The powerful and moving story of Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke reminds me why I tend to be so personally interested in the mechanics of the human brain, sometimes taking great lengths to apply that interest into my own discipline.
In 1983 my grandfather suffered a debilitating stroke which rendered the left side of his […]
If you overlook the sensational title from Newsweek’s Mind Reading is Now Possible, there’s something worth pointing out here. Scientists are finding that thoughts and ideas map to predictable patterns in the brain.
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University showed people drawings of five tools (hammer, drill and the like) and five dwellings (castle, igloo …) […]
Since nothing else is really going on lately, allow me to ignore my own house rule and rattle on for a little bit about my living. I work in the IT department for a Pennsylvania company that’s literally sitting on billions of dollars. The unit I’m specifically a part of is called Customer […]
Certain views of Apple’s now shipping Apeture digital photo management application show it to be something of an iPhoto for professionals, like an iApp on steroids. Still, as many are prone to wild "paradigm shift" speculation in the software industry, there are more than a few willing snark hunters out there looking to set their […]
Far be it for me to criticize how an artist makes a buck these days. If they’ve earned their share and can command a hefty celebrity endorsement fee from the corporate trough for something they really believe in, then more power to them. But I have to wonder how sincere Sheryl Crow can […]
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