http://tomlandini.com/blog Wed, 21 May 2008 21:50:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wrote about my lukewarm experience with Blogo a while ago. Today they've released a new updated version. It's much better, at least in the little bit of time I've been testing it. Works well with this Wordpress blog, at least. http://tomlandini.com/blog/2008/05/21/blogo-update/ Cat Play Time! Originally uploaded by Nikographer [Jon] This is a photo I like that I found on Flickr. http://tomlandini.com/blog/2008/02/07/cat-play-time/ http://tomlandini.com/blog/2008/01/15/jeff-han-ted-talk/ I was looking for a quick blog posting client. Specifically I wanted one that would pop up when I needed it, take dragging in links and images.I read the Blogo could hide on the edge of the screen like Sidenote and then you could call it out simply by positioning ... http://tomlandini.com/blog/2008/01/15/blogo-ready-or-not/ Ever heard of peripersonal space? It's "the bubble of space around a person's body that his brain as part of him in its map of his body." Body map? Yeah, it turns out that the human brain is filled with representations of the body and the environment it finds itself ... http://tomlandini.com/blog/2007/09/20/eyes-and-other-senses-in-the-back-of-your-head/ >"If your goal is to get your kid into an Ivy League school, this is definitely the wrong place to be,” Goldman said. “But we hope the kids will be so well educated that they get into any place they want.” I'd never have guessed that quote came from one of ... http://tomlandini.com/blog/2007/09/19/not-your-fathers-nursery-school/ Ever get "car sick" when reading in the backseat of a moving car? It's happened to me ever since I was a little kid, and I've always wondered why it happens. Turns out it's probably the explanation for out-of-body experiences that you sometimes read about. No, I've never had one ... http://tomlandini.com/blog/2007/08/23/sensory-mismatch/ Quick. What do Elvis and Einstein have in common? Well, their estates are both making oodles of money from them, long after their deaths. Elvis inclusion on the profitable [dead celebs list](http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/cobain-is-the-new-elvis/2006/10/25/1161699375968.html "Cobain is the new Elvis - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au") makes sense, but how did good old ... http://tomlandini.com/blog/2007/08/14/plasticity-and-uncle-albert/ Thoughts on Learning Movement Skills described a very non-traditional treadmill that produced some interesting effects on research subjects who walked on it. Pretty thought-provoking stuff, but not the easiest thing to visualize in action.  Fret no more. Here's a video that shows how it works. http://tomlandini.com/blog/2007/08/13/video-of-forwardbackward-treadmill/ There’s this really wacky treadmill in Maryland that might be changing how we understand the brain’s control of walking. Needless to say, this is pretty exciting for offering therapy for brain injured people who’ve had trouble walking. But, at least to my way of thinking, the implications might also extend ... http://tomlandini.com/blog/2007/08/09/thoughts-on-learning-movement-skills/