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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
Some fascinating new research published in the journal Nature this week. Like most Dyscern readers, I suspect, I like to keep a stack of scientific journals in the kitchen for light reading over breakfast. In the study, researchers used location-tracking data from cell phones to monitor the movement patterns of that fascinating species, the Modern Urban Denizen.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
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It's becoming clear that, in the unknowable Darwinian system that determines the survival of social networking sites, Facebook is now the planet's dominant species. Friendster pioneered the genre, MySpace and LinkedIn are certainly competitive predators, but Facebook currently reigns supreme in terms of pure pop culture ubiquity. I could go on, but my metaphors are already dangerously mixed.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 20 March 2008 |
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Just spent an exhausting weekend at the extremely annual South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, TX. You might wonder what a man of my credentials is doing at a beer-soaked indie rock celebration. Well, bear in mind that some of the festival's main sponsors are Microsoft, Dell and DirecTV. Corporate America likes nothing better than to co-opt youth culture, and they often need a man like me "in the field" to infiltrate the hipster masses.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 20 March 2008 |
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People complain about waiting in airports, but I kind of like it. It's great for people-watching, if nothing else. I enjoy watching the typical airport scenes: Joyful reunions as family members return from long absences. Comedic exchanges of machismo as businessmen try to impress one another while waiting in the Starbucks line. Live action espionage as Eastern European intelligence agents hand off valuable documents to their handlers. (You need a trained eye to spot those.)
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