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15 ways to hack your brain for a better life

paulus — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:39:04 +0000

From digg :

If you’re looking to improve mental cognition, increase your memory, and enhance your alertness, here are 15 easy ways to give your brain a six pack.

15 Ways to Hack Your Brain For A Better Life

Scientist closer to invisibility cloak

paulus — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:07:01 +0000

Now if this one is mass-produced, Harry Potter will need a rewrite. There’s no longer magic in the invisibility cloak

Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and object invisible. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects

Full story here

wordpress 2.6 upgrade

paulus — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:04:46 +0000

after being ignored for a while, i think it’s about time we start blogging again :).

first thing first, i’m still using the old 1.5 WP (geez, it’s like ancient now), so the first step is to upgrade WP to 2.6. Not a painful task, since it’s pretty straightforward. The only drawback is that I manage my own WP installation instead of using Fantastico provided by the web-hosting (don’t ask why, i feel like i’m wasting my money), but hey, WP is easy to upgrade.

Took about 10 minutes, and now we’re running 2.6. And they have widgets !!!