Wednesday, December 08, 2004
O'Reilly has just released its latest book in the Hacks series: Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using your Brain in the World. I haven't see it yet, but there are several cool sample hacks at the OR website, including: Hack 11: Why People Don't Work Like Elevator Buttons, Map Your Blind Spot, Glimpse the Gaps in Your Vision, Create Illusionary Depth with Sunglasses, Neural Noise Isn't a Bug; It's a Feature, Improve Visual Attention Through Video Games, Why Can't You Tickle Yourself?, and Make the Caffeine Habit Taste Good. Link
UPDATE: Anne Galloway sez: "Saw your post on Mind Hacks and thought I'd point to the accompanying weblog - in case you hadn't seen it." Link
- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 10:26:14 PM -
The Plain English Campaign presents its annual awards.
Each year, we present awards for clear -- and baffling -- use of English. The 2004 awards will take place on Monday 6 December (Plain English Day).
Donald Rumsfeld was a winner last year, with this statement:
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know."
- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:54:14 PM -
It's more than you could ever read. Great site.
- Posted by Richard Chlopan - 9:52:44 PM -
