These are my links for July 27th through July 29th:
- Weekend Project: Make a Pen Holder Out of Floppy Disks – Instead of throwing out those old floppy disks, grab a couple of zip ties and turn them into a roomy, DIY pen holder that pays homage to the old school method of data storage.
- Keith Barry does brain magic | Video on TED.com – First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies — in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.
- Tough Choices: How Making Decisions Tires Your Brain: Scientific American – Recently, a growing body of research has focused on a particular mental limitation, which has to do with our ability to use a mental trait known as executive function.
- J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement : Harvard Magazine – J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association.
- Turn Your Ubuntu Hardy to Mac OSX Leopard – Make Tech Easier – do i really want to do this. m-m-maybe.
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