Why you think you’re right, even when you’re wrong.

We need to change the way we feel — to learn how to feel proud instead of ashamed when we notice we might have been wrong about something, or to learn how to feel intrigued instead of defensive when we encounter some information that contradicts our beliefs.

I’ll never trust another trapezoid.

Optical illusions show how past experience dramatically influences perception.

The New Yorker Cartoons At Random.

When Prince Made a Chambermaid His Queen For a Day.

Yeah, he’s OK. But I really like Motley Crue! I hope I get to meet Tommy Lee.

How Cough Syrup Makers Became Hip-Hop Icons.

Dibble dabble with the lean / Hi-Tech with the cream soda / As I whipped the yola / Lambo red, Coca Cola.

A guide for researching ways of funding full time open source projects.

How nuclear fears helped inspire creation of the internet.

Tracing the origins of computer networking at ARPA requires understanding what motivated the Pentagon to hire someone like Licklider in the first place.

It started with brainwashing.

How to Clear a Path Through 60 Feet of Snow, Japanese Style.

Relevant: Train Splashes Snow on Bystanders at New York Railway Station.

The Truth About the WikiLeaks C.I.A. Cache.

If anything in the WikiLeaks revelations is a bombshell, it is just how strong these encrypted apps appear to be.

The eigenvector of “Why we moved from language X to language Y”.