My Links 2

Here's a second round of links I think my readers might enjoy. I spend enough time surfing the Internet to find these things, you all might as well benefit from it. Why reinvent the wheel, after all? I have no life...now you can get the benefits of having no life and surfing the web all day without having to actually needing to have no life!

First and Foremost: A Free Cure for Depression - It's not a drug, it's your mind! Specifically, it's the neo-cortex. Depression resides in the sub-cortex, and according to this researcher, one can use a technique called "Brainswitching" to change the source of your thoughts from the sub-cortex to the neo-cortex, where depression can't exist. Something as simple as focusing on a very simple thought or nonsensical phrase repeatedly with your logical mind will switch your mental activity from one part of the brain to the other, and enable one to avoid long spells of depression. This switch happens naturally over days, weeks or months--which is why the severity of depression is almost always cyclical. But one can accomplish that switch in minutes--the researcher himself is bipolar and has had tremendous success with the technique on his own. If you want more information, the researcher plugs his two books on the topic at the end (one is his story, the other is more of a how-to manual).

An Underwater Restaurant - For the adventurers out there looking for their next exciting meal. Seriously, this is a cool concept. Add in the fact that dinner's between 242 and 275 dollars a plate, and I start wondering: anyone want to go into business with me and start one?*
*offer void where seasick

Han Solo in Carbonite Chocolate Bar - I will eat my favorite decoration. Mwahahaha. Seriously, it's about time! I want one.

An interesting artistic video - Proof that I don't understand art. If someone would kindly explain this to me in the comments, it would be much appreciated. All I know about art is that I know what I don't like, and I don't not like this.

Ridiculous Japanese Vending Machines - What can you buy in Japanese vending machines? The list includes: Eggs, Umbrellas, Hot Ramen Noodles, 22 pound bags of rice, Fishing Bait, Toilet Paper, Flowers, Dumplings, Alcoholic Beverages, Pornography, Pet Beetles, Kerosene, Dry Ice, and some more troubling items that I won't mention in this reasonably family-friendly blog...but it's pretty insane (and really makes you wonder who on earth would BUY some of these things at ALL, much less out of a vending machine...).

As always, feedback is welcome.