“Doctors can greatly improve their stethoscope skills and therefore their ability to diagnose heart problems by listening repeatedly to heartbeats on their iPods.” (Drs accuracy doubles after 5 minutes with iPod recordings! Hmmm.)
“The arch of an eyebrow or the curve of a lip tells chimps a lot about each other, in a finding that may give scientists new understanding about the evolution of human communication, researchers report.” (Donna Haraway will be pleased!)
UK man Kevin Whitrick logged into a chatroom, stated he was going to hang himself, turned on a webcam – was egged on by some, a few tried to talk him out of it – and then he hanged himself with a live webcam showing the whole thing.
“You’ve heard of iPod – now welcome to iGod. High-tech vicar Reverend Clay Nelson is taking his sermons virtual. The Auckland vicar has been releasing weekly addresses from St Matthew-in-the-city through the internet for almost a year.”
The Children of Húrin will be released worldwide on 17 April, with Tolkien’s son completing the unfinished work begun by his father more than half a century ago.
I have great pride in out nerding youm by being familiar with the work of OK GO, Ask a Ninja, The Winecone and The Free Hugs Campaign.
ahh a new word is created, let all bask in the glory of ‘youm’
I guess we could use it in a chant … “youm … youm … youm …” 😉