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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

QT: The Translation of Significance

October 13, 2009

I was just letting my dogs out and I was amused at how the “go outside” ritual has evolved. Back when boydog was a puppy we decided that plushy toys stay inside.  Every time he trotted to the door with one, when he got there we would tell him “out” and he would spit out [...]

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Theme Fiddling

October 13, 2009

Slowly I’m updating this blog and getting all the old links and plug-ins back in line. I love the old theme I had but it didn’t have variable column widths and it broke just about every widget/plugin I put into the sidebar (or at least resulted in really messy formatting.) I’ve found a colorful variable [...]

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A Little Bit of Mind Share

October 13, 2009

Today I happened upon a few things relating to the mind, and how it analyzes data. The first is a TED talk by Beau Lotto on Optical Illusions and how they show what we see: It was fascinating to see how our eyes, or rather our mind, reinterprets color based on the context in which [...]

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