(x for x in head.thoughts() if x is interesting)

Nov 08

Theme

One of these days I’m going to have to sit down and design my own theme.

“From their very first days, newborns’ cries already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, reveals a new study published online in Current Biology. The findings suggest that infants begin picking up elements of what will be their first language in the womb” — Babies’ Language Learning Starts From The Womb

Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House

Nov 06

Out of the Blue: Islands Seen From Space | Wired Science | Wired.com

Out of the Blue: Islands Seen From Space | Wired Science | Wired.com

“Is Douglas Adams scripting the saga of sorrows facing the LHC? These time-traveling Higgs-Boson particles certainly exhibit the sign of his absurd sense of humor! Perhaps it is the Universe itself, conspiring against the revelations intimated by the operation of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider? This time, it is not falling cranes, cracked magnets, liquid helium leaks or even links to Al Qaeda, that have halted man’s efforts to understand the meaning of life, the universe and everything. It now appears that the collider is hindered from an initial firing by a baguette, dropped by a passing bird.” — Slashdot Science Story | LHC Shut Down Again — By Baguette-Dropping Bird

Nov 05

“Internet Explorer 6 has finally been surpassed by Firefox according to the latest worldwide market share numbers.” — October 2009 browser stats: Firefox finally passes IE6 - Ars Technica

Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart -

Make sure to try the puzzles at the end of the article.

Man-In-the-Middle Vulnerability For SSL and TLS

Nov 04

“Formula One has been rocked by yet another withdrawal after Toyota announced that it is quitting the sport with immediate effect.” — Toyota the latest to join Formula One exodus - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

Nov 03

Snow Leopard Update Blocks Intel Atom, Kills Hackintoshes -

That is why I run Linux.

V’s Hypnotic Alien Leader Demands Submission -

Looking forward to the pilot.

Oct 30

Ubuntu 9.10 Released!

Oct 28

Tesla Goes 313 Miles on Single Charge

“Scientists have found a tiny fly with a three-pronged horn and spiky eyes preserved in a chunk of amber dating to roughly 100 million years ago.” — Bizarre Ancient Fly With Three-Eyed Horn Discovered | Wired Science | Wired.com

France Convicts Scientology of Fraud