Thinking Machine's Li'l Brova: thehumansarecoming

So here's Warren's announcement shifted out of the comments section:
Thinking Machine has a little brother called http://thehumansare.com/ing/
Haven't properly checked it out but you should!!

Australian Commodore 64 Ad from 1985

'Thinking Machine' on the Blogroll

There's a new member on the blogroll: Thinking Machine, a London-based link blog thematically orbiting around audio consumption and production, design and technology, the future and the web, politics and philosophy, art and music -- with a hint of science and brain in all that.
Plus, it's updated almost daily. Check it out.

Cali Agents - How the west was one - Intro

Finally a piece of media that's worth sharing (I hadn't really encountered anything in a long time):
The hilarious intro to the great Cali Agent's (Rasco and Planet Asia) album how the west was one from 2000: Here's the link to the mp3.
NB: Be warned, it may not be as emotionally charged for you as it is for me -- but it's definitely still funny.

'Allo 'Allo Hitting Germany

According to the London tube press (see picture) and some more serious journalistic organs, one of the funniest British comedy series, 'Allo 'Allo, is supposed to be aired in Germany -- finally.
It is set in Nazi-occupied France, was released in 1982 and went on for 10 years making fun of the British, the French and--of course--"ze Germans".
Apparently there are some doubts if the German viewers think it's funny--I for my part think it's hilarious and I know that Germans usually enjoy the representation of Germans and Germany in foreign fictional media...
Two other great examples: Herr meets Hare, a cartoon from 1945 in which Bugs Bunny meets some Nazis in the Black Forest (link to the video), and the classic of Charlie Chaplin as The Great Dictator Hynkel (whole movie and a cool snippet).

By the way, I was surprised to recognize René as the doorman in Terry Gilliam's Brazil the other day.

Simpsons and Neuroscience/Neuroimaging

I recently watched a great new episode of the Simpsons entitled Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind. It mocks the Michel Gondry flic that bears a similar title (I really want to go and watch his new movie Be Kind Rewind with Mos Def, btw).
Anyways.
What the Simpsons episode made me think of is in how many neuroscientific talks Simpson brain pictures are used as jovial illustrations. I wonder if this also holds for other disciplines or if there is something specific about the mind/brain and the Simpsons family/writers...
So here are two stills from the episode and I'm waiting for the moment when I see somebody using them in a talk.

Douglas Adams Acoustic Memorabilia

I checked for acoustic memorabilia of Douglas Adams on the web and found the following:

• Two interviews from 1983 and 1989 as streams and downloadable as .mp3 files on wiredforbooks.org
• Another one dating back to 1982 on The Generalist (.mp3) and one more from 1988 on thebaldheretic (stream and .mp3).
  
• Then there is this 90 minute video-streaming talk at UC Santa Barbara which he gave one month before his death in 2001.
• Lastly, a whole BBC website dedicated to Douglas Adams and H2G2, including cool Real Audio interview snippets.