Topic: logisch - on June 3, 2009 at 11:44:00 AM CEST
Now you see it: Best visual illusions of 2009
Every visual illusion - from the way that simple lines drawn on paper seem to form a cube, to the logic-defying labyrinths of M. C. Escher - works exactly the same way: they expose discrepancies between physical reality and our perception of that reality.
That makes visual illusions appealing objects of study for neuroscientists: they offer clues to how our brains handle the information we receive about the outside world, in particular how we process visual images.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on June 3, 2009 at 11:42:00 AM CEST
Reboot Your Brain? Science Says It's Possible -A Galaxy Insight
Contrary to popular belief, recent studies have found that there are probably ways to regenerate brain matter.
Animal studies conducted at the National Institute on Aging Gerontology Research Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for example, have shown that both calorie restriction and intermittent fasting along with vitamin and mineral intake, increase resistance to disease, extend lifespan, and stimulate production of neurons from stem cells.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 3, 2009 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Austrias Hip-Hop-Flop
Wegen „Line-up“ und Organisation: schlecht besuchtes „Hip-Hop Connection“-Festival
Normalerweise stürmen hunderte Hip-Hop-Begeisterte das Areal rund um die Wiener Arena um dem „Hip-Hop Connection“-Festival beizuwohnen. Doch heuer interessierten sich nur wenige für das Spektakel, denn das Wetter wollte sich dem Event nicht anpassen. Waren in den vergangenen Jahren noch um die 600 Besucher und mehr, so konnten dieses Jahr im Vorfeld nur 250 Festival-Tickets verkauft werden. Die Abendkasse war an beiden Tagen spärlich besucht – am Nachmittag bewegten sich nicht mehr als vierzig Gäste auf dem Arena-Gelände. Die Hip-Hop-Gemeinschaft in Österreich scheint sich deshalb auf die Hälfte reduziert zu haben; die Festival-Veranstalter fragten sich, was mit der Subkultur bloß geschehen sei.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 3, 2009 at 11:39:00 AM CEST
Phil Spector Twitters From Prison
In news that'll no doubt have one half of the commentariat going 'these famous folks get it too easy inside' and the rest saying 'whatever happened to gruel and the treadmill?' it has emerged that Phil Spector is twittering from jail.
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 2, 2009 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
Eminen got served at the show when Bruno (played by Sasha Cohen) landed his ass at Eminems face.
Dressed as a winged white dove, the British comedian was suspended from the venue’s ceiling during the ceremony, but was ‘accidentally’ lowered down into the crowd after a supposed malfunction with his wire.
Sweeping high above the studio on a harness, Cohen hit an obstacle, spun down toward the audience and landed face down in the lap of Eminem, exposing his naked bottom to the rapper and millions of viewers watching the awards show live on television.
Bruno, the gay Austrian character then shouted :“Aarh! My kugelsack! My kugelsack!” as he slowly dropped headfist towards the rapper. “Help me! Let me down! One of the wires is trapped around my kugelsack!” and added: “Eminem, nice to meet you.”
As Eminem left the venue, Bruno piped up with: “Is the real Slim Shady about to stand up?”
telegraph.co.uk EMINEM STUNT FAKED MTV WRITER: BRUNO PRANK PLANNED Eminem/Bruno stunt at MTV Movie Awards was staged, sources say 19 Fotos + Video
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Topic: TV - on June 2, 2009 at 10:53:00 AM CEST
The Tiny Toons episode you weren't supposed to see
Perhaps some of you are already aware of the existence of this particular gem, but I was surprised to find online a banned episode of Tiny Toon Adventures from the early 90's. In it, Buster Bunny, Plucky Duck and Hamton Pig find a bottle of beer that never goes empty, then proceed to get drunk, steal a cop car, cause general chaos and collectively die by driving said car over a cliff.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on June 2, 2009 at 10:51:00 AM CEST
Derren Brown: mind over magic
The illusionist baffles and delights audiences with his mind games, but he wonders if this really what a grown-up should be doing.
"I’m always slightly beset by embarrassment about being a magician,” whispers Derren Brown, the most successful magician we’ve had since Paul Daniels fever gripped the nation three decades ago. Right now, another kind of fever is gripping Brown: in a dim dressing-room in Oxford, where his latest stage show has stopped off en route to the West End, he is surrounded by vials of bubbling potions and healing magic powders. Well, OK, bottles of Benylin and sachets of Lemsip. He’s lost his voice. He’s looking pale. Can the show go on?
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on June 2, 2009 at 10:50:00 AM CEST
Peter Falk unter Vormundschaft gestellt
Schauspieler Peter Falk (Inspektor Columbo) ist von einem Gericht in Los Angeles unter Vormundschaft gestellt worden. Seine Adoptivtochter Catherine hatte das Verfahren mit der Begründung eingeleitet, dass der 81-Jährige unter Demenz leide. Ursprünglich hatte sie selbst die Vormundschaft für ihren Vater angestrebt, weil sie mit dessen Frau Shera seit mehr als 30 Jahren im Streit liegt.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 2, 2009 at 10:46:00 AM CEST
Manual Hard Drive Destroyer Looks Like Fun
This Manual Hard Drive Destroyer kind of reminds me of those hand-cranked quarter stamping machines you see all over touristy towns like Las Vegas. But this contraption doesn’t leave your hard drives imprinted with an image of the Luxor. Oh no. Once you’ve inserted your drive, using one of the drive height adapters as needed, you simply turn the handle 8 full rotations and the hard drive will be bent in half ‘approximately’ 90 degrees. And that mangling will pretty much guarantee the platters won’t be able to spin any more, preventing unwanted users from accessing its data.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on June 2, 2009 at 10:45:00 AM CEST
Spy Chips Guiding CIA Drone Strikes, Locals Say
It sounds like a tinfoil hat nightmare, come to life: tiny electronic homing beacons, guiding CIA killer drones to their targets. But local residents and Taliban militants in Pakistan’s tribal wildlands say that’s exactly what’s happening. Tribesman in Waziristan are being paid to “plant the electronic devices” near militant safehouses, they tell the Guardian. “Hours or days later, a drone, guided by the signal from the chip, destroys the building with a salvo of missiles.”
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 1, 2009 at 2:09:00 PM CEST
The CIA’s 5 Most Mind Blowing Experiments With LSD
LSD has long been a staple of overweight, furry men with ponytails who list their occupation as ‘Earth Shaman’ on tax forms. The CIA is more typically known for their starched suits than their mind exploring orgies. So if we told you that the CIA was trippin’ balls before Hunter S. Thompson even knew that balls existed, you’d probably call us liars. Well, prepare to have your mind, like, blown man. Here are the five strangest things you didn’t know about the CIA, and how LSD really came to be.
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Topic: WERBUNG - on June 1, 2009 at 2:04:00 PM CEST
13 More Extremely Effective Guerrilla Marketing Stunts
Here we have 13 more great examples of Guerrilla Marketing that people couldn’t help but notice. Guerrilla ads continue to surpass traditional ads by leaps and bounds in their effectiveness, and they’re showing that the genre has the staying power to keep catching eyes for years if not decades to come.
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