26th September, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 6 Comments
I have written in the past about sleep, in particular how interesting and revealing the study of sleep was for me at University (see here). What has always baffled me is that Sleep Researchers still have never scientifically proven why adult human beings need to sleep. We do know that if we » Read More
2nd August, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
Here is a 10-minute video that had me giggling, at first, then laughing blissfully out loud. This video is from the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University in Japan, where scientists have managed to train a chimpanzee named AI (Artificial Intelligence?) to count and, well, show off his memory skills. [In fact there » Read More
13th June, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
At around dusk, from November through March, in various parts of the UK (and in other parts of the world too where they exist, such as west USA…), starlings will congregate in mass and provide natural entertainment in the form of a seemingly choreographed dance of the flight. I have selected a couple of videos » Read More
17th March, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - 1 Comment
The Paris mayor’s office has seen fit to launch an outdoor ad campaign to keep Paris clean. The image of trash in one or other natural environment is headlined with “unacceptable” or “scandalous” in Paris, too! To the extent that photos of trash in Paris would have not had much impact, this is quite a » Read More
11th March, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
Which tastes better: organic or conventional food? This Hammy the Hamster Goes Organic video (and especially the out-takes further below) is bound to produce a smile. And, if you are sensitive to the quality of the food you eat, then you could find the experiment of interest. Created by the authors of the » Read More
22nd March, 2008 - Posted by Minter Dial - 2 Comments
I would like to share with you with a little thought today. There used to be a time when I thought it desirable to live life in the fast lane. What does that mean? Well, by my understanding it means living with time whizzing by, memories blurring, names & faces forgotten and years merging » Read More
14th June, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments
Okay, try this new film pitch: the “Cosmic Comedy of Errors” meets “Vaudevillian Shaggy Dog.” If you have seen either of those films, then you are clearly deluded. If you haven’t seen (or don’t remember seeing) either of those films, it’s ok. They are fabrication (clue: there are no links). What’s » Read More
22nd May, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - 2 Comments
Having spent basically all my life living in big metropolitan centres around the [western] world, I am prone to wax on about their long vaunted advantages: cultural centre, variety of people, business opportunities, anonymity, blah blah blah. Then there are the ordinary complaints, such as the cost of living, getting kids into schools, parking, » Read More
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