Eyewitness ID: Landmark report urges overhaul
Eyewitness accounts and memory have been shown to be among the least trustworthy methods of recounting reality in psychology, but they’re considered rock solid in law. I’m curious to see if this gets any traction.
Jeff’s Grooming Tips for Men #37: if the quality of your shave suddenly drops precipitously, rotate the razor so that the blade side is facing your beard.
RSA Animate: The surprising truth about what motivates us
The latest terrorist threat to America: Canadians in canoes.
Turns out, the main reason to sign up with al-Qaeda is the donkey sex.
I guess it is always sunny in Philadelphia:
This is sheer brilliance. Stormtroopers on their day off.
Disney has announced the Tron Lightcycle 2010 model, now with midair rezzing to reduce parking times to zero.
And brakes.
Demo video at Flynn Lives, which will make you think that 2010 is too damn long to wait.
Blogging will resume shortly. In the meantime, one of the reasons why the Internet was invented:
I have great respect for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, but I’m getting tired of having them tell me, in great irrefutable detail, why I need to stop eating.
(Via The Skeptical Hypochrondiac.)
Yes, it’s been a while since I wrote. I’ll be changing that soon. In the meantime, here’s the most amusing video I’ve seen in a long time.
Retweet Paul Krugman:
So Bobby Jindal makes fun of “volcano monitoring”, and soon afterwards Mt. Redoubt erupts. Susan Collins makes sure that funds for pandemic protection are stripped from the stimulus bill, and the swine quickly attack.
