Posted on November 5 2009 Read more...

Romanian news website

A team of Romanian journalists created Renne.ro to present the kind of information that they would want to read. I know two of them and I think they are trying hard to do a quality job, something rare in modern media. Thus, they deserve your attention: Romania, news, reviews. screenshot
Posted on November 4 2009 Read more...

Missing deadlines

A cartoon on missing deadlines.
Posted on November 3 2009 Read more...

Course for accelerated learning

Infospeed.ro holds a new course for accelerated learning! I took such a course a while ago and I can really recommend it. First of all the teacher is really exceptional, he does not fit into the category of exceptional trainers, because he goes far beyond such a category. You will find that Florin Colceag is one of ...
Posted on November 3 2009 Read more...

Buddhist book and Ted talk

Matthieu Ricard, has a Phd in molecular genetics and was one of Frances most promising scientists. But then he went to the Himalaya and became a Buddhist monk. After a long time he met his father again and had a wonderful dialogue with him, which has been published: the Monk the Philosopher (also available in ...
Posted on November 2 2009 Read more...

15 videos from snotr

Snotr.com is a nice website for videos. You get just a few videos a day, but many of them are actually good. This is why I really like the website. Here are some I liked:
Posted on November 1 2009 Read more...

A picture

This is what I did today. Mihai did the photoshopping and turned it into a great image ;)
Posted on October 30 2009 Read more...

2 books with weird events in the brain

The two books are something like a "freak show" of people who have some problem in their brain, which leads to amazing manifestations in behavior. They are not about serial killers or anything morbid, but about what amazing things can happen when you have brain damage. Both books are very easy to read and extremely ...
Posted on October 27 2009 Read more...

3 books to find out what you are (neuroscience)

Neuroscience is a vast body of reasearch which looks into how our brain works and how it relates to what we do and who we are. In the last decade and more, a lot of funding has been poured into this and there has been quite impressive progress in the field. Now even some "big" ...
Posted on October 24 2009 Read more...

Amazing book on consciousness

Read The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul by Dennett and Hofstadter. This is a book that tackles the question who/what am I? in such a way as to leave you with more questions at the end. It is great if you really want to be challenged. The book is actually edited by ...
Posted on October 19 2009 Read more...

Visual antrolopology

Here is a very interesting blog about visual anthropology, memory and history. Antonovici Valeriu shares interesting visions, images and documentary films: Antropologie vizuala si memorie