Friday, March 04, 2005

Rainbow Coalition of the Brain. New research suggests people with synesthesia may be better problem solvers. Tasting sounds and smelling colors could be good for cognition. By Rowan Hooper. [Wired News] 11:30:15 AM      Google It!.

Who is talking about what?. [subscribing to a query request -BL] When my son was a bit younger, we noticed that when we asked him a question, he'd answer with a question. Inevitably this led to the following exchange: Q: Why do you always answer a question with a question? A: Why does everybody always ask me that? I remembered that yesterday when somebody asked me: "Who do you read on the topic of REST?" I answered with a question of this form: /item[contains(.,'REST')]/title Which, translated into English, asks: "What RSS items have I read that mention REST?". You can run that query directly here, and you'll get back the most recent 25 matching items. Note that you can also subscribe to that query, using the orange XML icon at the bottom of the page. So not only can I answer the question with a question, but my answer keeps producing new answers. ... [Jon's Radio] 11:25:55 AM      Google It!.