Rules for my unborn son

Although I don't agree with all the advice, I do enjoy the blog Rules for my Unborn Son, which consists of 1001 rules written by a Dad for his son.

I do agree with Rule 387.

Proof that 2 = 1

a=b
a²-b²=ab-b²
(a+b)(a-b)=b(a-b)
a+b=b
2b=b
2=1

Can you see the problem?

Nintendo to release large-screen DSi

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"Nintendo Co. plans to release a large-screen version of its DSi hand-held game system in Japan, possibly by the end of the year, according to a news report Tuesday."

A guy devoted to his craft

The Coolest Guy in the World - For more amazing video clips, click here

Proof that 1 is the largest integer

Let N be the largest positive integer. Then either N = 1 or N > 1.

If N > 1 then N*N > N, which breaks our definition of N as the largest integer. Therefore N = 1.

Via: Futility Closet

Machinarium

Machinarium has been released by Amanita Design.

Control your Mac with a Wiimote

Image via Wikipedia

Check out these instructions for controlling your Mac with a Wii remote. I'm not totally sure why you'd want to, but you can! (You could control iTunes from a distance, which could be handy.)

I enjoy the instructions: "Once you have the Wii Remote, be sure to take it out of the package and put the batteries in it. "

This American Life

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This American Life is an excellent radio program out of Chicago, which tells (real and fictional) stories of people's lives. It has a free podcast, and also free access to its archives. I highly recommend Episode 355: The Giant Pool of Money and Episode 289: Go Ask Your Father, but really I have enjoyed almost every episode I have ever heard (and that is many, many episodes).

Image shows Ira Glass, the show's host.

Hands-on PSPGo review

Gizmodo has a good hands-on review of the PSPGo, due to be released this week. Their reviewer was not greatly impressed by it.

The rapid growth of American obesity

A startling illustration of the rampant growth of obesity in the USA.
Gif from: www.weight.com

"Fat people are destroying America. [...] A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study released in May 2006 demonstrated that despite the fact Americans spend twice as much per capita on health care as the British do (about $5,000 per year per person in the US versus about $2,500 per person per year in the UK), middle-aged white Americans are far sicker than their British counterparts. Compared with the Brits, Americans showed significantly higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer - -all conditions that are directly traceable to obesity. A June 2006 study by the Harvard School of Public Health found that similar results when comparing Americans' health with Canadians'."
          Jill Elaine Hughes / Obesity in America: The Awful Truth