Open Reading Frame

ScienceDaily: Brain Imaging Can Predict Effectiveness Of Cognitive Behavior Therapy For Treating Depression
fMRI study: better recovery in response to CBT is predicted by decreased activity in the subgenual cingulate cortex and increased activity in the amygdala, in response to negative stimuli (emotion laden words).

Google Romance
This was an Internet Jackass Day stunt, but it could be done, and it wouldn't need Google's imprimatur. All that is required is a standard data/metadata format for a profile -- fill it out, post it anywhere (blog, lj, whatever) and wait for search hits. If I were still single I would work this up for sure.

ThermaSAVE Building Systems
Polystyrene panels offer light, strong, bio/chem/env inert construction units with very high insulating capacity and moderate cost. Looks like a great match for prefab design.

The Citizens of Porto Alegre
The Citizens of Porto Alegre: in which Marco borrows bus fare and enters politics, an ongoing experiment in participatory democracy. I wonder if Portland would go for something like this?

Intelligent Enterprise Magazine: Wikis, Blogs and Other Points of Failure
Greenbaum misses the point entirely. Of course blogs and wikis and so on are mostly shite; everything is mostly shite. What matters about blogs etc. is how they differ from all the other shite, particularly from older publishing methods: a more level playing field for access, much shorter time lapse between observation or idea and readers' eyeballs, searchability, community, and so on.

Dog thong flatulence gas odor smell
A doggy-thong to ease the pong? Please tell me this is an elaborate Internet Jackass Day hoax. Via GeekPress.

Good place for a long walk | Ask MetaFilter
Best places for long (weeks/months) walks. I suggested Shikoku, but there are heaps of wonderful ideas.