it's "see tee" not "cat"

urrs

Imagine that you stretch a pillowcase tightly across the opening of a
bucket, and different people throw ping-pong balls at it from different
distances. They can each throw as many balls as they like, and as often
as they like. Your job is to figure out, just by looking at how the
pillowcase moves up and down, how many people there are, who they are
and whether they are walking towards you, away from you or standing
still.







This is essentially the problem your auditory system has to
contend with when it uses the eardrum as the gateway to hearing.




MAN HOW AWESOME IS THAT? it's just neat to think about how good our ears are at stuff.


Music special: The illusion of music - 23 February 2008 - New Scientist

ugh

Blue Planet: an undersea lake

i know, i know, it was just on digg, and i'm just recycling the story... BUT, i had told some people about this before, and now i have a video to show it to them.

really cool.

look at this happy little tree

singin with the devil

OH MY GOD. van Halen's "Runnin' With The Devil." Acapella. Original lead vocals recording from the studio. It is SO, SO horrendous. There's a "WOOH!" about halfway through that is priceless, and the last 20 seconds or so is just mindblowing in its awfulness.

mash SF soundtrack excerpts

SeeqPod - Playable Search

dammit

my mac power cable just crapped out. and the battery on the damn thing is shot. SO, the thing is basically useless, until i buy a new charger.

propose THAT!

i just wrote my first research proposal. i wanna punch a robot in the face and have him blow up, TMNT style, in celebration. will get it submitted this week. Then have another proposal to write up, I guess to see if i can get 2x as much money this summer? i don't even know if that's possible, but lord i hope so.

another mystery diagnosis

got another one right. this one seemed easy. diabetes insipidus.