History of Weblogging. Warning: 12 mb quicktime file. I guess this is an interesting documentary clip on the history of weblogging but the problem I see here is that it goes back way too far. Weblog gurus seem to have co-opted historical figures who may have published opinions and written daily accounts of their lives, but these people are more like essayists and diarists. The term weblogging to me implies something that is on the internet. Essayists and diarists can be webloggers if what they write is on the internet. Otherwise, they're just essayists and diarists.
Mobile phone risk revealed. "Using a mobile phone for ten or more years doubles the risk of getting a type of benign head tumour, a Swedish study has found."
Coke versus Pepsi: It's all in the head. "The preference for Coke versus Pepsi is not only a matter for the tongue to decide, Samuel McClure and his colleagues have found. Brain scans of people tasting the soft drinks reveal that knowing which drink they're tasting affects their preference and activates memory-related brain regions that recall cultural influences. Thus, say the researchers, they have shown neurologically how a culturally based brand image influences a behavioral choice."
Wired moose. "It's not uncommon for bull moose to challenge inanimate objects to a battle during the rut when testosterone has taken over." I think this statement has wider applications to males in general.
Implantable tags beam back medical ID. "A US company this week got the green light to implant tiny chips in people's arms in order to instantly access their medical records. The move highlights how this unassuming technology is now sweeping into everyday use." The pessimist in me says: dystopian sci-fi future here we come.
Auras may be generated in the brain. Okay, I know I've been posting way too many Nature news articles, but they're so interesting! Next time someone comes up to me and says that aura reading is spiritual/mystical/gobbledy-gook clap-trap, I can point out that this is just some brain abnormality on their part.
The Mona Lisa experience. I've seen the Mona Lisa once. I found it somewhat unremarkable and it isn't so vivid in my memory as other places that I've been in France. Ah, if only I had a blog back then--there were so many very cool niche places that no one else (not even any of the other students in my tour group) had ever noticed.
