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Links N’ Junk 8: Perceptions edition

Nostalgia: New Coke and Car Seats

Quiz: Interesting self-tests at the research center and be honest (MCF).

Story: Listen to this: 1980. A certain Ms. Abbie Conant applies for 11 trombone auditions but is invited for only 1. The letter begins “Dear Herr (means Mister) Abbie Conant”. Sounds like Trouble.

Tech: Control your computer (PC or MAC) from anywhere. Here’s the pc only package (download the free one). And here’s the mac server install. And here’s the dynamic host setup so you can access it anywhere.

Apple: Dual-Core is (basically) two processors in one. The fastest Mac in the world has two of those. Is it the 4 CPU’s that makes it attractive, the design, the faster intel chip or the brand? I don’t know but go see if the product tempts you.

Design: Printing a Book with CSS. Does this make it functionally cool?

Art: I thought I hated Mondrian but as I grew as a designer he grew in appeal and I realized that his art was just different. Now I use him as an example for web design.

Rey

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4 responses to “Links N’ Junk 8: Perceptions edition”

  1. I’ll have to spend time on it when I get home and can concentrate. I just took the Young-Old test and got “Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for Young compared to Old.” It gets kind of confusing though when they mix and match things and sometimes as I hit the button I realize it’s wrong too late. I try some of the other tests later.

  3. “Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between Other Religions and Judaism.”

    I don’t know how accurate these are. And as I take more and get the feel of the “game”, it will probably be less accurate. I guess that’s why they ask you first how many you’ve taken. I don’t think the “religions” test should be called that since it’s really measuring one’s response to Judaism and lumping the rest into an “everything else” category. I’m Catholic; the test doesn’t measure how strong my preference is for Christian symbols.

    “Your data suggest a slight automatic preference for George W. Bush compared to Ronald Reagan.”

    Shouldn’t the test measure Dubya against Slick Willie or Al Bore?
    “Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for Light Skin compared to Dark Skin.”

    I never DID like you…;)

    I think I’m done with these stupid things for now. Are you going to post any of your results?

  4. MCF is a RACIST! heh heh.

    When I took the tests I already knew how it worked so I noticed I wasn’t answering as fast as I should be to get a gut reaction sort of answer. So when it asks the easy questions, my answering was already slower and then when it got to the other categories my mind had time to consciously process what goes where.

    So most of the time I was right down the middle except for one that Jewish one. I had a slight leaning away.