According to a 1999 study performed by Justin Kruger and David Dunning, incompetent people think that they are actually much smarter than they really are (in a narcissistic moment, the pair termed this the Kruger-Dunning Effect). The illustrious duo came to this conclusion after designing tests which measured one’s abilities in the areas of logic, [...]

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In addition to being a rather slow day news-wise, I have been rather busy at work today. Fortunately a few jewels sparkled from underneath the murk of the day’s political propaganda, iPhone malarkey, and other nonsense:

Miniature Working Engines: NYT has an article about the hobbyists who make miniature working internal combustion engines! These are the [...]

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According to TechCrunch, Google is in the process of acquiring Grand Central. Immediately intrigued by what Google could possibly be up to now, and having never heard of “Grand Central,” I proceeded to investigate. After reading through their laundry list of features, I think that this acquisition will pave the way for a host of [...]

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With the flurry of new activity and the fact that the current digivation design/layout is growing rather old (approaching the one year mark), I have been contemplating a redesign of the site. This isn’t a new idea - I’ve never been 100% happy with the current layout and have been brainstorming, sketching and creating mock-ups [...]

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Victory on the greatest stage: the soccer pitch. Recently, the US Soccer team triumphed over Mexico to win the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The tournament features teams exclusively from our side of the pond, but its winners qualify for the Confederations Cup in South Africa. The game proved to be full of excitement, [...]

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The most visits to digivation.net in the past year peaked in March, with over 800 “unique” visitors (pretty good for a little random-topic site like this). Due to lack of time/distractions/laziness, the writing became less frequent/good and visitations dropped off (reaching a low of barely over 400 in May). With renewed gusto (probably due [...]

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Check out this really weird, yet oddly cool music video / cover of Gnarls Barkley’s song “Crazy,” as performed on a Theremin (and other electronic instruments) by The Ether and Aether Experiment.
Haunting sound, fascinating to watch! A Theremin is an electronic instrument controlled solely by the capacitance of your body; the musician doesn’t (normally) touch [...]

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When I think “innovation” and “cool new toys,” Microsoft is most definitely not the first name that comes to mind. However, in a surprising turn of events, their R&D guys have been on a roll lately, announcing two new and intriguing new technologies: Surface and Photosynth. While Surface is not a new concept (I’ve seen [...]

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