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30 Apr, 2007

Fire Uploader for Firefox

Posted by: xxdesmus In: Chaos| Internet Related| Software| Tech News| Thoughts

Fire Uploader

What is FireUploader?

As the name says, this firefox extension allows you to upload/download files from any website using a friendly interface. In this version, only Box.net (1GB of free space), Flickr (photo viewing/sharing) are supported. Next versions would support other websites like Youtube, Google Videos, Yahoo photos etc.

If you use Box.net or Flickr you [...]

28 Apr, 2007

Brain Damage and the Future of Morality

Posted by: xxdesmus In: Chaos| Life| Thoughts

Brain Damage, Evolution, and the Future of Morality

Imagine that killers have invaded your neighborhood. They’re in your house, and you and your neighbors are hiding in the cellar. Your baby starts to cry. If you had to press your hand over the baby’s face till it stopped fighting—if you had to smother it to save [...]

I know I’ve posted about Netvibes before, but I thought I’d restate my affection for this personalized startpage. The “big 4” in terms of personalized startpages would be Netvibes, Microsoft’s custom live pages, Google’s custom pages, and Pageflakes. Here is a nice review of the current state (well current as of June 2006) of personalized [...]

27 Apr, 2007

301 Useless Facts

Posted by: xxdesmus In: Chaos| Thoughts

301 Useless Facts

1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.3. The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number [...]

The five biggest neuroscience developments of the year

The human brain has spent its evolutionary history learning about everything else in the world. Since last summer, it has learned quite a bit about itself.

Great summary of a plethora of neuropsych information.

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