http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050831/2316/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:31:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050831/2316/#comment-235945 Make You Go Hmm: » Families more fragmented these days? Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:29:11 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050831/2316/#comment-235945 [...] That’s a picture of the home I grew up in which I wrote about last year in Going Home. Nana and I talked about many good times through the years and one thing I’d noticed since the last time I’d seen her is her hearing has deteriorated. These days you have to sit or stand really close to her, speak loudly, clearly and deliberately for her to be able to hear what you’re saying. [...] […] That’s a picture of the home I grew up in which I wrote about last year in Going Home. Nana and I talked about many good times through the years and one thing I’d noticed since the last time I’d seen her is her hearing has deteriorated. These days you have to sit or stand really close to her, speak loudly, clearly and deliberately for her to be able to hear what you’re saying. […]

]]> http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050831/2316/#comment-35978 Make You Go Hmm: » Bees solve color puzzle computers currently can’t Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:26:09 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050831/2316/#comment-35978 [...] Something else to note is how freakishly good the brain is at recalling memories despite the passage of time triggered by sensory experiences. Like when I went back to the house I grew up in a couple months ago and the memories flooded back on me long believed to be forgotten. Howupon seeing, smelling, hearing or tasting do we recall memories long believed to have been lost? It’s like there is a second hard drive in our brains that has unlimited write capabilities and limited read capability based upon unique sensory sensations. [...] […] Something else to note is how freakishly good the brain is at recalling memories despite the passage of time triggered by sensory experiences. Like when I went back to the house I grew up in a couple months ago and the memories flooded back on me long believed to be forgotten. Howupon seeing, smelling, hearing or tasting do we recall memories long believed to have been lost? It’s like there is a second hard drive in our brains that has unlimited write capabilities and limited read capability based upon unique sensory sensations. […]

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