The Weird Wide Web 21 Feb 2008 04:30 pm
My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 10th through February 21st
These are my links for February 10th through February 21st:
- Five great auditory illusions – From the _New Scientist_’s special issue on music. I found especially spooky the “phantom words” and “temporal induction of speech”.
- BRITAIN RUNS OUT OF PASTA AS COSTS SOAR – Sunday Mirror – The biofuels market is making the price of Italian durum wheat skyrocket.
- Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America – Did you know that there’s a Shinto shrine in Granite Falls? I didn’t.
- Misery is not miserly: New study finds why even momentary sadness increases spending – In a new study that links contemporary science with the classic philosophy of William James, a research team finds that people feeling sad and self-focused spend more money to acquire the same commodities than those in a neutral emotional state.
- Boots in the Oven: The Fattest Duck of All. – Dinner at the cutting-edge restaurant The Fat Duck. (For Amare — this is the place with the beet and orange jellies.) “Heston and his team don?t just want you to have an awesome eating experience; they want to fuck with your head.”