http://nicholasjon.com/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:05:07 GMT nicholasjon.com :: an rss feed http://www.nicholasjon.com/images/n_ficon.gif http://nicholasjon.com/ http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/6/6/numbers_amazonstyle <p>Is measurement something we do innately?</p><p>Link: <a href="http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/brain/culture/math/dehaene-2008-number-logarithmic-space.html">http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/brain/culture/math/dehaene-2008-number-logarithmic-space.html</a></p> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:05:07 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/6/6/numbers_amazonstyle nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/2/the_next_slum <p>Another reason McMansionism is simply a bad idea.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/subprime">http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/subprime</a></p> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:48:03 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/3/2/the_next_slum nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/22/recursion_and_human_thought <p>Why a certain Amazonian tribe doesn&#8217;t have numbers.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/everett07/everett07_index.html">http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/everett07/everett07_index.html</a></p> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:46:11 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/22/recursion_and_human_thought nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/12/chimp_playing_pacman <p>Somehow, I found this really touching actually</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqvRjHaDX6M">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqvRjHaDX6M</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:09 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/12/chimp_playing_pacman nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/22/welcome_to_sun_city_peru <p>Turns out the sun-worshipping Incas lived under the greatest concentration of UV radiation on Earth</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9197&feedId=online-news_rss20">http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9197&feedId=online-news_rss20</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:21 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/22/welcome_to_sun_city_peru nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/1/12/antitelemarketing_counterscript <p>Questions to ask your favorite telemarketers</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html">http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/1/12/antitelemarketing_counterscript nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/7/20/anthony_olejniczak <p>Congrats to my brother, who&#8217;s now associated with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.eva.mpg.de/evolution/associat/olejniczak/index.htm">http://www.eva.mpg.de/evolution/associat/olejniczak/index.htm</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:33 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/7/20/anthony_olejniczak nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/5/18/go_big_red <p>British anthropologists claim wearing red uniforms can help athletes win</p><p>Link: <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/05/18/wear.red.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/05/18/wear.red.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:28 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2005/5/18/go_big_red nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick)