Peaches and Cream Pie Recipe - Cook’s Country

http://www.cookscountry.com/recipes/Peaches-and-Cream-Pie/29123/

The traditional Swedish way to eating surströmming

Swedish delicacy - fish fermented by anaerobic bacteria. Incredibly stinky. You're supposed to open the can underwater to prevent a stinky explosion as you open it.

http://youtu.be/DmaedvVBkV8

NYTimes: The Good Men of India

The typical Indian male is "committed, concerned, cautious; intellectually curious, linguistically witty; socially gregarious, endearingly awkward; quick to laugh, slow to anger"

http://nyti.ms/1bGgHVO

In a country now famous for sexual violence, don't forget about the many loving husbands and fathers.

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NYTimes: Why We Make Bad Decisions

In big decisions, ask questions of the expert AND of yourself. (Are you getting a dopamine rush from news you want to hear that is clouding your thinking?)

http://nyti.ms/16mMoQd

We listen to the information we want to hear and ignore the rest.

Amateur music

He can't play the drums or the piano, but he can sure edit!

http://youtu.be/JzqumbhfxRo

As he explains at 3:03, he can't play but he edits the actual audio and video.

NYTimes.com: Is Music the Key to Success?

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Update on self-driving cars

http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2013-09/google-self-driving-car

Thought you'd enjoy this article above. Self-driven cars have logged 500,000 miles already, proving they're at least as safe as human drivers. The system currently costs $100,000 but economies of scale will drop that to affordable levels. Traffic will move faster, drivers will arrive more refreshed, fuel economy will increase. 

Currently, glitches occur once every 300 miles, and self-driven cars are estimated to drive 36,000 miles before making a severe (close call) mistake requiring driver input. 

The whole research field was spurred ahead greatly by the DARPA challenge races. 

Crane FAIL Compilation 2013

Ouch!

http://youtu.be/cz22Wty5Rks