights Out San Francisco: October 20, 2007
from their web site:
“Lights Out San Francisco is a citywide energy conservation event on Oct. 20, 2007. On this night, we invite the entire city of San Francisco to install one compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) and turn off all non-essential lighting for one hour. “
Ad Agencies Competing for Climate Campaign
From Advertising Age:
“…one of the most hotly contended pitches out there is for the Alliance for Climate Protection, the organization formed last year by Al Gore.
Four elite agencies — Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, the Martin Agency and Y&R — are squaring off for the business and are expected to present to the former vice president himself early next month, according to executives familiar with the review. The budget for the “historic, three-to-five-year, multimedia global campaign,” as the request for proposals puts it, is contingent on how much money the alliance raises. Media spending will likely be more than $100 million a year.”
Story here