I finally got my RSS feeds working again. Found several interesting items: NASA Moves Quickly to Advance Commercial Space Operations. Before you try to book a ticket on Travelocity it could be years before space flight will be available for civilians. Ever wonder what happens to old CRT television or monitor that have been discarded … Continue reading Random Things
News You Might Have Missed
Baghdad: The Next Hot Tourist Destination While I wouldn't select Baghdad as the destination for my next vacation that is the image Iraqi officials envision for their capital city. Some Iraqi officials are planning an extreme make-over. Officials are examining plans to promote Baghdad as a place of leisure. Among the proposed ideas to promote … Continue reading News You Might Have Missed
Language Development: Infant Response to Words
In a recent study by Anne Fulkerson and Sandra Waxman compared the response of infants to words verses other sounds or tones. The study included 128 infants, half were six months and the other half twelve months. The infants were shown a set of 8 slides of either fish or dinosaurs. All slides where the … Continue reading Language Development: Infant Response to Words
Randomness
Quotes: "This is like deja vu all over again." -- Yogi Berra "The computer is a moron." -- Peter Drucker "To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent." -- Robert Copeland All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a … Continue reading Randomness
Dogs Just Want to Have Fun
Researchers in the Department of Ethology at Hungary's Eotvos Lorand University have found that dogs love to play. A dog's drive to play and please overrides other instincts. Researchers found that dogs who where socialized didn't even seem to care with whom they played. All of the dogs in study were pets and were used … Continue reading Dogs Just Want to Have Fun
Adventures of a Wandering Mind
Why do we pay tolls on the freeway? According to a study funded by the floral industry flowers really do make you happy. In the study women were divided into three groups one group received flowers and the other two gift baskets. Those that received flowers smiled more than those who received gift baskets. Yep, … Continue reading Adventures of a Wandering Mind
Deceptive Feet
Dave Munger over at Cognitive Daily reviewed the results from the 2000 study by Marla Bigel and Colin Ellard about if the eyes or feet were more deceptive when judging distances. Most people are able to see something and judge the distances fairly well. (Ok, obviously I wasn't in the test group.) Also, most people … Continue reading Deceptive Feet
The Dee Zone 