Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just discovered a pretty amazing video clip via the Pop Occulture blog. Psychological Illusionist Darren Brown pulls off a pretty impressive stunt that uses subliminal suggestions to trick two advertising company employees. Embedded media from Google Video is no longer available. Original link
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minutesOver the last few years, I’d say that my musical taste has expanded quite a bit. I now listen to
artists and genres that I probably wouldn’t have given a chance before. This is in large part to
my Rhapsody subscription. Rhapsody can recommend music in a few different ways: My Rhapsody –
recommends new…
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How To Discover Music You Like (For Free!)
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minuteThe guys at 37 Signals have posted a great article on the topic of Flow. I first heard about Flow
in the mid-nineties and have always kept this book (Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience) on
my ever growing read/wish list. After reading this article I think it’s about time I start digging
into this…
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Go With The Flow!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNothing to say, except simply amazing! http://www.venganza.org/2006/10/31/fsm-sighting.htm
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minuteI caught the buzz on del.icio.us and digg today that some newer Video iPods are shipping with the
RavMonE virus. According to the Apple Support article, this affects Video IPods purchased after
9/12/06 and only 25 cases have been reported so far. What amazes me about the support article is
the following quote: “As you…
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Apple Passes The Buck On iPod Virus
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minutesOne of my areas of interest that has grown over the last couple years has been data
visualization. I’m a visually-oriented learner, and I look forward to seeing any techniques,
illustrations, or technologies that: 1) Allow people to assimilate information as fast as
possible. 2) Deepen understanding of knowledge by visually illustrating data in new…
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Dataesthetics: The Power and Beauty of Data Visualization
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minuteI discovered a great post this afternoon at Life Clever titled ‘6 illuminating concept maps you
should know about’.
http://www.lifeclever.com/2006/09/01/6-illuminating-concept-maps-you-should-know-about/ These
concept maps include: 1) Java Technology (I posted about this last month) 2) How does DNS work? 3)
What is a brand? 4) How do organizations track customers to retain them longer? 5) What…
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Cool Concept Maps
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minuteI just found out about a great project called CVSHistory at http://jamwt.com/CVSHistory/. This
application (written in Python) provides a web-interface for listing/searching a CVS history file,
and can either be used in stand-alone mode, or integrates with ViewVC (formerly called ViewCVS).
The most compelling feature to me is the ability to get history entries as…
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CVSHistory – A Great Addition to ViewCVS/ViewVC
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minuteDid you ever get the feeling that you’ve heard a particular song before? I had that feeling
today. The 2 songs in particular are The Clearing from the Sonicaid Concentration CD, and At The
Water’s Edge from Bob Holroyd‘s latest CD Without Within. The Sonicaid Concentration CD is
composed by David Bradstreet and John Herberman.…
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Music Déjà Vu – The Clearing At The Water’s Edge
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minuteI went on a short vacation last weekend to Vegas with Chantelle’s family. On our last day there
we went on a fantastic hike to Red Rock Canyon, which was about a 25-30 minute drive from the
strip. We decided to go on the Calico Tanks trail. Although it was only 2.5 miles, it was…
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Hike To Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas
