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Hi, I am Ana and is my digital scrapbook.
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Nov 25
“Intel’s Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020. The scientists anticipate that consumers will adapt quickly to the idea, and indeed crave the freedom of not requiring a keyboard, mouse, or remote control for surfing the Web or changing channels. They also predict that people will tire of multi-touch devices such as our precious iPhones, Android smart phones and even Microsoft’s wacky Surface Table.” Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers’ Heads by 2020 | Popular Science
Posted at 2:21pm

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“the group’s massively parallel cortical simulator, C2, now has the ability to simulate a brain with about 4.5 percent the cerebral cortex capacity of a human brain, and significantly more brain capacity than a cat.” IBM makes supercomputer significantly smarter than cat
Posted at 12:00am

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Nov 24
“I’d be shocked if no life existed on Europa,” said Shank, of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who was not involved in the new study.” Could Jupiter Moon Harbor Fish-Size Life?
Posted at 11:21pm

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Nov 12
“The human cuteness detector is set at such a low bar, researchers said, that it sweeps in and deems cute practically anything remotely resembling a human baby or a part thereof, and so ends up including the young of virtually every mammalian species, fuzzy-headed birds like Japanese cranes, woolly bear caterpillars, a bobbing balloon, a big round rock stacked on a smaller rock, a colon, a hyphen and a close parenthesis typed in succession.” The Cute Factor - New York Times
Posted at 9:55pm

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Nov 11
“These are all legitimate questions which their engineers tend not to be sensitive about, because, again, they can’t quantify it, and it takes kind of an emotional intelligence that they lack — to feel, anticipate, have empathy to understand what the other guy or the government might worry about.” Comparing Microsoft’s ruthless execs to Google’s cold engineers
Posted at 12:57pm

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Nov 10
“Today, we’re happy to introduce both Google Location History and Google Location Alerts (beta) to let you do even more with Latitude.” Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Latitude, now with Location History & Alerts
Posted at 5:13pm

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Nov 9
“The word choice of “jumper” or “sweater” (or indeed other options such as “pullover” and “jersey”) is largely determined by the regional version of English being spoken.[1] In the case of Ireland and Britain, “jumper” is the standard word with “sweater” mainly found in tourist shops. The word used in Irish is geansaí, a gaelicization of guernsey which has been re-Anglicised to gansey in Hiberno-English.” Aran sweater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Posted at 1:59pm

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Nov 8
“I have discovered over the years that for some insane reason (Rant 7b) people seem to think that you are smarter and more reasonable if you have controlled breasts.  I have tried to explain that I don’t think with my breasts, and that whether or not they are controlled has nothing to do with whether or not I have sound judgment or good ideas, but really, all that does is make me the crazy braless mother instead of just the braless one. For today, I should like very much to be taken seriously, and so I decided to put on a bra so that everyone can see that I am a proper mother.” Yarn Harlot: Underprepared, again
Posted at 1:56pm

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“WTF are you doing with a website?
The new generation of beggars!! Welcome to the 21st century. ;-)” Lazy Beggars - FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Posted at 1:43pm

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Nov 3
“Professor Forgas said: “Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world.”
The study also found that sad people were better at stating their case through written arguments, which Forgas said showed that a “mildly negative mood may actually promote a more concrete, accommodative and ultimately more successful communication style”.” BBC NEWS | Health | Feeling grumpy ‘is good for you’
Posted at 9:40am

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