Protected Cultural Property

Saturday, January 29th, 02011

On May 14, 1954 the Hague Convention set out to prevent the destruction of culturally important artifacts. In the aftermath of the second world war where many of Europe’s cultural and social works of art and history were destroyed, something needed to be done to prevent this from happening again.

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Miracle Fruit Berries

Saturday, June 12th, 02010

The Miracle Fruit Berry (Synsepalum dulcificum) is a real fruit, not some chemical concoction. After dissolving the Miracle Fruit in your mouth, sour food tastes sweet. This was something to strange to believe, so as an experiment, we ordered and tested them on various sour food products.

Professional Oaths

Tuesday, April 27th, 02010

The word “profession” comes from the Latin “professus”, meaning to “affirm publicly”. Is it time to bring more written oaths of conduct into our professions to keep the quality of our work as high as possible?

Hacking Sleep

Monday, August 3rd, 02009

After a month of experimenting with Polyphasic sleep, there was much learnt about the process, what to expect, possible gains and drawbacks.

Polyphasic Sleep

Saturday, June 27th, 02009

Most people experience monophasic sleep on a regular basis, they sleep for a single long block of time each night. Some cultures indulge in polyphasic sleep, were you sleep multiple times a day, much like a siesta or a nap. Polyphasic sleep can go as extreme only 2 hours a day by reducing your sleep to just 20 minutes every 4 hours. This article is my experiment into polyphasic sleep, how I prepared and the advice I was given.

Sections: Experiments

Several times in my life people have told me certain things were impossible. When pressed for proof, they were unable to cite any sources other than urban legend or “That’s what someone else told me”. So of these claims lead me to conduct some of these experiments, sometimes validating them, other times disproving.