February 2009
13 posts
Yes, Virginia, there is a magenta - Ars Technica →
So back to this rumor that magenta somehow isn’t a color. Elliott’s thesis centers on the argument that magenta appears nowhere on the spectrum of visible light, so it therefore isn’t a “real” color. If you look at a standard CIE chromaticity diagram, which maps wavelengths of light according to human perception, you’ll note that every point along the curve...
Beauty: it's in the sex of the beholder - Ars... →
Finally, the authors addressed the issue of why men and women processed beauty differently. If you break it down, the left parietal lobe is linked to local visual awareness, while the right relates to global visual consideration. Since men perceived beauty mostly with the right parietal lobe, they could be looking at the overall effect. On the other hand, women used both sides, meaning that they...
The Hit List - GTD →
Very interesting. Seems much more keyboard-centric from my first impression.
“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple...”
– John Gall (Galls Law) (via westcoastlogic) (via peetypassion)
I don’t know if I agree with it universally, but it tickles the brain.
