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Four-leaf clover

Marc Andreesen, co-founder of Netscape, has an interesting post on his blog about luck and entrepreneurship.  My entrepreneurial genes are currently switched off after a few years of wheel-spinning,...

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Fun Theory

At a meeting at school last week, we discussed several ideas about just what made games fun. There were a variety of topics, from the definition of a game (versus a puzzle, a challenge, etc) to gender...

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Second Creepy Life

Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic are working on creating characters for Second Life with the reasoning abilities of a four-year-old. They currently have a character named Eddie that can reason...

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Of Goldfish and Memory

This kid in Australia recently debunked the myth that goldfish only have 3-second memories. He did so by conditioning them to come to a beacon by associating it with food. He also trained them to...

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Am I an Aspie?

Aspberger syndrome is a social interaction disorder that falls under the autism umbrella, but isn’t accompanied by any delay in cognitive development.  I’ve considered the possibility that I have it a...

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