As I work on my dissertation tonight I’m also viewing some educational Netflix. Tonight’s showing: Before We Ruled the Earth: Hunt or Be Hunted. They had a dramatization of H. erectus failing to hunt elk because their torches (used to scare the elk) went out in the moist air. I… Read more“Erectus Disfunction”
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Facial Recognition, Not that Good Actually
I finally got the new iLife ’09 today. Well, I got it at the same time as the other preorderers, but I preordered it a while ago so there was some waiting involved. iPhoto was one of the programs to receive a big update. One of its new features is… Read more“Facial Recognition, Not that Good Actually”
A Mystery
Around a dozen books were all due the day after I came back from San Diego. Before I left I figured I’d get a head start and return all of those books. But one of them. Never. Made. It. I now have an overdue book, Religion and Empire: The Dynamics… Read more“A Mystery”
What’s an Ooby Dooby?
Six Roy Orbison songs hit Rock Band last week and I got three of them, Oh Pretty Woman, You Got It, and Ooby Dooby. Fun fact: Ooby Dooby was featured prominently in Star Trek: First Contact, and was the first human song the Vulcans heard. Some associated news have been… Read more“What’s an Ooby Dooby?”
I Knew It!
Why am I writing about agriculture? It’s a long story that started at my first blog, kccomics.com. In May 2002 I was in a sciency mood. I was thinking about evolution. I was taught that group evolution doesn’t exist, natural selection occurs on the individual level and individuals don’t give… Read more“I Knew It!”
The Chan Hypothesis for the Origin of Agriculture
One of the big debates in archaeology is the origin of agriculture. Agriculture marks an important turning point in human history: it sparked a change from nomadic to settled groups, it enabled population growth, and our modern lives depend on it. So it is natural to wonder about the hows… Read more“The Chan Hypothesis for the Origin of Agriculture”
A Giant Facepalm for Mankind part 2
I’m so glad I didn’t go to Rancho Bernardo High, what with the recent selling ads on tests incident and the past broomstick-baseball-team incident (which is exactly what it sounds like), the underwear incident, the noose incident, and the hacking incident. PHS FTW!
A Giant Facepalm for Mankind
Sometimes I think I’m too critical of science news. But I occasionally see an article that irks me so much because it make so many basic scientific mistakes. Take this one for example. First it’s the headline: “Cane toad evolution ‘too fast for bodies.’” How can evolution be too fast?… Read more“A Giant Facepalm for Mankind”
I actually finished a movie today. I’ve had it from Netflix for over a month and just got to it now. It adds significantly to the genre of elephant conservation films, following such classics as Operation Dumbo Drop. Oh yeah, and martial arts. It’s The Protector, starring Tony Jaa. I’m… Read more“”
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A few unfortunate things have happened which mean nothing by themselves but together has really made me uncontrollably Hulk-angry. No, don’t really want to talk about it. Just a fair warning for our next interaction.