http://blog.aaronbieber.com Population one. You. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:09:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Princeton Review analyzed the transcripts of the Gore-Bush debates, the Clinton-Bush-Perot debates of 1992, the Kennedy-Nixon debates of 1960 and the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. It reviewed these transcripts using a standard vocabulary test that indicates the minimum educational standard needed for a reader to grasp the text. During ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/11/12/forget-red-vs-blue-its-smart-vs-dumb/ "I'm good with parents. The key is to simply think of them as aliens from a distant universe." —Dexter Morgan http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/09/01/dexter-see-through/ You ever have a project where something just won't render correctly in IE 6 or IE 7, but looks fine in other versions of IE, Firefox, Safari, and so on? Or a situation where your layout looks great in Firefox, but quirks in IE, and quirks in a completely different ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/08/07/essential-css-hacks/ I know it's been a while... I was on vacation! Not from learning, though, only from _work_. Today I learned... * Body care products are often made with parabens (e.g. methylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben, etc.), which are used for their antimicrobial, preservative, bacteriocidal, and fungicidal properties. Though studies have not confirmed any of ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/03/07/parabens/ Today I learned... * The "corpus callosum":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_callosum is the fissure that connects the left and right hemispheres of the mammalian (e.g. human) brain. Although many, many studies have been performed describing (as well as refuting) morphological differences in size between the corpus callosums (is that how you pluralize it?) of males ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/02/22/corpus-callosum/ Today I learned... * There is a whole field of study regarding the principles of friction, lubrication, and wear, and it is called "tribology":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology. The name derives from the Greek "tribo" meaning "to rub" and "logos" meaning "principle or logic." How cool is that? * The "music video":http://youtube.com/watch?v=f7iiF8U6y_U for the Red Hot ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/02/22/friction-erwin-wurm/ Today I learned... * Despite what Billy says in the "classic 1985 film":http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090060/ "St. Elmo's Fire," the phenomenon referred to by that name is an actual documented meteorological event. Moreover, St. Elmo was indeed a real person. Which leads to... * "St. Elmo's fire":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_Fire is a "coronal discharge," or glow, at the ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/02/20/st-elmo-cassiopeia/ Today I learned... * A study ended recently declaring a "connection between drinking soda every day and metabolic syndrome":http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-0212_health_pop_rfeb12,1,543016.story, which cements my personal view of soda as a very devilish thing, but also... * One of the components of so-called _metabolic syndrome_ is elevated triglycerides, and... * A "triglyceride":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triglyceride is a glyceride in ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/02/19/soda-glycerides-etc/ Today I learned... * There is a distinct possibility that cows have a tendency to lay down before it rains because of barometric pressure. Which is probably also why ol' farmer Ted says his knees "act up" before a storm. Though none of this has been proven. * A couple of new ... http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/02/19/barometric-pressure-photoshop-zorba/ Today I learned... * The word "ravish" can be used to mean "rape," as in _he tried to ravish her_. Not very common! http://blog.aaronbieber.com/2008/02/17/ravishing/