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Hooligan Bear
Which Dysfunctional Care Bear Are You?
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whatdayaknow.. somehow I don’t think that fits me.
secondly, while I was in work, I was absentmindedly “holding” one of those metal screw-in things from the end of a parallel cable and one of the actual screw mount things it was supposed to screw into in my mouth, screwed together. I noticed that I felt a small electric sensation after a while, on the tip of my tongue. I examined the two pieces and noticed that they were in fact two different types of metal–appearantly aluminum and steel. two dissimilar metals + electrolytic solution = wet cell battery.
I was surprised I could feel it at all, but I definately could. I took a few minutes to search google about such reactions in the mouth, from dental work or whatever, and I learned something new:
there’s a medical condition called anosmia. people with this condition have no sense of smell. wow. I never even thought that was possible.
Are smell and taste disorders serious?
A person without a sense of smell is deprived of an early warning system. Smell and taste alert people to fires, poisonous fumes, leaking gas, and spoiled food. Smell and taste losses can lead to depression. Abnormalities in smell and taste functions frequently accompany and even signal the existence of several diseases or unhealthy conditions, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, malnutrition, and some degenerative diseases of the nervous system such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and Korsakoff’s psychosis.
check out the page about how anosmia can effect taste.
on a slightly different note, there’s an article on Slashdot about the world’s smallest mp3 player, the mobiBLU DAH-1500. this thing is seriously tiny at 24×24x24 milimeters.
at $100 for the 512mb version and $130 for the 1gb version from Wal-Mart, the price tag doesn’t actually seem that ridiculous, dispite the size (I have bigger = better engraved in my brain).
