Dead but Dreaming

A few thoughts on where the last few episodes of BSG are going.
( made of spoilers )

Delicious LiveJournal Links for 3-2-2009

• Linking alcohol to stress and GABA
  A doctor who 'cured' himself of his alcoholism by using GABA, which is the body's "natural stress reliever" and known to interact with alcohol. Fascinating, if a little tentative.
  (tags: stress alcohol)
• Unhappy children 'end up unwell'
  Some 392 reported they were unable to work because of permanent disability or ill-health - 5.5% of the total questioned. This could have included those retired through illness and those on incapacity benefit. A quarter of those whose teachers had reported them as "often appearing miserable, unhappy, tearful or distressed" were permanently sick or disabled.
  (tags: psychology health children)
• 'Philosophyâ™s great experiment
  Fascinating piece on how philosophers and psychologists are teaming up to investigate how our morals really work.
  (tags: science psychology brain philosophy ethics academia experiment x-phi)
• Rossini + Buffy =utter brilliance
  The entirety of Buffy in three minutes and twenty seconds
  (tags: funny buffy)
• Life is So Amazing, But Nobody is Happy
  Fantastic 4 minute skit. And very, very true.
  (tags: funny future technology video)
• Size matters - smaller is better
  On why small, local solutions work better than large-scale "efficient" ones.
  (tags: society management business community groups complexity size)
• Pizza box converts into plates and storage container
  Way cool!
  (tags: environment pizza)
• Morph flashmob honours Tony Hart
  All together now, aaaawwwww.
  (tags: art flashmob)
• Echoes
  Asteroids. Only made of shininess. And mad panic. Great fun. I think I used up all of my adrenaline for the day though.
  (tags: game videogames free asteroids)

Decisions from The Future!

A US clinic is allowing people to choose the hair and eye colour of their children.

Now, assuming that all of these things had a genetic component of some kind, and assuming you could influence those factors, without any serious side-effects...
[Poll #1358290]

Bugger - left off "None of The Above". Oh well...

The 1960s scare me

cheers to laserboy, I think.

Also, I seem to be having Zardoz flashbacks...

I demand one of these be delivered to Julie's flat at once

That'd show those fuckers upstairs was loud music at inappropriate times of the night is like.

(cheers to anton_p_nym)