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20050311 Friday March 11, 2005
Worst Interview Question Humor

Today, while walking past the Jamba Juice in Cupertino, CA, I overheard this question being asked of an interviewee:

"So, how do you feel about dressing up as a banana?"

Thank you, college degree!
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Put Your Thinking Cap On Computers

Use your brain to control your computer? It's coming soon. I stumbled across this story about a brain computer interface that is being developed at the Helsinki University of Technology. While it looks like a bad special effect from a low-grade sci-fi movie, the results look promising. I've always thought that voice-controlled computers just never seemed like a practical idea, but this interface might have some real uses. If nothing else, this BCI would be of great help to someone without the use of their hands.

In an unrelated story, except the brain aspect, researchers have also found that meditation really does help develop the brain. Quoting:

Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that Buddhist practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow people to achieve different levels of awareness.

Guess I better start doing some "brain push-ups."
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