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Archos GamePad is an interesting form factor

This is an interesting form factor showing up for Android devices. It’s essentially a clone of a PSP with a touch screen. It must appeal to people wanting to run emulators because the choice of games for Android is sparse.

Latest ARCHOS tablets availability: ARCHOS 80XS, GamePad, Arnova Familypad and 7h G3 | ARCTABLET NEWS

Latest products releases with the ARCHOS GamePad, ARCHOS 80 XS (Gen10), Arnova 7h G3 and Arnova FamilyPad haven’t yet appeared in stores. Some offers for these tablets are showing as pre-orders, let’s hope they’ll hit the shelves before Christmas.

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Tony Sly benefit in Walnut Creek includes NOFX

This is a curious show, mostly because of the location. Vices is the club in Walnut Creek that has the reputation for fights. I hate going to Walnut Creek, partly because parking is terrible and partly because there’s some weird pretentious vibe.

NOFX, Teenage Bottlerocket, Elway, and GFP to play benefit for Tony Sly

NOFX, Teenage Bottlerocket, Elway, and G.F.P. will be playing a benefit show for the late Tony Sly of No Use for a Name. The fundraiser will take place December 15 at the Vice Ultra Lounge in Walnut Creek, CA with all proceeds going towards the Tony Sly Memorial Fund.

Tickets can be purchased here.

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Google’s Ingress

It sounds like another good way to get people to gather data for free.

A Google Surprise — Worldwide Alternative Reality Game Ingress Revealed | Singularity Hub

Google is venturing again into the realm of augmented reality with its reveal of a new mobile game called Ingress. Though the multiplayer game is currently in closed beta, Google has built a marketing campaign around it that entices players who were drawn to TV shows like Fringe and Lost.

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Programming

Phabricator

I forgot about Phabricator until recently. It certainly has a particular attitude that might be helpful for a medium-sized team I’m on.

Phabricator

Phabricator is a suite of web applications that help software companies communicate about software effectively. It was created at Facebook. Phabricator is also used at many other companies such as Airtime, Asana, Dropbox, deviantART, MemSQL, Path, Quora, and more.

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Science

Do Math Problems Unconsciously

Only N=1, but I have noticed that while I am experiencing the aura effect during a migraine, I simultaneously have blind spots and in my vision and am able to keep reading. I cannot consciously see all the shapes of the letters of the words, but I can read them. For a while, I thought it was my brain being clever about filling in the gaps somehow. Now, I think perhaps some part of my brain still sees the words.

Researchers Show How We Can Do Math Problems Unconsciously

Can we actually read words and phrases and solve multi-step mathematical problems without our having consciously been aware of them? A team in the Psychology Department at the Hebrew University has conducted a series of experiments that give a positive answer: people can read and do math non-consciously.