Do your balls hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro? Hilarious follow-up to the Secrets of the Phallus, explaining all that’s hangin’…
From Scientific American, November 19, 2009:
Why do human testicles hang like that?
Video games can make you a better person
The social games, that is. I’d love to see those made compulsory in school…
From The Economist print edition:
The behavioural effects of video games
Good game?
May 28th 2009
Playing video games can make you a better person
Secrets of the Phallus: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?
Funniest scientific article I’ve ever read…. from Scientific American:
Bering in Mind - April 27, 2009
Secrets of the Phallus: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?
Evolutionary psychologists decipher the “Rosetta stone” of human sexuality
By Jesse Bering
Motivation to See What You Want to See
Underlines the importance of communicating clearly, without the use of satire. From The International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 14, No. 2, 212-231 (2009)
The Irony of Satire
Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report
This study investigated biased message processing of political satire in The Colbert Report and the influence of political ideology on perceptions of Stephen Colbert. Results indicate that political ideology influences biased processing of ambiguous political messages and source in late-night comedy. Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert’s political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism. Finally, a post hoc analysis revealed that perceptions of Colbert’s political opinions fully mediated the relationship between political ideology and individual-level opinion.
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Listen to music while you work
It is supposed to improve your productivity:
Music Calms the Savage Beast, Makes the Heart Grow Fonder and Increases Worker Productivity
Create a talking photo!
Check it out, cool software allows you to take a photo and make it “talk”! The company is http://www.pqdvd.com/, but use the links below to see a demo and for more details.
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Although it started out as a means of practising expressing myself, this blog is turning out to be more of a compendium of interesting information I come across. One of these days I’ll have to actually write something as opposed to cut and paste. 
