Day: April 2, 2012

Caveat: Thoughts

Found Online / Science & SciFi

A Japanese company is making cute cat ears controlled by your thoughts. Really.

And they say Japan is in permanent recession… if this is what a society in permanent recession comes up with, well, then… bring it on. I seem to vaguely recall reading about something like this in William Gibson's novel, Count Zero, way back in the late 1980's.

Meanwhile, this blogging at Scientific American reveals the gaps in current neuroscience, despite achievements like the nekomimi above: "Neuroscientists: We don't really know what we are talking about, either." Ehrm… for the gullible, please note the April 1st dateline on the posting.

Caveat: 잘가친구

Background Noise / Banalities & Journaling / The Wonders of Work

KevinEveryone knows my plastic alligators. I had Kevin the large plastic alligator and a recent acquisition, Baby Kevin 2.0, in my EP2 classroom earlier today. I was letting the students "hold" Kevin, during class (portrait of Kevin at left). But unfortunately, one boy was having trouble not playing with Kevin as we were trying to listen to a CD of some listening dialogues. So finally, I had to take Kevin back.

"Hojae-ya," I said. "Give me Kevin." The boy made a sad face. "He can sit over here," I explained, sympathetically. I placed him on the podium at the front of the class.

Hojae gazed at the plastic alligator longingly. "잘가 친구 [chal-ga chin-gu]," he said, mournfully. That means "farewell, friend."

It was like the tragic ending of a sad movie.

What I'm listening to right now.

Punch Brothers, "This is the Song." The rain was falling steadily as I walked home, but the air was chilly. It reminded me of the winter I spent in Valdivia, Chile (August-October, 1994). It rained for 4 months. Without stopping.

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