Posted on December 19, 2008, 6:23 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Brain,
Life.
My son likes to watch Mr. Bean, which is a little worrisome for me, as I do not believe in ‘harmless and silly fun’. While good humor and puns certainly stimulate your brain-cells (aka neurons), I think that part of the reason people are amused by Mr. Bean, Charlie Chaplin (or any of the situation […]
Posted on December 13, 2008, 8:24 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Life.
Are you bored? Do you have ٰnothing to doٰ? I salute you! You, my friend, are a buddha-in-the-making. Actually, you are better than Buddha. Buddha he did not have instantaneous access to the all the information in the world in the form of Internet, he did not have a phone to call friends, or a […]
Posted on May 8, 2008, 1:05 AM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Brain.
A phrase that has been really bothering me since I was a teenager is “Chain of Thought” or “Train of Thought” – it even has its own wiki page! As I have recently realized that one use of blogs are meant to be a personal ranting space, so let me do that. A chain is […]
Posted on April 20, 2008, 7:53 PM, by Sohaib Athar, under
Etc.
When my son Harris was three, he used to go to sleep while listening to Nirvana, Pink Floyd and Alanis Morissette, so it is ironic that I found this video when I was searching for kids songs for him on youtube: and while we are listening to songs, here’s some good advice that you may […]
Posted on December 18, 2007, 3:54 PM, by ReallyVirtual, under
3D,
Brain,
Life.
Its been one year since I started working with the Blue Brain Project team. Dr. Felix Schürmann, the Project Manager of the Blue Brain Project, informed me last week that the project is officially entering its next phase very soon, which has got me pretty excited. Meanwhile, here's what the rest of the world of […]