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Foolish humans

"Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth." -Vernor Vinge Note: I like it even better without a coma after "humans"

October 31, 2006 · 1 min · François Planque

Deep into Sleep

While researchers probe sleep's functions, sleep itself is becoming a lost art. Stickgold compares sleep deprivation to eating disorders. “Twenty years ago, bulimics probably thought they had the best of all worlds,” he says. “They could eat all they…...

September 14, 2005 · 1 min · François Planque

Quote of the day

"I wasn’t kissing her, I was just whispering into her mouth." -Chico Marx

March 7, 2005 · 1 min · François Planque

Blog = Tamagotchi ?

Corante [broken link] makes a wise point comparing blogs to tamagotchis: If you don’t feed them, they die. If you don’t clear up their crap - comment spam, for example - they die. They’re more fun when there are other bloggers to play with, just like…...

September 7, 2004 · 2 min · François Planque

Quote of the day - insanity

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.

January 20, 2004 · 1 min · François Planque

Instability

The problem is that the "world out there" is constantly changing, everything is impermanent and it is impossible to make a permanent relationship with anything, at all. From a brief introduction to Buddhism by Mike Butler.

August 19, 2003 · 1 min · François Planque

Quote of the day - Crazy

"7 out of 10 voices in my head say I’m not crazy!" –Anonymous

May 18, 2003 · 1 min · François Planque