Bram Stoker wrote his classic "Dracula" novel in the format of a diary and it has finally met its 21st century destiny, i.e., as a number of blog posts on the web. Each diary entry by Jonathan, Mina, Lucy, and others will be posted on the month and day that the entries were "written," putting a new twist to the presentation of a story so old that it's in public domain. In a way, it allows readers to feel as if the Dracula story were actually occuring in real-time, in 2009. The posts have already begun, so if this sounds interesting, get over to the site and start reading!

The dream of every child — having the ability to use an "old Jedi mind trick" on his or her parents in order to skip those Brussels sprouts — has become closer to reality. A toy manufacturer will soon be selling an interesting device called the "Force Trainer" which allows the wearers of its EEG sensor to "control" the floating position of a ping-pong ball within a plastic tube: the more the wearer concentrates, the higher the ball floats. While I sense the novelty would unfortunately wear off after the first 30 seconds or so, it gives us "a new hope" that soon we will be able to punish our adversaries with lightning from our fingertips.

We've all heard nutrition buzz-phrases on the Internet, TV, and in other media, but how worthwhile is it to actually use these as a guideline for healthy eating? In the linked video, author and journalist Michael Pollan talks to a room of Google employees about his thoughts on food, nutrition, and food culture in America. He openly admits that he doesn't have any hardline answers, but simply presents a few facts, speaks about his own analysis, which is very intriguing, and tries to instill a heuristic mindset in the viewers when it comes healthy, nutritious eating and its benefits.