Optical Illusions (Faces!)

From Ale! :)

 

They label this an Anti-Alzheimer exercise...    To keep a sharp mind!  Very Fascinating!                  CAN YOU SEE 10 FACES IN THIS TREE?       THERE'S A FACE IN HERE. CAN YOU SEE IT?   CAN YOU SEE THE BABY? CAN YOU SEE THE KISSING COUPLE?       CAN YOU SEE  THE THREE WOMEN? Can you tell the difference between a horse and a frog? Watch closely... Send this round' to all your friends, these are really fascinating!

 

 

 

 

 

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Languages

I Love You
http://www.ftd.com/content/quotable_sentiments/quotes_iloveyou3.epl

Merry Christmas
http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/manylanguages.htm

Hormones

Oxytocin:
http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2007/February/docs/01features_01.htm
Oxytocin makes us feel good when we’re close to family and other loved ones, including pets. It does this by acting through what scientists call the dopamine reward system.


Androstadienone:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/10/state/n140520S56.DTL
A chemical in male sweat can boost mood, brain activity and sexual arousal in heterosexual women, according to a new study released just in time for Valentine's Day.

And a fun thing on the substantia nigra:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantia_nigra

Dating for Pretentious Weirdos

I confess -- for me, and plenty of other nerds out there, someone with an impressive "educational pedigree" totally goes up several notches in attractiveness. And now, we've got Internet resources!

Dating Sites:
OkCupid.Com
(http://www.okcupid.com) -- free, and with tests, quantitative comparisons, etc.
GoodGenes.Com
(http://www.goodgenes.com/) -- expensive.
DateSmartPeople.Com
(http://www.datesmartpeople.com/) -- free.
TheSquare
(http://www.thesquare.com/sqd/index)

Articles:
IvyGateBlog: Online Dating for Pretentious Weirdos -- an article about some of the "discerning singles." hehe
Hey, Baby -- what's your IQ?" -- JDate vs. DateSmartPeople.

Hey, Baby -- how can I know so many digits of pi and not the digits of your phone number?

^_^

Weird Al + Eminem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UQfKJQ9448

haha Weird Al gets really edgy in this interview.

Top 50 Physics Pick-Up Lines

http://www.physics.bc.edu/sps/pickup.html


1. Hey baby. It's massive. You know what I'm talking about.
2. What's your resonance frequency?
3. Your lab bench, or mine?
4. Don't you hate it how the coyote always remains suspended in midair until he looks down? It's just SO misleading.
5. Your eyes have a perfect wavelength of 563.4 nm.
6. Wanna couple our equations tonight?
7. I'm attracted to you like the Earth is attracted to the Sun-with a large force inversely proportional to the distance squared.
8. Might I integrate your curves tonight?
9. I'm hung like a Foucault pendulum.
10. Two large masses that are close together are supposed to radiate gravitational waves. I think that you're a big part of that.
11. Einstein had great hair, didn't he? I just love your hair.
12. I know the spring constant for my mattress. Wanna take some data?
13. I haven't gotten laid in 4 years, 3 months, and 12 days, plus-or-minus 2 days. Would you care to check my error bars?
14. What's that great perfume? Vacuum grease?
15. I love you. Please don't turn away from me just because I'm a physics major. Oh, okay, I'll leave.
16. A freak lab explosion left me with this 16-inch penis.
17. You're more special than relativity.
18. Those other guys said that your eyes shine like stars. But can they explain how they shine with equal brightness? Oh, okay. I'll leave.
19. Top quark or bottom quark?
20. Bartender, bring this fine lady a Scotch and H2O. Hey baby, that's just my way of saying Scotch and Water. You like?
21. That dress would look even better accelerating towards my bedroom floor at 9.8 m/s2
22. Yes I do like to move fast. My style is like a 10 GeV accelerator. Do you like my style?
23. I have E=mc2 tattooed on my ass. Wanna see?
24. I have e=nhf tattooed somewhere else. Wanna see?
25. Wanna dance? I can really put your inertia in motion.
26. Most women are so complex. They're always like"i! i! i!" But you- you're just so real.
27. Let's exchange fermions!
28. Even the O2 you exhale is fiz-ine!!!
29. I might be a physics major, but I'm no Bohr in bed.
30. Can I have your significant digits?
31. Hey baby, what's your sine?
32. Heisenberg was wrong. I'm certain about what you're doing tonight.
33. Wanna expand my polynomial?
34. Like the ideal vacuum, you're the only thing in my universe. No, it's alright, I'll just go over there.
35. You and Me = Grand Unification
36. I saw your empty valence shell from way over there. Did I mention that my nickname is Sodium?
37. My friends told me that I should ask you out because you can't differentiate. Do you need math help?
38. I'll make you dinner. I'll make you breakfast. But in between, we'll have to have some dessert. And I'm a physics major.
39. How much do you charge? My paper-grading job doesn't pay a lot.
40. Your smile is warmer than hydrogen plasma.
41. Engineers don't know the first thing about pleasing a woman. Friction alone can't get the job done.
42. My last partner wasn't very stable. She spontaneously decayed last week and left me for a neutrino. Bitch.
43. I could get you Roahn Winer's autograph.
44. How do you feel about group experiments?
45. I got a pocket full of radium and my homeboys do too.
46. Would a loser be able to recite pi out to 50 decimal places? Huh? Would he? Oh, okay. I'll leave.
47. In my bed, it's perpetual motion all night long, baby.
48. I swear I'm not a physics major.
49. Does your skin feel burnt? Because I think you must have just fallen down from heaven, and re-entry would have caused some problems for you.
50. You make me want to be a better physicist.

