Quantifying a smile
What most likely is the worlds most famous smile, Leonardo da Vincis masterpiece Mona Lisa, have been analyzed with some computational model. The study concludes that she is 83% happy and 17% angry or scared…
Historical competition between Sweden and Norway
Between the two neighboring countries Sweden and Norway there has always been some kind of sibling like competition over which nation is the greatest. The smaller Norway with all its wealth, oil and alliances compared to the slightly larger Sweden…
Outgrown internet
Norway has 10 000 sheep with SIM-cards attached to them, giving them access to the mobile network and thus also the Internet. Small wonder that the four billion IPv4 addresses have almost run out.
Beer testing #2
On the evening of celebrating the quarter of a decade milestone in life for Mr M, an attempt was made to evaluate the available supply of beverage in an organized manner. In short: beer testing just for fun. No attempts…
French inventions of entertaining standard
An interesting idea of how to skip the glasses when watching 3D movies have been developed by Jonathan Post and tested by a Frenchman. A nice theory but unfortunately this video is filed right next to the iPhone makes popcorn…
USA public debt prognosis
While European countries line up to have a go at the latest trend of national bankruptcy, the land of plenty across the Atlantic ocean are keeping up their appearance quite well. The question is when will they reach the point…
A special breed
One quite common but very special breed of the domestic goat often have a genetic disorder, myotonia congenita, that makes their muscles lock up when they get excited. An evolutionary prank that is kept going due to the practical size…
iPad cat entertainment
Even pets are getting caught up in the hype of fashionable apple products. The iPad environment is so user friendly that even the cat gets it. How claw resistant the touch screen is could be another question for the developers…
In the midst of snow
Winter arrived early this year, and during the last five days it has by estimate landed more than 400 mm outside the window. With some luck it’s here to stay all winter and bright up the dark time of the…
Wear sunscreen
“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,it is still a beautiful world.” These are two of the last lines from the prose poem named Desiderata, written by Max Ehrmann back in 1927, which should be even more applicable on…