“If the doctor tells you a disease name, it doesn’t necessarily means he knows what you have.” – Murphology
Reification: If someone invented a word or a name for something, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it really exists.
NewsTarget.com: “An online tool published today allows users to instantly generate fictitious disease names and descriptions based on [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Health guru launches online Disease Mongering Engine that instantly generates hilarious fictitious disease names
March 22, 2007The Cleveland Clinic battles with McDonald’s over fast food in hospitals
March 22, 2007 The Cleveland Clinic battles with McDonald’s over fast food in hospitals
“One of the most ridiculous things about many hospitals and surgical centers is that they host fast food restaurants like McDonald’s and Pizza Hut. Now making headlines is the heated debate between the Cleveland Clinic and McDonald’s restaurants. Toby Cosgrove, director of the Cleveland [...]
A fun way to (re)learn geography
March 17, 2007Obviously, you can replay the quiz until you get it perfectly. I’m loving it :)
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html
How to read “non-fiction” fast & efficiently
March 14, 2007MBA or PhD ~ 40 speciality books, World class ~ 200 speciality books.
Read, duh – instead of TV, gaming, web browsing (yea, guilty:) – a good book is more rounded – most web content is enticement to go from link to link to a buy page, so select & buy/rent directly – you save time, [...]
Neural plasticity
March 10, 2007Similarly, the cerebral regions of the blind people change when they compensate the lack of vision with the tactile sense.
“Mind’s Eye – A painting by Turkish artist Esref Armagan (left), blind since birth. Scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess have studied Armagan to see how his visual cortex functions when painting.” [...]
ColorJack: Sphere
March 6, 2007If not for learning a bit by playing, at least as a form of eyecandy :)…
(You might like to juggle the options, just a llittle :)
http://www.colorjack.com/sphere/ [works in Firefox]
Portobello Hotel
March 2, 2007I hate Bbritish arrogance. Here’s something I really love, tough. They made kinda’ artwork even out of the site:
http://www.portobello-hotel.co.uk