The Movie Trailor Guy

From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkhdy6bavuk and Andy:

WiiTrip.Com

From my friend's Wii blog: http://www.wiitrip.com



What did the hot dogs say to each other on October 31st?
Happy HalloWEENIE! :oD

Halloween: Sexy Girls Costume Warehouse

Sexy Girls Costume Warehouse
Video from FA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFp_aUwjV2Y

...Sexy witch. Sexy devil. Sexy cat. Sexy Abe Lincoln.
...Sexy 1900s steel conglomerate tycoon.

...and frog.

Some Cheap Halloween Costume Ideas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BblP0IH4sm8

White and Nerdy

This morning, I woke up to "White and Nerdy" on the radio.



Weird Al: "White and Nerdy" -- it's parody of "Ridin' Dirty".
If you haven't seen it already, here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw
(or, for the video and the lyrics: http://www.lyricspy.com/165588/Weird_Al_Yankovic_lyrics/White_&_Nerdy_lyrics.html)

Downloadable Here: http://odeo.com/audio/1863714/view
(AND it was on the TOP FIVE on Mix 106.5 tonight. :-D)

(MIT!) and PING PONG! and PI! :)

...Er... and I'd thought that the equation in the background stemmed from the photoelectric effect. Hydrogen electrons. BUT... Shimon pointed out that it's actually from Schroedinger. Woohoo! :)

Rock On.
\m/ (><) \m/
(from stefan :))

Hipster Bingo

http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/bingo.html

DateSmartPeople.Com

hahaha I wish I'd thought of this idea: DateSmartPeople.Com
Their "Philosophy":

Your dating options shouldn't be limited because you're an intelligent and well-educated single, or are looking for one.

At DateSmartPeople.com, anyone who appreciates intelligence is invited to join, and you can choose how exclusive to be with SmartSearch.

I was actually looking through MIT's Admissions Blog and found this link to "Intelligent Turn-Ons": http://www.datesmartpeople.com/blogr.php?bid=13

Not a suuuuuper article, but I especially love the last sentence of the second paragraph (my dream date!) and the mention of nerdy pick-up lines. Which /would/ work on me. But...

hehe ^_^

Doonesbury + MIT

According to Doonesbury, the best ideas come in the shower:
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/db/1996/db961112.gif

This Doonesbury + MIT linkage might've been mentioned before, but here's a list of stuff+:

1. Due to voracious hacking, Alex Doonesbury is at MIT.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/doonesbury.html
The hack even made the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury

2. Also, Kim (Alex's stepmom) also went to MIT. (She's hawtt and smartt.)
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/index.html
http://doonesbury.com/strip/kim3.html
http://doonesbury.com/strip/later.html

3. To find today's comic:
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html

4. The most recent MIT series starts from here:
Media Studies! And the HASS lottery!
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20060925
And hacks:
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20061004
OHMIG and the STATA CENTER: http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20061005

5. And... something completely different: "The Net is only as strong as ...The Geekest Link!" http://www.joereiss.net/geek/

MIT pride! :)

Girl Archer

Girl Archer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwXYppKuWw
(From Fort Awesome list.)

