Tumbleweed houses

Impractical but so cute.

www.tumbleweedhouses.com 

Coffee anyone?

Too much time on your coffee breaks? lol. Eye catching designs I think, it's a shame I don't drink tea or coffee :P

Coffee cup drawings by Cheeming Boey.

You can find more designs here at Flickr.

The nose knows...

Just when you think science couldn’t get any weirder... it does.

Apparently our breathing has a periodicity of 4 hours and switches between the left and right nostrils. Whilst breathing through the left nostril, we excel in tasks that are primarily verbal and breathing through the right nostril allows us to excel in tasks that are primarily spatial.

Am I making it all up? Err, no.

Block, Arnott, Quigley and Lynch. Study of 1989, unilateral nostril breathing

ESP

No, it isn’t a spelling mistake as I am not talking the sports channel ESPN but instead ESP as in extrasensory perception.

Stereotypical image I know, but I just couldn't help myself :P

I randomly came across this ESP website  whilst researching for dementia and neurological disturbances. Training for ESP – as fun, it’s great but to offer training? Firstly, who believes in it? And secondly if you do, how is this regulated? How can you be sure that is genuine and value for money? How would you test your skills at the end of training? Craziness! Sorry if I’m having a rant; sort of reminds me of DC’s Improbable Science who regularly talks about homeopathy courses. Anyway rant over, back to work.

Oh, by the way, here’s the link to the website… just in case some of you want to hone up on your ESP skills ;)

Zoomed in food

Clearly I am procrastinating, but honestly how fun are these pictures?

Find more of them here. 

Transformation

I have no idea whether it’s the Hollywood effect or something else, but lately everyone around me seems to be having some sort of cosmetic procedure done. I mean I don’t think it’s a bad thing but it’s just that there seems to be an unusual increase within the group of people I know. Laser eye surgery, drastic hair colour changes, new porcelain veneers (which look fabulous by the way!), teeth whitening, even a nip/tuck and a face lift!

Plus certain common pictures have now been made even easier or more pleasing to the eye. For example braces were typically metal frames that were fixed to your teeth in order to straighten them into the correct alignment. Now the latest offering is Invisalign; clear plastic moulds that are worn overnight and removed during the day. Every few months, the old plastic moulds are replaced with a new set of moulds that are a slightly different shape and alignment. This process of replacing the moulds continues until your teeth are eventually teased back into their proper alignment. Total secrecy thus no embarrassment of having to wear visible braces, little effort required and the optimum effect easily achieved. Quite good, eh?

Another area of improvement is laser eye surgery. I like the idea that people can now alter their eyesight to suit their needs. Need better night vision? Done. Want to have better long distance vision? Not a problem. Personally I’d just like perfectly 20/20. My eyesight isn’t that bad but sometimes my glasses get in the way i.e. in surgery, I find it highly embarrassing when nurses have to push them up for me. Labs and surgery is one of the reasons why I have started wearing contact lenses. Other reasons also include whilst I play Netball or Volleyball as I’m afraid I might get them broken and also during cooking I’ve learnt that steam and glasses are not a great combination when handling huge boiling pans!

Anyhow I’m drifting off the point once again. Here’s the link to article :)