What a slow news week-end. I probably would just keep this link to myself if it weren’t for the near total dearth of other link-worthy news.
[tags]DIY, Chewing Gum, gum[/tags]
Author: RagManX
Kids learn about healthy eating, refuse to sell candy
Who says kids can’t be taught? Some kids were taught about healthy eating, and then asked to sell candy and chips for a fund-raiser. Apparently, the kids thought that wouldn’t be right.
The North Side Elementary students said selling the chocolate bars and potato chips went against what they were taught in school about healthy eating. They were raising money for a field trip to Washington D.C.
[tags]Health yeating, Education[/tags]
Do not fly while warding off evil
Hint: The article is about a Haitian traveller. What stereotype can you come up with that might explain the above title?
Airport baggage screeners found a human head with teeth, hair and skin in the luggage of a woman who said she intended to ward off evil spirits with it, authorities said Friday.
[tags]Voodoo, Ward off evil, Travel[/tags]
Yet again, gaming is shown to be good for you.
My wife never believes me when I tell her this, but gaming can be good for you. On average, it seems that gamers can tune out distractions better than non-gamers.
Before you assume gadgets and video games fry the minds of the future, consider this: Canadian researchers are finding evidence that the high-speed, multitasking of the young and wireless can help protect their brains from aging.
A body of research suggests that playing video games provides benefits similar to bilingualism in exercising the mind. Just as people fluent in two languages learn to suppress one language while speaking the other, so too are gamers adept at shutting out distractions to swiftly switch attention between different tasks.
[tags]Gaming, Games[/tags]
Over the top reaction to auto dealer fraud?
Even if this man’s story is true, I still think he reacted just a bit too harshly.
Police say Georgettis believes he was scammed. “When he talks with the investigators, he told then that he was told one price for the vehicle, but when he got home and looked at the paperwork, it was something else,†said Miami-Dade detective Robert Williams. “it was considerably more.â€Â
Witnesses watched Georgettis drive the SUV into the building and start the fire. Denise Cruz was in line at the body shop, and was standing near Georgettis when he lit the match. “And the next thing you heard was BOOM, and you saw flames all over the place,†said Cruz. “And I said to him, and I said sir, why would you want to do that?â€Â
[tags]Consumer dissatisfaction, auto dealer fraud, anger management[/tags]
joystiqreadersaremorons.com
Just read the original. If that’s too much work, just hit the end site.
[tags]Jack Thompson, joystiq, gaming morons[/tags]
Clean your PC
A task we all need to undertake from time to time. Lifehacker has an illustrated guide to cleaning the innards of your computer.
[tags]Clean, cleaning[/tags]
Medical tips learned from ER patients
How can you even argue with these? Read and learn how to live a better life. Some of the more important ones are:
- If you’re on the street corner selling coke and you see the cops coming to bust you don’t eat all your coke.
- Never, ever leave flashlights, shampoo bottles, beer bottles or any long, circular object on the floor because someday you will fall on it and it will somehow, work its way up your rectum.
- No matter how annoyed you are at being incarcerated dont slash open your scrotum and shove razor blades up your urethra.
[tags]Medical advice, How to live[/tags]
Difference engine – made from LEGOs!
Wow. I can’t imagine the effort taken to build this. Includes details on how the difference engine works.
[tags]Difference engine[/tags]
Geek glasses
This site can dress these up in whatever names desired. It doesn’t change the fact that people know exactly what you mean when you call them geek glasses. And for the record, one of the many things that makes Lisa Loeb so sexy is those geeky glasses she wears.
[tags]Geeky glasses, glasses, Lisa Loeb[/tags]
Rubik’s table
In case you haven’t figured out the great level of geekiness I’ve attained, here’s another in my “Stuff I want” category. A Rubik’s cube shaped table.
[tags]Furniture, Rubik’s Cube[/tags]
Edutainment software not so Edu- after all?
Well, according to this preliminary study in Great Britain.
However, research published in the journal Education 3 to 13 has found that pupils who use interactive programs cannot remember stories they have just read because they are distracted by cartoons and sound effects.
[tags]Edutainment, Computer learning[/tags]