Also, apparently:
Beer = เบิยรคิ = ビール = 酒

Fluid Dancing: David Elsewhere

Ohmig... Thanks to Juny for showing me this guy:

The Famous VW Golf Commerical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hur1qMsiyw
(W/ Gene Kelley edited in, probably via blue screen.)

Kollaboration 2001:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJBgpZT6Pgc
(He's the white guy, I think. Does he have any joints?)

Elsewhere Remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsyjNTFv6x0&NR
(With Kollaboration 2001, 2004, and a few commercials.)

David Elsewhere: B-roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr8WJS4smI&NR
(I like the white socks and the velociraptor/chicken walk.)

Pepsi Samba Commercial
http://teens.ninemsn.com.au/mediapopup.aspx?MediaID=17326
(Nifty idea. Way to go, Pepsi!)

OyeMag Interview
http://www.oyemag.com/elsewhere.html
(With video clip.)

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A website w/ lots of dancing:
http://www.detoursvideo.com/
And specifically Elsewhere:
http://www.detoursvideo.com/Elsewhere.htm

Zidane Game

http://linuxteam.at/~philip/zidane.html
Head Butt your way to Victory! =b

Best of Craigslist: Eat an Apple, Date a Nerd

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/66795671.html

One of my favorite CL posts. I want a nerd of my own... :)

Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It...

Date: 2005-04-03, 9:30PM PDT


In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds, and less attention to the flashy boys.

1.) While geeks and nerds may be awkward, they’re well-meaning 9 out of 10 times. That smooth dude with the sly grin and the spider hands? Wonder what HIS intentions are... plus, I’ve never had a geek guy not call me when he said he would. Score major points THERE.

2.) They’re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it’s great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.

3.) They’re more romantic than they’re given credit for. Ok true, their idea of romance might be to make up a spiffy web-page with all the reasons why they love you, with links to pics of you and sonnets and such... but hey. It lasts longer than flowers, plus you can show your friends.

4.) Due to their neglected status, there are plenty to choose from. You like ‘em tall and slender? There are plenty of geeks/nerds who are. You like ‘em smaller with more meat on their bones? Got that too.

5.) They’ve got brains. Come on now, how can intelligence be a bad thing?

6.) Most are quite good at remembering dates. Like birthdates and such, especially if they know it’ll make you happy. Due again to their neglected status, they’re more attentive than guys who “have more options”. Plus, with all that down time without a steady girlfriend, they’ll likely have mental lists of all the things they’d love to do once they GOT a girlfriend.

7.) Sex. Yep. Sex. I’m not really familiar with this myself, but I’ve friends who’ve been intimate with geek guys and it’s raves all around. They say a virgin wrote the Kama Sutra... all that time thinking about sex, imagining sex, dreaming about sex, (they are male after all) coupled with a desire to make you happy? Use your imagination.

8.) They’re relatively low-maintenance. Most can be fueled on pizza, Twinkies and Mt Dew. No complicated dinners needed here, so if you’re not the best cook, eh. Can you order a pizza?

9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won’t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his “groove” on with club hotties because, frankly, he’ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won’t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he’ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I’ve seen this happen.
Me: “Eww. Victoria Secret’s Models... They’re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!”
Geek Guy: “ooooooo...”
Me: “Hey!” *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*
Geek Guy: “What?”
Me: “Never mind...”

10.) Although he may not want to go to every outing with you, you can arrange swaps, as in, you’ll go to his Gamer Con dressed as an elf princess if he’ll take you to the ballet. Plus, if he doesn’t want to go someplace with you, you won’t have to worry much about what he’s up to. You’ll probably come home to find him asleep on his keyboard in a sea of Mt. Dew cans with code blinking from the screen. It’s ok. He’s used to this. Just toss a blanket over him and turn out the light.

