Funny Google AdWords Advert about Buying Cuvettes

There are very few adverts which so much as take a nod to any competition. This advert for cuvettes (a fancy containers used by chemists) makes a great exception.  

Hans Rosling and Elizabeth Pisani Will Make you Re-Evaluate AIDS and HIV

I've noticed that people have slipped into a certain mindset regarding HIV and AIDS and are unwilling to budge. I hope these talks will make you think and perhaps re-evaluate your stance on this very important issue.

"Blog This" Extension for Chrome

You've probably noticed that for a while this blog was pretty inactive (i.e. dead) however I've decided to change the way I blog.

Recently I stumbled upon a Google Chrome extension that was called "Blog This" which now appears on my browser bar. This is a must for bloggers as it simplifies the blogging process. Find something to blog click the button and you're ready to post. The Google Blogger Boffins have done it again (the long awaited Stats tab being the other recent instance).

Furthermore, if you press the button on a specific page the application automatically places a link to that page. If you highlight text on that page to quote it automatically quotes it for you. This, I am sure, will prove very useful.

Two Great Talks About Choice: "The Art of Choosing" by Sheena Iyengar and the Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz

Prior to watching these two videos I thought that choice was a simple everyday thing that required little thought and worked purely due to our analytical abilities. Well, so much for that furry little idea.

A Great Joke about Australian Football paraphrased from Down Under by Bill Bryson

Currently I'm reading another one of "Bill's Adventures" - as the title implies, this time he is in Australia. While reading, I came across a good joke that epitomizes extreme sports obsession which I am fond of and would like to share.

Keeping with the nature of re-telling a joke, it will be true in meaning but different in wording. So here we go:

A man is at the grand finale of the tournament and the venue starts to fill up. Just before the game starts, the man notices that the seat next to him is empty. He is totally amazed to see it empty - the whole game was sold out weeks and weeks ago. He is so baffled he has to ask. So he asks the man next to the empty seat: "How come that seat empty?"

"It was my wife's - she never missed a game in her life" said the other man.

"Why is she not here today?" said the first man being rather nosy.

"She died."

"Oh I'm very sorry to hear that. But couldn't you have given it to a friend or relative? These seats cost a bomb."

"No. They're at the funeral."

One of the best Talks I've Ever Watched by Legendary Skeptic James Randi

I watched this TED Talk a while back and hugely enjoyed the way James Randi destroys everything psychic in the most humorous way possible.