links for 2008-08-31

• Seed: Out of the Blue
  an article on a bunch of techies building a brain with computers. The 2,000-microchip Blue Gene machine is capable of processing 22.8 trillion operations per second—just enough to model a 1-cubic-mm column of rat brain.
  (tags: brain science congnition programming computing singularity bluebrain blue ibm neurology)
• How to nap – Boston.com
  an excellent graphic on “How to Nap”… just in case you can't quite get it right
  (tags: work tips sleep science psychology productivity napping sleeping nap)
• Science Made Stupid
  today a myriad of sources are available to explain science facts that science itself has never dreamed of.
  This web site is one of them.
  (tags: satire science religion reference philosophy stupid humour hugo)