Folklore is a new CMS devoted to collective historical storytelling. It's written in Python and will be licensed under the GPL.

But that's not the only reason why it's interesting: The first project it hosts is about Apple and the Mac. It's full of first hand stories and anecdotes about the development of the Macintosh, and the people who created it. It's very interesting to see how the Mac interface was designed, for example: Busy Being Born.

Oh, and it also has a RSS feed.

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Wired has an article about a system that prints subliminal messages on your glasses, to remind you appointments, shopping lists, etc.

DeVaul said subliminal messages aren't powerful enough to stimulate action; rather, they act as prompters -- they fill in the blanks that the wearer is already searching for. The fact that the wearer is unconscious of them is, according to DeVaul, the key to his system.

"We can never precisely know what the wearer needs to know, or when he needs to know it, and this is why the fact the messages are subliminal is so important. If the information given is not helpful at that time, it's not important because it isn't noticed," DeVaul said.

Sounds pretty cool! If it works...

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Macworld has an article about a new cooling technology developed by Cooligy in cooperation with Apple, Intel, AMD and DARPA.

[The new system] collects heat using a thin layer of micro-machined silicon that sits on top of the microprocessor. "A very dense area of Micro-Channels etched into the silicon enables fluid to circulate through the heat collector and efficiently absorb and take away heat," the company explains. A tiny solid-state Electro-Kinetic pump circulates fluid through the cooling system and to a "heat radiator", which transfers the heat to air. The solution makes no noise, has no moving parts, and is reliable in the long-term, the company said.

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