It’s been said that the human brain is sort of hard-wired to see faces everywhere, even where there are none there. I find it amusing that we’re now designing software that can be equally fooled. [via]
Of course, that’s not the only thing humans are designing software and robots to do. We’re also, apparently, building robot suits. This is equal parts cool and goofy looking.
I’ve never really been tempted to get a tattoo, mostly because I can’t think of a particular design I’d want to carry around with me forever. That said, these science and science fiction tattoos are pretty cool. Free lifetime subscription to the first person who gets a Kaleidotrope tattoo! (Lifetime of the zine, not of the subscriber.) [via and via]
Sometimes I think maybe I picked the wrong month to visit Chicago. If you’re there next month, May 9th specifically, Terry Jones will apparently be hosting a screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Sounds like fun!