You might remember a few days ago I wrote extensively about memory techniques including the “Method of Loci” or the “Memory Palace” technique of Simonides. I was quite shocked but pleased to discover last night that in the second season of the BBC’s modernized television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes that they referenced the memory palace (although they call it the “mind” palace). Since it was … Continue reading Sherlock’s Mind Palace
I am seriously thinking about buying one of those hidden video cameras, the kind that you wear like sunglasses or record through a pinhole in a hat or something. It’s not because I’m doing some undercover reporting or anything like that – it’s just because my life is so damn interesting. Truly, it is. Some of it is obvious, like dancing in a club or … Continue reading Oppa Clujnam Style
Well it had to happen sooner or later I guess. Yesterday I met someone, a friend of a friend, and after chatting for a while he told me, “Oh hey I saw the video with you on [news station X] where you were talking about Y and Z and it was great.” I thanked him for his kind words but I sat there wondering when … Continue reading Squaring the Circle
Oh my goodness. I went to the Basescu rally (miting) yesterday here in Unicorn City. I stood in the burning hot sun for about two hours, squeezed right into the middle of the crowd and filmed the whole thing for your edification and/or amusement. My head and arms are bright pink on the verge of a sunburn and my arm was trembling from holding the … Continue reading Basescu Rally in Unicorn City
Well I know that when everybody and their brother is sending me a link to something (involving Romania) then it has gone “viral”, although I loathe that term. So for those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here you go: Just for the record, I have no connection whatsoever to the producer of this video. Continue reading 40 People and a Mule
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