lumosity

Cornell's boasting, luminous, Twitter oopsie

We all make mistakes. Why, I once dated a self-described humanitarian who treated me very badly.

One shouldn't, however, mock those afflicted with error.

An exception might be made for those afflicted with vast raw intellect and boast about it.

I am, therefore, moved to a small titter by a minor faux pas perpetrated by Cornell University on Twitter.

Cornell, you see, is terribly excited that its hometown, Ithaca, N.Y., has been named the smartest city in America.

So it flexed its twittering fingers and posted: "Ithaca is named smartest city in America by neuroscience research facility … Read more

Episode 39: Is the Samsung Galaxy S4 the right phone for you?

The Samsung Galaxy S4 brings a lot of tech to the table. From eye-tracking and gesture control, to its built-in translator and ability to act as a TV remote, the phone is cutting-edge in a plethora of ways. That being said, in today's highly saturated smartphone market, does the S4 have what it takes to be the best? And if it does, is it enough to get people to switch or upgrade with so many good options out there? With these questions in mind, we dished the S4 out to three people, both iOS and Android users, to let … Read more

Lumosity keeps you from getting dumber

I'm a happy owner of a Nintendo DS and one of my favorite games for it is Brain Age, which lets you do a variety of small puzzles and arithmetic to hone your mental fitness. If you don't feel like shelling out $130 for Nintendo's hardware, there's Lumosity from Lumos Labs, a Web service that offers a similar multitude of small mental exercises that run right in your browser and are actually really fun.

Lumosity comes with nearly a dozen "games" to play, with each one working out a different aspect of your mental … Read more

Finds at the Stirr Mixer: Texting T-Shirts and Brainy Flash

Found at Wednesday night's Stirr mixer:

Reactee, which will print a custom T-Shirt for you with an SMS short code and your custom keyword. When people who see the shirt text your word to the short code, they get your custom message back. And you, my clever self-marketing friend, get their phone number. Just the thing for (a) L.A. actors and actresses waiting to be discovered by agents and producers whose tables they are serving, (b) people who want to broadcast their cause (there are a lot of Reactee customers in nonprofits, CEO Ariel Poler told me), and (… Read more