You could search videos before, but now you can actually play them. Anybody seen anything interesting here? Link via SEW.
NEED: A Car Stereo Parts Whiz
OK, here’s the deal. I got a good deal on a stereo for our minivan. The problem is that the stereo is missing the small little brackets that mount the stereo to our 1996 Caravan. On Pioneer’s site, I found the complete mounting kit for the car, but I don’t need the entire mounting kit, so I really don’t want to spend $30 (including shipping) for the parts direct from Pioneer.
Does anybody out there work for a stereo place and have a couple of these clips sitting around that they want to get rid of cheap? Or can you get the full mounting kit cheaper than direct from Pioneer? E-mail me using the form to the right or jake [at] this site’s domain if you can help me.
Simpsons Episodes For The Blind
It would suck being blind. It’s so much easier to enjoy The Simpsons if you can see and hear it instead of just hearing it described to you.
The History of the GUI
A great history lesson for all the geeks out there (yes, another old link — I’m still cleaning out my flagged links).
First-hand Post-Nagasaki Report
American George Weller was the first foreign reporter to enter Nagasaki following the U.S. atomic attack on the city on Aug. 9, 1945. Weller wrote a series of stories about what he saw in the city, but US Military refused to allow the material to be printed. Weller’s stories, written in September 1945, can be found here. Link via kottke.
Kitchen Myths
This is something I’ll have to send to some people I know, as I know they believe in many of these. Hell, even I’m a sucker, and have fallen for Arm & Hammer’s clever “It makes the fridge fresher” marketing ploys.
While we’re thinking about kitchen stuff, here’s a list of the various shelf lives of household products (food, toiletries, etc…).
Best SlashDot Comment Ever
I don’t read SlashDot as much as used to, but I have to admit that this comment (in reference to this story about nerds being better lovers) made me fall off my chair. Link via Waxy.
Texting Vs. Morse Code Redux
I mentioned before about how the morse coders beat the tar out of a person texting a message on her cell phone. Apparently there was a similar contest on Leno (OK, so I’m a little behind, give me a break) with one of the Morse code guys commenting here. Links via Waxy.
Why Being A Blogger Is Good
It could help find your murderer if you’re ever killed (here’s the entry it refers to). Yes, I know this is so last month, but I’m a bit behind on my RSS feeds, OK? Link via Waxy.
Women: Orgasms Turn Off Part Of Your Brain
Great — another excuse for women to fake it.
“At the moment of orgasm, women do not have any emotional feelings,? says Gert Holstege of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands….
As the women were stimulated, activity rose in one sensory part of the brain, called the primary somatosensory cortex, but fell in the amygdala and hippocampus, areas involved in alertness and anxiety. During orgasm, activity fell in many more areas of the brain, including the prefrontal cortex, compared with the resting state…
In one sense the findings appear to confirm what is already known, that women cannot enjoy sex unless they are relaxed and free from worries and distractions. “Fear and anxiety levels have to go down for orgasm. Everyone knows this but we can see it happening in the brain,” (Holstege) explains.
From an evolutionary point of view, it could be that the brain switches off the emotions during sex because at such times the chance to produce offspring becomes more important than the survival risk to the individual. Holstege points to the extraordinary behaviour seen in some animals during the breeding season, such as March hares, when the urge to mate seems to override the usual fear of predators.