When I reinstalled Kung-Log this morning I forgot to tell it to allow comments and trackbacks. D’oh.

The second thing from over on David Harris’ blog that I found interesting was his meme experiment. Back on the 12th of September he posted:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro.

Then, after a few days he changed it very slightly, and then after a few more days changed it again. Then he searched Google to see how many times each appeared. He’s also updated the stats a few times since then. The original is still the most linked to, but it is interesting seeing how much the other ones are growing too. Of course, I’m now inflating the original results myself :).

The first of two posts that point to David Harris’ Science & Literature blog. The first one is about an news article that begins:

Feeding children a diet rich in fish could prevent violent and anti-social behaviour in their teens, according to research to be announced this week which suggests the root causes of crime may be biological rather than social.

It’s an interesting read, and it reminds me to think twice about what I read in the news.

(Catching up on my blog reading/writing, so expect a few posts tonight…)

Boing Boing has a pointer to an article about Provigil over at Fortune. It caught my eye because I’ve been taking it for a few months now and it’s been wonderful (though I don’t think it works quite as well as the article says, at least for me). My psychiatrist perscribed it to me because the Lexapro was making me want to fall asleep during the day and it definitely helped. One thing that is cool about Provigil is that it doesn’t prevent you from going to sleep if you want to, which is cool. The only problem is that I feel like I’m on way too many pills these days. I’m on two antidepressants (Lexapro and Trazodone (to help me sleep)), Provigil, Allegra, and then all my various lung stuff. Add in vitamins and I wish there was some way to buy all these things mixed up into a few less pills.

In the long run I’ll be happy when I can be on a few less pills. But I wonder if this is now going to start being one of the new drugs that everyone wants to get. I can see demand from all kinds of people who don’t really need it.

Amanda Cross: “The point of quotations is that one can use another’s words to be insulting.” [Quotes of the Day]

Bah. Something happened in the last few days and now I can’t upload images with Kung-Log anymore. I have no idea what might be causing it either. Hopefully the author of this fine program will be able to help.

Ever wonder what Cthulhu would look like if it were a cute japanese character? How about the Shub-Niggurath or the Great Race of Yith? See your favorites in chibi form at this page whose title I can’t translate because I’m lame.