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VOR
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No comments on VORAre you short or long-sighted? Go and lower your glasses so that your visual field is split in half horizontally (in other words, perch your glasses further down on your nose). Now move your head from left to right, and look through your glasses. Then do the opposite, and look above your glasses. You should…
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On Top Of The World
Forget about the Nobel Prizes and throw that article about the Space Shuttle into the bin, because at the time of writing, First Words is the top story on Discovery.com’s news homepage! The competition just broke through the 1000 entry barrier an hour ago, as well. I should probably say something about starting my new…
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Interviews
The interview with the Discovery Channel correspondent went very well; we had a good chat about the competition and related things, and it was nice talking to a journalist who had a clue about space. Hopefully an article should be up on their website sometime tomorrow, and the journalist promised to drop a note to…
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More First Words
I was a little disappointed at the response last week when I launched First Words – it didn’t seem that many people were visiting. If that wasn’t enough, my Slashdot article was turned down (grumble) and that didn’t help my mood. But slowly and surely, the might of the bloggers and the strength of the…
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Baby Signing
A thought-provoking article on baby signing: babies, if taught properly, can sign when they are only six months old. This expands their range of communication beyond crying, which I can imagine helps parents a fair bit. Apparently learning signing doesn’t delay the onset of speech, either.
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Green Card
In an instant message conversation today… [insert moaning about low acceptance rates for international students in the US] Alex: grr.. how does one become a US citizen? Adrian: Easiest way: marry a US girl Adrian: Just like Gerard Depardieu did Alex: can I keep my european nationality? Adrian: Course not Alex: hmm .. not worth…
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Eyes for you
This optical illusion has been making the rounds on the Internet recently, and most people are astonished to find that the A and B squares are the same shade, to the extent that they consult Photoshop to confirm that A is not darker than B. The explanation for this is simple – the eye is…
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Pushing
Okay, I know that I’m a bit harsh on Push, Nevada, but it seems that I’m nothing compared to some, as shown by this (unfortunately) fake press release entitled ABC Cancels Entire Schedule. An excerpt: “Push, Nevada,” a high-concept mystery series produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Sean Bailey and sponsored by the IRS,…
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Push
Push, Nevada, the game with the million dollar prize, is on its last legs.
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First Words launch
The First Words competition (where we’re asking people what they think will be the first words on Mars) is about to launch ‘officially’ in under an hour. It’s the product of a lot of thought and work, and it’s nice to see that it’s all pretty much finally done. All the essential functionality is there…
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