Recent research findings of Professor Joe Forgas from University of New South Wales states that: "Positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external ...Read More
An entertaining and insightful interview with Annie Duke into the world of poker and the psyche of poker players. Source: Big Think. Read More
A lucid article by Sharon Begley explaining why torture is not an effective way of retrieving information with a conclusion where the facts speak louder. In what is probably a futile effort to avert a flood of pro-torture comments and e-mails, ...Read More
This ad appeared in Gumtree today, an Aussie version of Craigslist. It was the highlight of my day. Thank you, man from Kew. Address: Kew, VIC Date Listed: 04/08/2009 One wife to swap for peace and quiet. Not brand new. May need repairs to: ...Read More
The enveloping and violently red installation of Yayoi Kusama, Dots Obsession, immediately caught my eye to The Hayward Gallery's newly opened exhibition, Walking in My Mind: Adventure into the artist imagination. As the naming aptly conceived, this collection reflects the ...Read More
Look around you. Look around you. Just look around you. Have you worked out what we're looking for? Correct, the answer is friggin' genius! I am utterly broken again by Look Around You, a BBC spoof on educational programmes of ...Read More
"The memories are not like flashlights that get progressively weaker as the battery runs low," Luck said. "They are more like a laptop computer that continues working at the same speed until it suddenly shuts down." This could be important ...Read More
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Image: Cabel Maxfield Sasser Three new Mac ad ideas by Tom Batten. He has eloquently summarised the endless contention between Macs and PCs. Methinks that Tom has a Titanium, which are notorious for their fragile casing, video cable and LCD. 1. The effortlessly ...Read More