People claim that there are two schools of thought when it comes to the delivery of painful stimuli, which is most often illustrated by the removal of bandage from a wound. One group contends that it is best to rip it off quickly, which causes a greater amount of distress but is spread out over [...]
I’m not one who believes in doppelgängers. The idea that there is another person just like me somewhere else in the universe is absurd at many levels. From a scientific perspective, the amount of genetic diversity in the human population makes it nearly impossible that someone would share enough of my genetic information to be [...]
There were many interesting things happening a year ago today, A fellow named George Bush, who was apparently president of the United States, was urging unity for his party so that they might prevail in the upcoming November elections. How did that work out? The television writers’ striker was nearing an end, and we’re all [...]
I read in the Globe today of the latest craze sweeping across the interweb. This is something apparently started on Facebook, which is called “25 Random Things About Me.”
Proponents contend that such life-lists are an efficient way to bring long-lost high school or college friends up to speed, and to take existing friendships to [...]
The network is abuzz with the new, currently free, program created by Microsoft Research called Songsmith. According the website, this software
generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, [...]
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