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Atomic Brain: December 2010
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010. A Race Without Arms. The restrooms at my office now have motion-sensing towel dispensers. I don't get it. Yes, we live in the 21st century, and technology is advancing at a faster rate all the time. But maybe that's a problem too. Our relationship with technology always seems to follow a certain pattern:. 1 We acquire it. 2 We study it just long enough to figure out how we can use it. 3 We immediately market products that are stupid and self-serving. Whether we're fighting for...
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Atomic Brain: July 2010
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Thursday, July 29, 2010. Thursdays on First was created by Rochester's planning committee as a way to make people come out of their offices each summer for one day a week, and into actual sunlight. As Midwesterners, we don't see a lot of sun, so we are more apt to miss the cues (ie, sunshine). I don't go often myself, but when I do, it's mostly to take in the smoky aromas of sizzling food, get some vitamin D, and practice my weaving skills. Monday, July 26, 2010. An observance of trees. Trees are full of...
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Atomic Brain: November 2010
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Thursday, November 25, 2010. Talent: The Eighth Deadly Sin. I was at work the other day and had a sudden moment of zen. My eyeballs stopped focusing and the work in front of me disappeared. I knew it wasn't blindness, because moments of clarity are kind of the opposite of that. Anyway, the thought I had was this:. To everyone else, our talents are excuses. And if he does care, he's probably wondering how he can exploit you. Then my vision returned and I saw a sentence that needed a comma. Because I have ...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011. Lavish beaver lodge found. Ike Clemens, a local river rat, discovered what appeared to be an exquisitely built beaver home in the middle of the Mississippi River Monday. Clemens declared to reporters that he "ain't never seen the like.". I's a-walkin' along yonder when all a-sudden [pause, dumb look], they's a house right there! He announced in a grammatical train wreck. T'other way for how you can explain to? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I like various things.
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Atomic Brain: A Race Without Arms
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010. A Race Without Arms. The restrooms at my office now have motion-sensing towel dispensers. I don't get it. Yes, we live in the 21st century, and technology is advancing at a faster rate all the time. But maybe that's a problem too. Our relationship with technology always seems to follow a certain pattern:. 1 We acquire it. 2 We study it just long enough to figure out how we can use it. 3 We immediately market products that are stupid and self-serving. Whether we're fighting for...
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Atomic Brain: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010. The other day, I went to the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. To pick up my wife and daughter from their trip to visit her sister's family in Germany. This should not be news, but it's a big deal. I'm not even talking about their trip to Germany. I'm talking about my trip to the airport to pick them up. From their trip to Germany. So it's a big deal. Arrow-studded signs unwrapped from every corner, all at once, from walls, ceilings, and lit-up displays, labeling hallways that branc...
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Atomic Brain: The Headland Observer
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Friday, October 19, 2012. Credit for original photo: Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool. Man Loses Patience, Moves to Edge of Space. Phil Johnson, fed up with his neighbor’s leaf blower, moved into a floating capsule at the edge of space Tuesday. The pod, which floats 24 miles above the Earth’s surface, has made a dramatic difference in silencing the droning whine of the leaf blower. But Johnson says the pod’s interior soundproofing “is what really quiets things down.”. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Atomic Brain: November 2011
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Monday, November 07, 2011. C-3PO, the copper-plated droid who played R2D2's fretful sidekick in the popular Star Wars. Series, was sentenced yesterday to 1 year in jail after being found guilty of stalking. The ruling comes after Mr. 3PO failed to comply with a restraining order for harassing George Lucas, whom he blames for emotional damages suffered during the filming of the first three Star Wars. The droid's problems began during the first shoot, when a panic attack caused him to throw up his arms and...
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Atomic Brain: Walking Speed Has Opposite Influence on Social Standing, Study Finds
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011. Walking Speed Has Opposite Influence on Social Standing, Study Finds. Scientists have put to rest the myth that if you walk faster or louder, you will seem more important. In fact, you may illicit the opposite response and be seen as a complete lack-wit who has no control over his own life. In a recent study on the effects of nonverbal cues among office workers, participants were asked to rate the importance of a person only by the sound of their footsteps. I think further s...
