MIT Classes for Free!

If you haven't already heard about this, MIT has a new initiative call MITOpenCourseWare. Through this initiative, anyone can get access to MIT courses for free. It includes lecture notes, reading assigmnets, lab assignments, exams, tools, lecture notes and now, for some course, complete video lectures and this is All For Free!

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

Food for Thought

What I eat has a dramatic affect on my mood and motivation. I need to start eating healthier.

WTF

We have split the atom, sent men to the Moon and probes to Mars and beyond, created the microchip, unraveled the Gene, developed the Theory of Relativity and the Theory of Evolution. We have looked at galaxies from the beginning of time and particles from seconds after the big bang.

So, why the hell can't I go out and buy an electric car today?

The Brain

Have you ever been in a conversation, say at a party, and not been able to make out what someone just said, only to figure it out just as you asked them what they just said? I just found out what the mechanism for this is.

The brain (your brain) has the ability to playback things that just happened. It can literally replay the sensory impulses a second time, so that it can be better comprehended.

I just thought this was amazing. It explains a lot, for me at least.