Sumo profile

Here is a profile of yokozuna Asashoryu Akinori, born as Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Jaron Lanier essay

Check out this essay about internet liberation by Jaron Lanier requested by the Cato Institute:

The Gory Antigora: Illusions of Capitalism and Computers

[To the tune of Jaron Lanier and Mark Deutsch, "Pastorale: Duet for Clarinet and Bazantar in Just Intonation", from the album in progress "Proof of Consciousness".]

We are what we eat...wait, we eat what we see

The "temptation factor" should be a little easier to control after reading this post:

Via Futurepundit:

Food In Eyesight Increases Consumption.

Opaque rather than clear containers make a big difference in the amount of candy consumed from nearby containers.

[To the tune of The Tragically Hip, "Wheat Kings", from the album "Yer Favourites, Disc One".]

The first gold medal for Canada

We are one step closer to the expected 20+ medals Canadian athletes are hoping to win at these Olympics.

Alberta's Jennifer Heil won gold in the women's moguls early Saturday morning.

Here's what she had to say:

"When first place flashed on the scoreboard, the first thing I thought of was my whole life and so many people being behind me", Heil told the SUNMedia's Terry Jones. "Now I can go share this gold medal with all of them".

Let's hope there is more where that came from.

New mindstorms

There is a fascinating new article on Wired.com regarding open sourcing the research and development of an upgraded version of Mindstorms, Lego's programmable robotics kit.

Lego built a global empire out of little plastic blocks, then conquered the wired world with a robot kit called Mindstorms. So when the time came for an upgrade, they turned to their obsessed fans -- and rewrote the rules of the innovation game.

Click here for the full article.

[To the tune of City and Colour, "Save Your Scissors", from the album "Sometimes".]