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links for 2005-03-11

March 11, 2005, via del.icio.us (rss)

How tunes get stuck in your head

I wish they’d mentioned how to get the said tunes out of your head. They probably haven’t found out about it yet.

(categories: brain memory research news)
How hefty can a star get?

If stars are born with no more than 150 times the Sun’s mass then imagine how small the Sun is compared to other stars. But then again, the Sun is already about 5 billion years old. It’s probably lost a lot of its original mass already.

(categories: astronomy research news)
Why good ideas beat good graphics

“Nintendo released fresh details about its upcoming games console, codenamed Revolution, at a game developers conference.”

(categories: videogames news)
Arm wrestling robots beaten by a teenaged girl

“The three robot teams are now trying to work out what went wrong.” Hehe. I wish I could give those robots a try.

(categories: robots contests news)
Stick Avalanche

Use your mouse to move the stick figure away from the avalanche, but be sure to hit the red dots for extra points. I can’t seem to score higher than B-.

(categories: flash games)
Psychopong

It doesn’t get psycho until you get to level 2. I just can’t pass level 2. My brain doesn’t work that way.

(categories: shockwave games)

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1 Gordon :

Funny, I always thought these things were called “earworms” (gross!). Not sure about calling them “brain itch(es)”

{March 12, 2005}

2 Jodi Morgan :

Here’s the trick for getting ear worms out of your head…Hum the Entertainment Tonight theme song, it works every time!

{March 13, 2005}

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