NewScientist.com: Childhood TV viewing linked to teen attention problems

NewScientist.com reports that:

Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a large long-term study.

The roughly 40% increase in attention problems among "heavy" TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls, and was independent of whether a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was made prior to adolescence. (read more)

Now I know why I have a short attention span. I mean I don't remember watching TV all the time when I was young, and there were not as much jumps and cuts in the movies and TV programs in the old days, but still I'm glad that I realized where my problem is originated from. I promise that I'm never going to watch TV again... maybe only HBO, because they claim it's not TV!

I hate you Mr. Junk Mail!

I'm really tired of all these advertisements coming to my apartment address so I decided to get more serious about removing myself from as many junk mail lists as possible. PrivacyRights.org in an article about Junk Mail goes into details of this phenomenon and helps you get rid of the unwanted mail you are receiving.

Follow the instructions and help clean up both your mailboxes and the environment. We can show them how "the free market decides".

Courtroom Quotations

Lawyer: "Do you know how far pregnant you are now?"
Witness: "I'll be three months on November 8."
Lawyer: "Apparently, then, the date of conception was August 8?"
Witness: "Yes."
Lawyer: "What were you doing at that time?"

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Lawyer: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "Did you check for breathing?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
Witness: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
Lawyer: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
Witness: "Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."

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Iranian Typography Now

This is a good article about Iranian Typography:

The past few years have been quite exciting for Iranian graphic designers. As Iran’s design gains more international attention, the graphic designers face new challenges and rewards. In winter 2002 a poster exhibition by Iranian graphic designers called “Un Cri Persan” (A Persian Cry) was held in the city of Echirolles as a part of the Month of Graphic Design in France. The exhibition exposed a wealth of works that somehow escaped the spotlight for almost two decades. Ever since then Iranian graphic designers, many of them already internationally known, have been sharing more of their magic with the rest of the world. [read the article]

original post from Jadi

Psychiatric Office Answering Machine

Listen to this Psychiatric Office Answering Machine Joke. It's very funny.

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