Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
New smell, "Olfactory White," is like white noise for your nose.
Scientists have created a new smell dubbed "olfactory white," because it is the nasal equivalent of white noise, researchers report today (Nov. 19) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Just as white noise is a mixture of many different sound frequencies and white light is a mixture of many different wavelengths, olfactory white is a mixture of many different smelly compounds. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/olfactory-white-new-smell_n_2160929....
Inhale... now, hold it....
Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit New Record in 2011, Survey Shows
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/global-carbon-dioxide-levels_n_2163612.html
On this day, 1985: Windows 1.0 was released.
Probably the best and most-reasoned analysis to date of why Windows 8 sucks.
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, November 19, 2012
Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users
Summary:
Hidden features, reduced discoverability, cognitive overhead from dual environments, and reduced power from a single-window UI and low information density. Too bad.
The full, excellent article: useit.com
Monday, November 19, 2012
Why life has no rewind button:
Particle Physicists Confirm Arrow of Time Using B Meson Measurements - Slashdot
Sherman, Fire up the Wayback Machine!
Remember this gem, from 2001? "The Economic Impact of President Bush's Tax Relief Plan"
http://origin.heritage.org/research/reports/2001/04/the-economic-impact-of-president-bushs-tax-relief-plan# Of course, it didn't happen that way, and we got record deficits. It's something to keep in mind when the GOP starts spouting the same BS now. Cutting taxes has never, ever reduced deficits, not even once --- except in Republican fantasies. But they keep saying it, as if it were true and proven. It's not effective fiscal policy, but it's a very effective lie. Sigh.
http://origin.heritage.org/research/reports/2001/04/the-economic-impact-of-president-bushs-tax-relief-plan# Of course, it didn't happen that way, and we got record deficits. It's something to keep in mind when the GOP starts spouting the same BS now. Cutting taxes has never, ever reduced deficits, not even once --- except in Republican fantasies. But they keep saying it, as if it were true and proven. It's not effective fiscal policy, but it's a very effective lie. Sigh.
Sometimes, you should avoid that "Easy button."
@arstechnica: Romney campaign got its IT (which massively failed on election day) from Best Buy, Staples, and friends http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/romney-campaign-got-its...
by @thepacketrat
by @thepacketrat
The Voice of the Trees: Modified turntable plays natural tree gowth rings as piano music
The Voice of the Trees by Bartholomaus Traubeck:
via youtube.com
Info: http://tinyurl.com/csbr7l3 Saturday, November 17, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Arhh. Sorry for the flood.
Posterous was constipated and held a day's worth of posts and reposts, dumping them all at once. Sigh.
Google StreetView takes to the Galaxy; maps 100,000 nearby stars
Google maps 100,000 nearby stars: (Needs Chrome or a similar WebGL browser to work):
http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/# 
http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/#
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