Bill Gates has been metaphorically kicking tech-enthusiasts in the balls for decades. Now it looks like he’s taking it to the next level — offering everybody a kick in the ‘nads, and in a much more physical way.
Archive of entries posted on May 2010
“New evidence caffeine may slow Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, restore cognitive function”
Maybe giving up Mountain Dew wasn’t such a good idea after all… (Via Lifehacker)
The MMR Vaccine and Autism
I never knew how the vaccination/autism link first started. It seemed to be ridiculous: a plausible idea that was tested and found lacking, but that a few very loud voices insisted on believing anyway. So I was interested to hear about The Facts in the Case of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a short comic-strip-panel-style treatise which [...]
“‘Goodness, evilness makes you powerful’ – like the Force”
When George Lucas came up with The Force, he was just looking for a plot device for a story. But I’ve often thought that he’d tapped into an idea whose power even he didn’t realize. Now there’s some evidence for that theory.
“Meet Darius, the world’s biggest rabbit”
The old joke goes: “lucky rabbit’s foot? It wasn’t so lucky for the rabbit!” But it looks like having four of them is lucky for at least one. But the owner… $16,000 in plastic surgery, just to look like a character from a one-off eighties movie? I guess she thinks it’s worth it… (Hm, maybe [...]
“iPad can double as skateboard”
I have little interest in skateboards, and never learned to ride one, but that headline certainly grabbed my attention when I saw it. And apparently it’s true too.
“Leaders Make Better Liars”
That explains a lot about politics.
“Cybercrooks befuddled by Icelandic volcano name”
Malware authors are always trying to trick you into opening their craptastic payloads, often using the latest news headlines. But it seems that they didn’t care for the volcano story a few weeks ago: Eyjafjallajökull, despite being arguably the biggest news story of the year so far, is simply too difficult to spell for most [...]
“$3 hand-powered suction device quickly heals wounds”
Thus proving that it’s a good thing that life sucks. (Seriously, I can’t wrap my head around the idea that suction like this could help wounds heal faster. I don’t know of any mechanism that could possibly explain it. And as Isaac Asimov is quoted as saying, “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, [...]
“Hone Your Eye for Fake Online Reviews”
It’s always a good idea to be on the lookout for fraud, of any kind. Where there’s money to be had, there’s incentive to make your product look a lot better than it really is, or to try to cover up flaws. When I look online for a product, I generally look for bad reviews, [...]