December 2009
5 posts
9 things
Livescience has compiled a good list of the 9 things we learned about humans in 2009.
Of interest to me were that 44 different bacterial species live on your forearm. Take that Howard Hughes.
Also, late risers are better able to focus than early risers. I had only heard negative things about late risers before, so I’m happy to see this.
Zeppelin
“In My Time of Dying” - Bonzo is so relaxed when he plays. He never rushes anything, and actually he usually plays deliberately a little behind the beat to give the music a laid back feel. He’s the anti-“Stewart Copeland” of drummers. I go through a Zeppelin stage at least once a year.
Tony Williams
My favourite Miles Davis drummer would have to be Tony Williams. The guy plays a million miles per minute, is completely identifiable, and grooves too.
Check out his drum solo. I’m kind of immune to drum solos, but this one almost made me cry.
Bootsy
I dare you not to dance.
sibling stereotypes
I’ve always been fascinated with sibling stereotypes. The idea is that there are some general patterns that occur in aggregate based on your position on the sibling totem pole. The eldest siblings tend to be the most responsible, and the youngest the most free-wheeling, etc..
Here is an article, summarizing a new paper in the journal Animal Behavior1. They give a metric to measure the...