11.) His friends aren’t jerks. I can’t stress this enough. You’ll more likely get “Omg! A GIRL!! Can I see?!” than “Hey hot stuff back that ass up here and let me get some grub on...” They’re awkward geeks too and will, 9 times out of 10, treat you with the utmost respect and, more than likely, a note of awe. A cute girl picked one of their clan to date? It could happen to them! Hope! Drag some of your single girlfriends over, open up a pack of Mt. Dew, crack open the DnD set and get working. Nothing impresses geek guys more than a girl who can hack-n-slash (well ok maybe if she can code... a geek can dream).

12.) They’re rarely if ever possessive. They trust you, so you can be yourself around them. You like to walk around the house in a ratty t-shirt for comfort? He won’t care. He does too! They won’t get pissy if you don’t wear make-up or don’t want to bother primping your hair. If you gain a few pounds, they won’t try their best to make you feel like crap.

13.) They’re usually very well educated. Physics majors and the like. See #5. You won’t have to listen to him blathering on about his car (ok maybe a little), he’ll have loads of other interesting things to talk about. Politics, world events, how much the chicken burgers down at the local place rock, so long as you douse them in hot sauce...

14.) You’ll almost never have to hear, “Yaw dawg whazzap!!” plop out of their mouths. Unless it’s in jest. They spell properly, use correct punctuation, and are able to tell the difference between the toilet and the floor. They almost never get “wasted”, so you won’t have to worry about coming home to find him and his friends passed out on the floor amidst a pile of beer bottles. Mt. Dew cans, perhaps...

15.) And the final reason why geeks and nerds make great boyfriends: They actually give a damn about you. Not how you look (though that’s a plus), not how skinny you are, not how much make-up you primp yourself up with, but they like you for you. That kind of thing lasts longer than “DaMN baby you got a fine ass!!!” Believe me.

Jackson Pollock

From Juny:

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Clicking will change colors. Mmm...
Arbitrary Art. :)

Hopkins URLs: Admin and Acad Life in Baltimore

This is a list of useful administrative URLs for fellow Hopkins Neuroengineering Trainees. (Continually updated.) I just posted a copy on the Neuroengineering Training Initiative Blog.

[Last update: 5/19/06]


Raymond Cheong's Site
(http://www.bme.jhu.edu/%7Ercheong/Baltimore/)

Aiyah.Org: Issel's Collection
(http://www.aiyah.org/hopkins_urls.html)

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Useful URLs for [Biomedical Engineering] Graduate Students @ Johns Hopkins

• Academic


• Administrative


• Housing


• Transportation


• Miscellaneous


• Activities & Entertainment


• Overall


• Taxes

Academic

JHU Department of Biomedical Engineering
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/

JHU BME Research Areas
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/research/areas.htm

Johns Hopkins
http://www.jhu.edu

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes (JHMI)
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org
http://www.jhmi.edu

Hopkins Medicine Student Home Page
http://student.med.jhmi.edu/index.html

Blackboard: JHMI Coursework
http://courses.med.jhmi.edu

Johns Hopkins Enterprise Directory (JHED)
http://jhed.jhmi.edu/jhed/index.cfm

Neuroengineering Training Program
http://neuroengineering.bme.jhu.edu/

JHMI Academic Calendar
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/Academics/calendar.html

JHMI Academics
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/students/academics/index.html

JHU Office of the Registrar (Homewood)
http://www.jhu.edu/registrar/

BME PhD Coursework
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/academics/phd/phdstudhandbook/coursework.htm

Johns Hopkins University Medical Book Center
http://webmedbooks.com/hopkins/default.aspx

Administrative

JHU Pay Stub Information for Direct Deposit
https://essapps.jhu.edu/webapp/FlexBen/FlexBenApp

JHU Registrar Services and Bill
https://registration.jhu.edu/logon.asp

Hopkins Student Employment Services
http://semps.ses.hsa.jhu.edu/stujob/student.cfm?pid=3

