High IQ Child = Vegetarian Adult

Apparently children with high IQs tend to become vegetarians. Actually I can swallow this, being non-vegetarian. Besides, if you're trading meat for quorn then you really deserve a break.

Correlations like this are quite interesting. Freakonomics is an excellent book I read recently about seemingly unlikely links and trends. (It's not economics really, Freakstatistics probably just didn't sound as good.)

Tags: vegetarian, IQ, statistics, Freakonomics

Big enough for ya?

Ignoring the fact that you'd get a serious amount of neck strain from having one of these, you've got to admit that the new giant monitor from Siemens would make quite a cool Christmas present. Imagine how great it would be to hook a Wii up to it!

big monitor

Related: monitor, Siemens, gadget

Always Coca Cola

The mega marketing machine that is the Coca-Cola advertising department always goes into overdrive at Christmas. People drink it, and that's great... Until perhaps they find out what Coke actually does to the human body.

Oh no, no snow!

The amount of snow at european ski resorts is drastically less this year, so I guess that means no skiing this year. But hey, there still is a way to keep up those ski skills - take an online ski lesson. Go through some of the questions to narrow down what you need work on and they provide useful tips!

Tags: ski, lesson

Need website hosting?

If you're thinking about creating a website, or are unhappy with your current hosts, I'd recommend Siteground.com. I've just changed from my hosts and they've come up trumps. The monthly rate is cheap and it comes with a free domain name too (if you commit to 1 or 2 years' hosting).

Related: web hosting, Siteground

Make videos with a webcam

The search logs for nimisis are showing quite a few people looking for video capture with a webcam of the "bog standard" variety, rather than time lapse or long exposure capture. So, here's a link to what you would need - AmCap

Nintendo, Wii have a problem

The Wii comes out tomorrow and unless you're willing to queue out in the rain overnight, or have a pre-order for tomorrow, getting one will have to wait. Luckily, there is an excellent site that will track inventories across the UK (and US) for new stock and alert you if you so wish - Nowinstock.net.

Tags: Nintendo, Wii, inventory, stock

Picasa

Recently tried out Google's photo organisation app, Picasa and I've got to say that I'm impressed. Some old school photos in the depths of my hard drive were found which I'm sure I would've lost otherwise. If this grabs you, take the tour via the banner below.

Related: Picasa, Google, photo, software

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