It's impressive how Elftown can be so different from a year ago. One year ago people said the exact same thing, and the 5 years before that too! People could realize that it's them who changed (to the worse) and that they can actually do something about it, if they want.

Ha, I'll place this in my diary too (so that you can't delete it...)!

Today is the International Make Fun Of Dutch and Danish people Day (IMFODAD)... More known as International Mountain Day.

For you who don't follow my Facebook-spaming:

How your brain works

At about 16:00 Swedish time on the 24th of December, we hand out Christmas presents. So on 10:00 o'clock New York time on the 24th, we already get our presents. Think about that, you belated Americans!

The statistics superstar Hans Rosling with his diagrams and wonderful Swedish accent has hold a new speech and is predicting when China and India will have the same income per capita as Europe and USA:

http://www.youtube.com/user/tedtalksdirector?blend=1&;ob=4

In case you haven't seen it. Take a look at the comments on Vampire Photos.

Now with an extra New Moon boost!

So this is why Elftown contests have so much higher quality than contests with money prizes:

http://www.youtube.com/user/tedtalksdirector?blend=1&;ob=4#p/u/56/rrkrvAUbU9Y

The short story:
If you give people bonuses they do better at tasks that are about simple things. But they do way worse on tasks that demands thinking outside of the box. Basically: The more you will get rewarded for making a new discovery, the more unlikely you are to do it.

Atheism fundamentalism on the rise!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxGMqKCcN6A&feature=channel

Not really interesting, but fun to watch despite that it's very serious. I'm not sure how much of it a religious person could stand though.

Atheism has the same problem as for example non-drinking. You don't want to gather in a place and not do something, because that's just isn't fun. But I guess we could gather around the faith that there is a teapot circling around Mars.

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Bah! Facebook sucks! Elftown works!

I think I'll spend my birthday sleeping... And maybe cleaning.

My camera got broken. Again! Last time I buy this kind of easy to break crap!

And now:

Birthday party!

Stargate Universe

Seriously: WTF! Why not rename it into Stargate Dramaqueens?

I'm so amazed that I haven't got the swine flu yet (Or maybe I got it and didn't get sick, which happens). I hang out with all the sick students and drink from their glasses all the time.

Maybe I'm like a kid's doctor and never get sick because I train my immune system all the time

Some really intriguing 3D-fractals:
http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbulb.html

Lilo, can you please aim a little better when you are jumping over me!!!

Now I have a bloody arm!

Quite nice article:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427321.000-clever-fools-why-a-high-iq-doesnt-mean-youre-smart.html?full=true

Cell size and scale:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

[Nita], you'll love this!

"Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies" Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4t8XYJgS0

WTF...