Birds of Paradise

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The N Y Times Strikes Again (3/20/07)

The dangers of vivid writing.

Cell-phone camera: my new toy

Golden Globe Sacha Baron Cohen

This week's cartoon contest - my entry

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Rodent Mind

This piece in News@Nature.com, is based on an article appearing now in Nature Neuroscience.

"Drug can clear away one fearful memory while leaving another intact."

The I-Rack

Picked up from Adrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish.

Amphibious Robot Offers Evolution Clue

March 8, 2007 — Salamanders swim with the slippery ease of an eel. But as soon as their toes touch bottom, they switch rapidly to the four-legged gait typical of lizards.

Because the critters haven't changed much in about 150 million years, most researchers think that salamanders may resemble the first land-based vertebrates. But how so-called tetrapods evolved from swimmers to walkers remains a secret locked away in the complex circuitry of their spinal cords.

Now researchers have replicated that circuitry with a computer model and a salamander-like robot — Salamandra Robotica — that may help tease out some answers. (link)

(Old) Volvos forever

Colin Powell with one of his.

Wedding reception, February 19 2007

Gli sposini





Two of Peter's sib's kids: David Doherty, his fiancee, Dan Howley (our buddy)

Sick but funny and on target

(from The Onion).

Juggling to Music

Diana sent me this. It's Chris Bliss, and he's completely amazing.
Check it out.
(Improved link March 4).

Humor on exams

More here.