There's a fair amount of interesting research in the areas of exploring brain function, and just recently there's been a bit on implants that may be able to help with certain psychological disorders. These devices stimulate parts of the brain, to correct for problems in brain chemistry. So far, based on the article, they've tested it with Obsessive ( Read more... )

According people from the University of Alberta, that net addiction of yours is just fine, lol ( Read more... )

Stereolab @ Vic Theater in Chicago - April 7
AND
Squarepusher @ Metro in Chicago - April 9

And that concludes this random posting. Anyone else going to either?!

The ad for the iTMS Apple/Pepsi promotion that’s going to air during the Super Bowl has been released, here. I must say that I’m not impressed. It plays off of the recent lawsuits that the RIAA has been filing against everyone and their grandmother (quite literally actually). As much as such a stick-it-to-’em sort of ad like this should have some ( Read more... )

The Spirit lander isn’t completely dead and they’re working with it to get it operational again. NASA is currently citing “file managment” problems. Also, Opportunity has landed in a crater and is sending back loads of images. See here for the PR regarding Opportunity: Read more... )

NASA's Spirit rover appears to have experienced some sort of malfunction. Doesn't look good, but they're still hoping to reestablish contact on Friday ( Read more... )

warp
records
digital
downloads
store
open
wow!

http://www.warprecords.com/bleep/

i will be far beyond broke by the end of the day...

... well, at least by the standards of January in Washington, DC. I made my way down to the C&O canal today, and as usual snapped a few images while traveling the tow path and the trails that occasionally branch off from it ( Read more... )

Cult of the Mac religious event in streaming form:

http://stream.apple.akadns.net/

edit: oops, link fix..

The Spirit rover has landed on Mars and deployed properly!

Flash presentation with more content: here

Major score here for NASA!