Mirror Self-Recognition In Birds (1)
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It seems that more and more animals have the ability to recognize themselves in mirrors, which is generally considered an indication of self awareness of a high level. Recently, a study with magpies -- a member of the Corvidae family of birds, which includes jays, crows, and ravens -- revealed that corvids share this ability with primates, dolphins, and elephants: [from The Magpie in the Mirror -- Morell 2008 (819): 1 -- ScienceNOW by Virginia ...
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I have been spending a lot of time becoming withdrawn from the world, lately. Many random and scattered thoughts, wishes, and dreams have been dominating my psyche as of late. For instance, I just repeated the same sentence twice but in different words. I thought that one of my goals was to learn the efficiency [...]
The Windows Mobile Ecosystem (1)
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You've probably read a lot recently about the "iPhone ecosystem" and the "Windows Mobile ecosystem". So what does it all mean? Reed and Steve of Microsoft have written an interesting blog post about the Windows Mobile ecosystem. It's geared more toward developers, but I'm going to copy the gist of it here. When you see an announcement like “Windows Mobile 6 was released today” and wonder why it takes 3-6 months before you see a ...
unchanged minds (1)
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One of the things I most struggle with as a pastor is the fact that the human mind is not only reluctant to be renewed but resistant. I not only deal with this in the lives of the people I pastor, but with my own mind too. The mind does not want to change. It wants to remain comfortable, secure and immune. I believe this is the natural bedrock of the human being. Psychologically, spiritually, ...
Technical Debt and Technical Credit (1)
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The Martin Fowler entry titled Technical Debt has probably been the single most profound article I've read about software design in the last five years. It honestly describes why quick and dirty is a necessary evil and why shops need to build in development cycles to essentially "fix" working software. The idea of "paying down" technical debt is completely lost on non-programmers because they can't see the result directly. Instead what they see is the ...
Apple's RDF vs. The Real World (1)
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One of the things Apple is most famous for is their Reality Distortion Field or RDF. The video below is another perfect example of how they achieve this. The video shows the Apple "Unslow" commercial showing how fast everything on the iPhone 3G is, side-by-side with a real-life video of a user performing same tasks that were performed in the commercial. As you can see, the real world is nowhere near as fast as Apple's ...
a few confessions of a pastor (3)
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I’m sorry that I expect people to think the same way I do and agree with everything I say. I’m sorry that I want everybody to be the kind of people I like and would enjoy hanging out with. I’m sorry that I desire others to keep the same principles that I do. I’m sorry that I want everyone to like what I like and hate what I hate. I’m sorry that I think I ...
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we say a prayer of confession every Sunday, but to be honest personally I've never thought about what confessions I might need to make as a pastor. Here's a good start.
Weekend Fun: One Man Recreates Stonehenge (No Technology Used!) (1)
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As you might have thought, “How the heck did they create Stonehenge without any technology?” Well, here’s a brilliant man who figured out how to do it using only ropes and wood (and by himself!). Check this out! Thanks to the Sell, Sell, Sell blog for originally posting this.
Selective Apathy Frees You to Care More - Stepcase Lifehack (3)
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Photo courtesy of Libby What do you think of this phrase: “The Joy of Apathy”? It sounds like such a clashing contradiction: how can joy, which is associated with happiness and passion, be found in the opposite stoicism of apathy? While joy and apathy certainly aren’t the same, they often work together and are complementary, as we’ll see. Every one of us has a capacity to care and be happy. That’s good, and is a ...
The Loveliest Stroke Story (1)
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Every morning I wake up, and I still feel like me. My conscious experience feels stable, natural, consistent, and singular (me). However, as Jill Bolte Taylor, our speaker and brain scientist describes, the two halves of our brains have distinctly separate experiences. They function very differently from one another and care about different things entirely. Having a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain and having left-brain functions individually shut down gave to ...
