Random Thoughts

Some Observations On Book Learning First you learn the rules of words, But next you unlearn all that guff, And wierd your words into absurds, It's much more fun than grammar stuff. Baby's First Wierd-Book. The First Stage of Learning: How baby ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 20 2010 - 6:46am

Americans Turn To Foreign Media For War News

Many Americans go to foreign news sources for coverage of the war in Iraq and Palestinian-Israeli conflict because western media outlets censor gruesome war-time images, according to a study in Media, War and Conflict. Researchers conducted two online surv ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2010 - 5:16pm

The Say of the Week

" Every great man nowadays has his disciples, but it is always Judas who writes the biography." Oscar Wilde ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 20 2010 - 10:07am

Couch Potatoes Only Lazy If They're Fat – Study

Research conducted at the University of Alberta confirms that fat people are often labeled lazy simply because of their size. The new study found that when a thin person was seen laying down watching television, people assumed they were resting. But when a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2010 - 2:53pm

How Do People Use Facebook?

Most of the 350 million facebook users around the world spend more time searching for specific content than aimlessly browsing news feeds or friends lists, according to research conducted at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Researchers have ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 23 2010 - 11:45am

Mirrors in barbershops

Recently, I observed that the mirrors in most barbershops (in India) are placed at a large distance away from the customers (at least three feet). Barbers usually ask myopic customers to remove their glasses during the haircut. This creates a problem beca ...

Blog Post - Yashraj Chavhan - Apr 25 2010 - 1:51am

Hell

This made me laugh, albeit in mirthless recognition of how many human follies this could be applied to. From the inimitable xkcd. I don't know why, but it reminded me of politics in Thailand. Today I had a choice of entertainment; 5 minutes walk to th ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Apr 25 2010 - 12:53pm

Celebrities Unlikely To Sway Young Voters

If you find politically vocal celebrities annoying, you may be able to take comfort in new research which suggests that movie stars are unlikely to influence the outcome of political elections. Two new studies from North Carolina State University show tha ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2010 - 10:40am

Autism: Life on the spectrum

In my family it seems that we all have some degree of Autism. I personally am convinced that Autism is genetically linked, and varies in intensity. From the hardly effected at all high functioning person with Aspergers syndrome, to those who will need ca ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 27 2010 - 9:43am

Bango Is The Michael Jordan of NBA Mascots

Okay, this is just insane but Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks' mascot, pulled off this ridiculous feat Monday night at the Bradley Center, climbing to the top of a 16-foot ladder and then doing a backflip(!) slam dunk of a basketball. I refuse to even clim ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 27 2010 - 3:25pm