So no new developments, really. Just classes and such. However, I have been very committed to my search through Glasgow for the perfect cup of coffee. Today, I think I found it. Or rather, the perfect place. It's called "artisan roast" and its a little hippie cafe with overstuffed and mismatched chairs, two levels, and awesome organic coffees. I ordered a mocha, and I was asked "what kind of chocolate"? They had different kinds of chocolate to add to the coffee- like 6 kinds. I decided to be creative and order the "Aztec" chocolate mocha, and as it turns out that has chili powder in it! Who knew? It was a little odd...actually spicy. But interesting. I want to go back asap and experiment.
Beyond that, my days have been pretty routine. Ooh! Cool neuroscience factoid of the day: there is a new technology that basically allows blind people to see via synesthesia (the conversion of one type of sensory input to another...aka hearing color or tasting sound). It's a camera that converts pixels into tones of sound, and then plays them to the person continuously. Over the course of a pretty long time span (about a year) the person is able to start actually seeing in shades of gray, because the brain begins to understand the sound as light. After about 2 years, you get depth perception. After 4 or so, color! How cool is that? Yeah.
I've only got a couple of pictures- one of my delicious Aztec coffee, and two of birds in Glasgow that I have been trying and failing to identify for three weeks. One looks like a pigeon, but don't be fooled! It's freaking huge. 50 points to anyone who can identify them. I've been calling them partridges and turtledoves because I figure no one actually knows what those are. Also no, I don't know what scale the points are on.
Much love,
Erin
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