Universal Adapter (1)
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วันนี้ขณะยืนดูโฆษณาแสนน่ารำคาญอยู่บนรถไฟฟ้า ก็เห็นโฆษณาชิ้นหนึ่งของการไฟฟ้านครหลวง ในฉากเป็นผู้หญิงที่กำลังใช้งานโน้ตบุคอยู่ในสวนสาธารณะ แล้วแบตเตอรี่หมด ก็เลยหยิบสายอะแดปเตอร์มาเสียบเพื่อใช้โน้ตบุคต่อ เนื่องจากวันนี้เป็นวันที่สองที่เห็นโฆษณานี้ ก็เลยตั้งใจให้ชัดๆ ได้ความว่า ผู้หญิงคนนั้นใช้วินโดวส์ วิสต้า เครื่องโน้ตบุคที่ใช้ ไม่มีไฟแอปเปิลอยู่ด้านหลัง ด้านหลังก็ไม่มีบอกยี่ห้อของเครื่องที่ใช้ แต่สายที่หยิบขึ้นมา เป็นของแอปเปิล จากข้อมูลดังกล่าวจึงสันนิษฐานได้ว่า สายของแอปเปิล เป็น Universal Adapter ด้วยประการฉะนี้แล
THOUGHT: The HTML Standard definitely needs a GPS:// Tag (1)
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The time where GPS was used by inbuilt car navigation and some outdoor sporties only is long time gone, today every high-end smartphone includes a GPS receiver, slowly moving into mid-range mobile phones as well. And many smartphones either come with a navigation software preloaded or, if nothing is available, in most cases a version of Google Maps Mobile is available. Nevertheless, all the GPS use is pretty much a one-way communication where a mobile ...
Exclusive: [Posted!] An Interview with the Creator of Pocket Informant (1)
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For eight years, WebIS Inc. has brought us Pocket Informant, the widely-renown mobile app that replaces the lackluster contacts, calendar, and tasks apps that come on each Windows Mobile device. The winner of countless awards from many organizations, the PIM-replacement has been the best selling program of its kind on the Windows Mobile platform. The company, led by CEO Alex Kac, is adapting to a changing software landscape where there is more competition, both between ...
iPhone GPS Affected by 3G Connection (1)
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According to iPhone Atlas, some users were getting strange and inaccurate GPS readings when on the 3G network with their iPhones (being in Oregon and being shown in Texas on the Maps application). However, the site also states that some users have noticed that turning off the 3G data connection and reverting back to EDGE helps to resolve the problem by showing the accurate GPS positioning. It seems that 3G is the root of other ...
just a man (2)
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I like being treated as a normal human being. Yesterday a member of our community, someone I consider a friend, just dropped by my study with a cup of coffee, plopped in one of my chairs and just chatted away with me as if I was a normal human being. A friend. That person has no idea how much that meant to me. This person wasn’t looking for anything, didn’t think I had some special ...
Say It Ain't So--Did HTC Lie to Us? (2)
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When the HTC Touch Diamond was announced, many websites had reported that due to the small size of the device, HTC had said that the were not able to cram in quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA. However, a discovery over at WM Power User shows that the community over at XDA-Developers have released a cooked ROM that unleashed quad-band GSM by unblocking the 850 radio so that the device may be fully used on AT&T ...
Next Model of Dell E UMPC Planned Even Before First Model is Released (2)
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Dell is entering the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) market with a bang with its first release, the Dell E series, coming in at $300 for the basic version. Rumors have it that the Dell E will be powered by the Intel Atom processor at 1.6 GHz. It will be 2.2 pounds with an 8.9-inch display. There will be an E Video and E Video Plus model that adds more RAM for videos and games. The E ...
Mobile Health: CrackBerry Symptoms More Widespread Through Body (1)
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What once was an ergonomic problems for the hands, wrists, and fingers in responding to emails, messages, and texts while on the go is now more widespread throughout the body. The term "crackberry" was coined to show the addictive nature of messaging devices like the BlackBerry and to a later point the Treo. Problems arose included finger fatigue from being a "crackberry addict." Now, according to the site CrackBerry, the problems of replying to email ...
I See Dead Trees Walking (1)
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The other day a friend of mine who is a member of our community was feeling overwhelmed by the incredible weakness and immorality that is displayed in the church… the whole church in general and ours in particular. He came to the rather alarming conclusion that there’s no evident difference between believers and non-believers, Christians and non-Christians. We’re all the same. Believers and church-goers are no more holy, righteous or good than anyone else, but ...
