Archive for February, 2009

Tunnel Vision

I would think fish are simple creatures, right?

How amazing is it that this fish species, the Macropinna microstoma (aka. “barreleye” fish), has facial features resembling humans (eyes in the front, instead of on the sides). Yet the way this fish sees is not by rotating within the same degree range that humans are confined to.
Researchers recently [...]

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Am I Nghiem?

Is this Nghiem?

Or is this Nghiem?

Or are they both Nghiem? I guess you’ll never know…

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Who Wants to Be a Slumdog

I realized after Slumdog Millionaire won for best picture (along with seven other awards) last night at the 81st Academy Awards, I have yet to give my take on what I thought about Slumdog. 

Well I take it you haven’t seen Slumdog Millionaire and chances are all you know about it is that it’s a Bollywood-type [...]

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