A few things I found thanks to Simon...
Coding Horror: Separating Programming Sheep from Programming Goats: Talks about an article about some research done into why some people just can't write code. I remember when I was doing IT at uni, there were people who would not have been able to write a strip of code to save their lives. It seems that you either get it or you don't. My subconscious is telling me, "I knew that"...
Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments: This research basically gives legitimacy to the idea that stupid people think they're smart, and smart people lack confidence. I love this article. My subconscious is now banging on the side of my head and asking why I never listen to it.
The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager: This is really interesting. Basically it just shows you the change in popularity of baby names. It's a nice flash interface, and you can see some definite trends in names. Interesting ones to search for are Prince, Hillary, and Brandon. See if you can pick the reasons for the shape of those graphs...
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