http://blog.erdener.org/ en-us 2007-07-13T00:38:32-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001210.php Interesting excerpt about Nintendo's inability to meet consumer demand for the Wii console, full article here: Can The Wii Save Your Life?. The article also states that Nintendo has sold more than 10 million consoles in 8 months. Q. Is... articles kaan 2007-07-13T00:38:32-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001063.php Physicists at Duke have done real-life trials based on theories of cloaking and invisibility, and the results are great. They wrapped a small, 5-inch wide cylinder in a special metal mesh (the cloak), and then fired microwaves and observed... articles kaan 2006-10-19T14:15:52-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001008.php For many years I've been critical of the education system in this country. The shortcomings and deficiencies seem obvious. The goals of education are good - to learn, to grow, to broaden our minds. But learning, growing and mind-broadening usually... articles kaan 2006-05-11T13:50:12-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/001007.php This is a pretty interesting read... From Men's faces show paternal potential Men's faces can reveal their interest in having children, according to psychologists who claim women subconsciously pick up on the subtle cues when choosing a partner. In a... articles kaan 2006-05-10T18:51:38-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000999.php Malcom Gladwell -- not just some random guy, but a respected author/writer -- just weighed in on the Harvard student plagiarism issue. It's been in the news again and again, and I've wondered what the big deal is. In Viswanathan-gate,... articles kaan 2006-04-30T21:31:40-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000993.php Complete with screenshots and a good amount of detail, Paul Thurrott discusses the latest test version of Windows Vista in Windows Vista February 2006 CTP (Build 5308/5342) Review, Part 5: Where Vista Fails. Having recently written about Vista myself, I... articles kaan 2006-04-20T17:25:24-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000973.php In What pit bulls can teach us about profiling, Malcolm Gladwell discusses profiling, and how easy it is to make sloppy, useless generalizations.... articles kaan 2006-03-12T08:45:08-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000972.php Another great article by Malcolm Gladwell, The social logic of Ivy League admissions. I first read this in the New Yorker several months ago, and I'm very pleased to see it freely available on the internet.... articles kaan 2006-03-12T01:11:51-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000969.php I just read Malcom Gladwell's Thoughts on Freakonomics, which you'll find interesting if you read Freakonomics.... articles kaan 2006-03-10T07:20:08-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000958.php I just found an interview with Stacy Peralta (Stacy Peralta Riding Giants Sundance Surfer). It's from 2004, right around when Riding Giants was coming out. I totally dig Stacy's movies. I can remember where I was when I first saw... articles kaan 2006-02-07T22:01:44-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000943.php This isn't really much of a suprise. In fact, I think it's an expected outcome. A study from Brown University found that 80% of the black population and 50% of the white population will not return to New Orleans (Study... articles kaan 2006-01-27T18:12:19-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000918.php One of my co-workers just wrote an article for Java Developer's Journal, "Java Is Dead, Long Live Java!" - The Future of Java. Hey Bryan, when you're big and famous, don't forget the little people. :) It seems that lately... articles kaan 2006-01-11T16:04:35-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000916.php I think this explains why I like to stay up late at night, and usually get very little done in the morning. A person's thinking ability may be better after being awake for 24 hours or being drunk than it... articles kaan 2006-01-11T02:46:13-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000902.php Found this at NPR a while back, still haven't listened to it. Seems pretty interesting though. Malcom Gladwell talks about some of this stuff (and a whole lot else) in Blink, so I'm curious to learn more. Psychologists have identified... articles kaan 2005-12-31T11:46:29-06:00 http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000883.php From this article: Wal-Mart is labelled 'bad for US' Retail giant Wal-Mart is "bad for America", according to a poll carried out on behalf of a group campaigning against the store. The poll, conducted by Zogby for a union-led group... articles kaan 2005-12-23T12:00:09-06:00