links for 2008-05-11
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Jason Polan plans to drawn every single person in New York City. He also draws giraffes.
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Reinterpretations of other boxy paper toys. I love the riff on CardBoy.
links for 2008-05-08
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RAW image capture, scripting camera actions, and a frickn’ battery level meter - this seems too good to be true
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CHDK firmware add-on for Canon’s Digic II & Digic III cameras. Non-permanent mod to Canon point and shoot cameras.
Lego 6208 B-Wing Fighter
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I had the good fortune of finding a Lego 6208 B-Wing Fighter set at Saver’s today. I did an inventory of the missing parts (see below). I also submitted a replacement request on the Lego site.
QTY PART --- ------- 1 70902 1 4262614 2 4244363 1 3006347 3 3005747 2 4206482 2 4278046 2 4233494 7 4113917 3 306824 1 618844 2 4124096 2 4278359 1 4282746 1 4144575 1 4211782 1 4164067 1 655826 1 407026 1 4290713 1 4143199 2 4211535 1 4211440 2 4211410 1 4211773 1 4211526 1 4163306 4 4211353 2 4211429 2 4211445 1 4211568 3 4211475 1 4211359 1 4211549 2 4211480 1 4210763 1 4210647 1 4211066 1 4211088 2 4211135 1 4287973 1 4211093 1 4211055 2 4211056 3 4211065 1 4210997 1 4210984 1 4210728 1 4250256 1 4210772
Everyone else posts about Bert Simons…
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…so I guess I will too.
Artist Bert Simons creates paper replicas of his head and other’s heads. The replicas are good enough, and creepy enough, to qualify for entry into “the Uncanny Valley” (a term used to describe computer generated graphics). I mostly dislike that there are two of ‘em.
links for 2008-05-02
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I think I like this pattern for making a quilt out of my old work shirts.
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FlickrFaves is a small utility for downloading high-resultion versions of your Flickr favorites to your hard drive.
links for 2008-05-01
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Goes well with Unicorn cupcakes
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Goes well with rainbow jello
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When I get the time when I’m not raking, whenever I’m near water, I’ll beach comb for bits of wood, feather or anything else that appeals and make some boats.
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I salvaged some Columbine seeds from the plants out front. Looks like a project!
Infections, autoimmune response linked to higher incidence of schizophrenia, OCD
0 CommentsThis article talks about some research linking cases of prenatal flu with the development of schizophrenia in offspring. It also discusses the possibility that an unfortunate autoimmune response triggered by infection causes the immune system to attack the brain.
My favorite tid-bits include a historical note about why infection has not been researched as a cause of mental illness until now.
In 1896 Scientific American published an editorial entitled “Is Insanity Due to a Microbe?” The question seemed logical, given that microbes were starting to be implicated in other diseases. In the editorial, two doctors described how they had injected cerebrospinal fluid of mentally ill patients into rabbits, which later got sick. The doctors concluded that “certain forms of insanity” could be caused by infectious agents, “similar to typhoid, diphtheria and others.” But when Freudian psychoanalysis became popular in the 1930s, the idea was more or less put to rest.
Also, there is an immediate policy implication based on this research. Pregnant women are currently encourages to get flu shots. If an autoimmune response is responsible for a higher likelihood of mental illness, this may not be such a good idea.
Infected with Insanity: Could Microbes Cause Mental Illness?: Scientific American
