What Makes People Tick?

Hongkiat presents an article entitled 8 Mind-blowing Gadgets You Can Control Just With Your Brain. I hope y'all enjoy the article because I know I have! Who know such amazing gadgets even existed! The article aims to: "... Bring to your awareness 10 existing gadgets that allow your brain to command and complete real-life tasks, including using your iPhone and moving virtual characters in-game." -- Hongkiat.com

To people who lived only a few hundred years ago, things we take for granted today like electricity, cars, cellphones and computers would have seemed like magic or the work of gods and demons. In the same way, things that we currently don't know, can't explain or attribute to otherworldly sources may be common knowledge or easily explained by science only a hundred or two hundred years from now. I hope today's article sparks your curiosity - and opens your mind! "Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) between a human… and a rat. Simply by thinking the appropriate thought, the BBI allows the human to control the rat’s tail. This is one of the most important steps towards BBIs that allow for telepathic links between two or more humans ..." -- Article Source: Extreme Tech

Tarxien Temples Sign Source : The author The archipelago of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea is the site of several Megalithic Temple sites that are older than the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge or other equally ancient and impressive sites. According to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: "Seven megalithic temples are found on the islands of Malta and Gozo, each the result of an individual development. The two temples of Ġgantija on the island of Gozo are notable for their gigantic Bronze Age structures. On the island of Malta, the temples of  Ħagar Qim, Mnajdra and Tarxien are unique architectural masterpieces, given the limited resources available to their builders. The Ta'Hagrat and Skorba complexes show how the tradition of temple-building was handed down in Malta." Source: Megalithic Temples of Malta , UNESCO World Heritage Centre Fat Lady statue Source: The author Guest blogger and photographer Nicole visited the Tarxien Temple complex. She shared...

WHY WHY WHY ????? Reading this makes me regret that I am the same species as the barbarians who comprise this village court. As a woman and as a human being I am revolted by these inhuman acts. Read at your own caution. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/23/22414118-indian-village-court-orders-gang-rape-of-woman-as-punishment-for-boyfriend

"Married gays to tour drought-hit countries" This is a response from The Daily Mash to the article I linked to in yesterday's post. As far as I'm concerned it's bloody brilliant!   " Married gays to tour drought-hit countries Gay people in civil partnerships, who have been granted the power to summon rainstorms from the heavens by God and UKIP, plan to use it benevolently. Nathan Muir, who saw storm clouds forming as he kissed his husband on their wedding day, said: “We’re honeymooning in Sub-Saharan Africa so that we can bring the waters of gayness to its parched landscape." Thanks to the amazing George Takei for sharing this on his Facebook page .

Apparently, when two people love each other and want to get married to seal that love, this man's idea of the Christian God gets angry and punishes an entire country. Why? Read on at the BBC website .  "[UKIP councillor David] Silvester, from Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, defected from the Tories in protest at Mr Cameron's support for same-sex unions. In the letter to the Henley Standard he wrote: "The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war." Religion fascinates me in all its ways, shapes and forms. Religious people also fascinate me, as do their actions, reactions, responses and modern-day interpretations of (for instance) Old Testament stories. How do religions adapt to modern-day society, if they do at all? And how do religious people adapt, if they do? ...

I came across an online article on the Wait But Why website talking about how and why Generation Y (which I'm a part of) has unrealistic expectations about their lives and their careers. As I very much enjoyed the article and agreed with a lot it said, I decided to share it.  Gen Y is made up of people born between the late seventies and the mid-nineties to parents hailing from the hippy generation. Basically the article states that while our parents were taught that hard work would bring success and rewards, we expect those rewards and that success to happen without the hard work.  The article explains why this is and provides ideas on how to change our unrealistic life expectations into ones much more realistic.