This+That

• 2011-09-22

  

  This is why I remain jaded in the face of constant proclamations from the ISP community in Kenya about how their internet service is the fastest to ever grace the face of Planet Earth.

  Eh, no. Try again, please.

• 2011-09-20

  Kenyan MPs attempt to bully a police officer into allowing them past a security checkpoint at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. 

  It’s supremely frustrating to watch your country being governed by a mob of glorified thugs, but equally heartening to see some inspired police officer’s resolute refusal to bend to Gideon (Mike?) Mbuvi’s and Ferdinand Waititu’s thuggish antics. Hongera!

  (Video: Capital FM Kenya)

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  AC/DC

  Electrically stimulating the brain can help to speed up the process of learning, scientists have shown.

  From BBC News

  Hang on. Before you set about routing electrodes from the mains to your temples to excite your cranium, it might be worth considering that some folks (granted, from a terribly funny TV series) may have seen the future. So, don’t be a fool.