Items to share (11 February)

• Thoughts on excavating an anthill. (Thanks to Andrew Sullivan.)

• I can't claim to have fully explored this site of free educational tools for cognitive neuroscience, but even casual perusal reveals brilliant material.

• Extermiknit!

• The wisdom of crowds strikes again--quite unexpectedly--with a new font.

• Very US-centred, but nonetheless a fascinating exploration of "industrial bread"--from chemistry to process management to politics and culture.

• Now we've actually had some snow, anyone for yak-skiing? (Thanks to Dr Grumpy)

• The Upside of Dyslexia

• Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong

• Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus

• Excellent extended further critique by Jim Hamlyn of the Susan Cain articles on introversion, linked to earlier.

• Indulge me! I've actually read Julian Jaynes' magnum opus (and foolishly lent it to someone about 20 years ago and never got it back). This is a good review of a great and original (if indeed totally wrong-headed) idea, which is so much less likely to see the light of day today, with the imprimatur of a respected publisher. The freedom of the air-headed blogosphere, where anyone can say anything, has diluted the potency of such serious fancies to nil. The absence of any bar to publication has undermined the value of it...

• I've been longing to know this for years! 

• A balanced view of Google's new privacy policy.