February 2012
10 Brain-Based Learning Laws That Trump... →
world-shaker:
These two were my favorites, because they’ve had the biggest impact on my style of presenting.
4. White space trumps information dumps.
Many presenters try to cram as much information and data into their presentation as the time permits. We’ve assumed that content covered means content learned. We’ve also assumed that if we cover more content, the listener learns more.
Wrong!...
Confirmed: Maya Rudolph To Host 'SNL' February 18... →
popculturebrain:
NBC has announced that Maya Rudolph will host “Saturday Night Live” on February 18, 2012. Supporting her as a musical act will be the Brooklyn based band Sleigh Bells.
Turns out that Twittering fanboy was right.
The Blog..: First ‘Heartless’ Man: You don't... →
ziyadmd:
Two doctors Billy Cohn and Bud Frazier from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man’s heart with a device — proving that it is possible for your body to be kept alive without a heart, or a pulse. In the short film ‘Heart Stop Beating’ by Jeremiah Zagar of Focus…
Can you guess how many bubbles are in a regular...
49,000,000
“Moore’s three-dimensional law is a remarkable “epiphenomenon” … a statistical...”
– Doug Hofstadter, Moore’s Law, Artificial Evolution, and the Fate of Humanity
grâce à Virgil
(via isomorphismes)
Passive Agression Toward the Self →
psychotherapy:
via Psychology Today:
Are you—unawares—a mental and emotional masochist?
In self-sabotage you “act out” internal conflicts by first moving toward a goal—then retreating from it. “I can do it” is offset by “I can’t do it.” “I want it” is overridden by “No, I don’t want it.” “I deserve it” countermanded by “I don’t deserve it.” The net result of such an ambivalent—or...