Hopkins Professional Development Office (through the School of Public Health )
http://www.jhsph.edu/GER/PDO.html

Hopkins Medicine News / Webnotes
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/webnotes/

Housing

JHU Housing and Dining Services
http://www.jhu.edu/~hds/

JHU Off-Campus Housing
http://www.jhu.edu/~hds/offcampus/

Baltimore Crime-Mapping
http://141.157.54.34/bpdmaps/police.htm

Live in Baltimore (useful info for living in Baltimore )
http://www.livebaltimore.com/home/
http://www.livebaltimore.com/nb/ (neighborhoods + map)

Baltimore City iMap (lists crime, neighborhoods, roads)
http://maps.baltimorecity.gov/imap/Default.aspx

On-Campus Housing at Reed Hall
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/housing/Oncampus/

Commercial Apartment Housing Info
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/~rcheong/Housing_info.doc

Renter's Guide from Mary Pirg
http://www.marypirg.org/renter/renter.html

Listings and Classifieds

City Paper Classifieds
http://classifieds.citypaper.com/classified/default.asp

JHU Gazette
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/

Baltimore Sun Classfieds
http://www.baltimoresun.com/classified/realestate/

GRO Forum
http://www.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/gradro/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro

Baltimore Craigslist
http://baltimore.craigslist.com/

JHMI Market Place
http://oacvbb.monument1.jhmi.edu/forums/

Transportation

JHU Shuttles
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/security/Transportation/Routes/rteindex.htm

Shuttle Services
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/security/Transportation/Routes/rteovervw.htm

Homewood-JHMI Shuttle
http://www.jhu.edu/~security/JHMISched.htm

Hopkins Hospital Campus Map
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Directions/Campusmap.html

Homewood Campus Parking Map
http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/parking.cfm

Hopkins Medicine Parking
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gsa/resources/parking.cfm

Maryland Public Transportation (bus, subway, light rail, MARC train)
http://www.mtamaryland.com/index.cfm

Miscellaneous

Overall

Raymond Cheong's Website
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/~rcheong/Baltimore/

JHU PhD Council
http://phdcouncil.bme.jhu.edu/

Graduate Representative Organization (GRO)
http://www.jhu.edu/gro/

GRO Guide
http://www.jhu.edu/gro/GROGuide/

GRO Guide to Living in Baltimore
http://www.jhu.edu/gro/life/

Information Technology: Wireless Coverage on Hopkins Campuses
http://it.jhu.edu/networking/wireless/

The Daily Jolt, Hopkins Chapter
http://jhu.dailyjolt.com/
http://jhu.dailyjolt.com/transportation/

Activities & Entertainment

JHMI Graduate Student Newsletter: Restriction Digest
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gsa/newsletter/

JHU Promotions and Discounts
http://www.jhu.edu/hr1/fsrp/promo.html

JHMI Cooley Center (Med Campus Gym)
http://www.jhucooleycenter.com/

Homewood Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center (Homewood Campus Gym)
http://www.jhu.edu/recreation/

GSA Baltimore Dining and Entertainment Guide
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gsa/student_life/dining.cfm

Class of 2008 Guide to Baltimore
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/~rcheong/Baltimore_Guide_Class_of_2008.doc

Places to Eat and Study
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/~rcheong/Baltimore_eats.doc
(By Jessica Perniciaro, Gina Westhoff, Rush Chewning)

GSA Student Life
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gsa/student_life/

SOM Student Life
http://student.med.jhmi.edu/content/life.html

BME Student Life
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/~bmelife/
(A bit outdated.)

Student Activities and Organizations
http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/admissions/student_activities_organizations/

Taxes

IRS Tax Information for Students
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/students/article/0,,id=96780,00.html

IRS Form 1040ES for Estimated Taxes
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040es.pdf

Maryland State Tax Information
http://individuals.marylandtaxes.com/incometax/default.asp

Maryland Form 502D for Estimated Taxes
http://forms.marylandtaxes.com/current_forms/502d.pdf

MRI Overview from RIT

An overview about MRI from RIT:
http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/inside.htm

(Probably should also put this on the NETI blog.)