links for 2009-12-31

Yup, a really large handset, but it works.

Can't argue with the findings, but then again laymen could've come up with better insights.

I wonder how it'll work out. I guess some people will post about the event online. Interesting event nonetheless.
'The event is named #socialtrance and is solely for users of facebook and Twitter. Users who take part will be hypnotised and given positive suggestion to improve their lives for the better.'

Handy service if you want to jointly view a video with friends. Wonder what kind of applications this might have. Joint analysis maybe?

'Given its limitations, New Year's resolutions are exactly the wrong way to change our behavior. It makes no sense to try to quit smoking and lose weight at the same time, or to clean the apartment and give up wine in the same month. Instead, we should respect the feebleness of self-control, and spread our resolutions out over the entire year. Human routines are stubborn things, which helps explain why 88% of all resolutions end in failure, according to a 2007 survey of over 3,000 people conducted by the British psychologist Richard Wiseman. Bad habits are hard to break—and they're impossible to break if we try to break them all at once.'

I wonder whether it really works

Chetan Bhagat's side of the credit story for 3 Idiots. It's funny how a name of a city & the likes can stop movies, but none care when author's are not given due credit.

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