The Null Device
2002/5/17
Research has shown that six-month-olds are better at recognising individual monkeys than adults. Proof that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and that children are more like monkeys than adults, or just that specialisation for human face recognition develops later?
A piece on how to work a room, successfully schmoozing for well-connected contacts. Whether or not you find the advice useful, you have to admit, the isometric illustrations are très cute. (via Reenhead)
There's a new Chaser online; among the stories: Psychiatric patient successfully reintegrated into homeless community, World awaits 'Iraq Wars II: Attack of the Clone', and the somewhat off-colour Images of baby Christ arouse US bishops.