The Butterfly Files

Nicholas Negroponte announces Give one Get one One Laptop Per Child OLPC program

Stephen — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:45:28 +0000

Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 Program, For $399, you will be purchasing two XO laptops
—one that will be sent to empower a child to learn in a developing nation, and one that will be sent to you at home

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The Simpsons Season 19 Intro Continues Where Movie Left Off

Stephen — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:35:38 +0000

This is the intro for the first episode of The Simpsons Season 19. Bart writes on the board “I will not wait 20 years to make another movie”. Check out this leaked intro on Youtube.

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Chuck, Journeyman, Big Bang Theory - Best and Worst ‘Geek TV’ Pilots this Season

Stephen — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:16:51 +0000

From slick sci-fi to tired nerd clichés, the networks’ “geek TV” offerings run the gamut from engaging eye candy to unwatchable dreck this fall. Read these reviews of show pilots, then set your DVR on “geek out.” NBC’s Chuck and Journeyman and CBS’s The Big Bang Theory are reviewed.

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Mysterious giant hexagon circling Saturn’s north pole

Stephen — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:46:55 +0000

This nighttime movie of the depths of the north pole of Saturn taken by the visual infrared mapping spectrometer onboard Cassini reveals a dynamic, active planet lurking underneath the ubiquitous cover of upper-level hazes. The defining feature of Saturn’s north polar regions–the spinning six-sided hexagon feature–is clearly visible.

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Scientists Find Conclusive Evidence Velociraptor Had Feathers

Stephen — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:55:24 +0000

Scientists say they have evidence that a ferocious dinosaur made famous by the movie Jurassic Park definitely had feathers. Experts say the dinosaur, called Velociraptor, had a wing structure just like modern birds. VOA’s Jessica Berman reports.

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Mammoth Dung; Prehistoric Goo May Speed Global Warming

Stephen — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:35:09 +0000

For millennia, layers of animal waste and other organic matter left behind by the creatures that used to roam the Arctic tundra have been sealed inside the frozen permafrost. Now climate change is thawing the permafrost and lifting this prehistoric ooze from suspended animation.

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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times

Stephen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:34:02 +0000

A Clay County woman’s family said it’s seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police.

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Let Congress Know You Are Watching

Stephen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:16:41 +0000

OpenCongress’s new “Congress, I’m Watching” widget lets you announce which bills in Congress you support or oppose, while also sharing links to clear, up-to-date information that encourages others to get involved the legislation themselves.

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - It’s Not All In The Mind, It’s In The Gut

Stephen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:24:41 +0000

Spare a thought for the M.E.(Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) sufferer. For years he and she has been scorned by a medical establishment that has seen the problem as being all in the mind. As such, the M.E. sufferer has been labeled an hysteric who is merely attention seeking. Now researchers in the USA believe that the stomach problems may well point to the real cause of the M.E. - an enterovirus. An enterovirus infects the bowel, and can cause severe respiratory and gut infections. There are more than 70 different types of enterovirus, and they can affect the central nervous system, the heart and muscles - producing M.E.-like symptoms. myalgic encephalitis …

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How To Think Like a Thin Person and Lose Weight

Stephen — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:11:19 +0000

Fitness doesn’t require the use of expensive equipment. Your brain is enough.

Interview with Dr. Judith Beck, Director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. Her most recent book is The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person.

“The main message of cognitive therapy overall, and its application in the diet world, is straight-forward: problems losing weight are not one’s fault. Problems simply reflect lack of skills–skills that can be acquired and mastered through practice. Dieters who read the book or workbook learn a new cognitive or behavioral skill every day for six weeks. They practice some skills just once; they automatically incorporate others for their lifetime.”

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