He distinguishes activities and experiments by explaining that activities are entertaining, while experiments are more challenging and entail some form of measurement.
It was a remarkable process, Ms. Stroman said, one that allowed her to entertain and experiment with all sorts of images: lovers on a swing, a lonely woman's flight of fancy or a dancing waiter, all played out to recorded rock, bebop and classical music.
It is when one starts to entertain the experiments that one sees this model start to break down.
While we're not convinced these Google homepage experiments, entertaining though they may be, will actually succeed in altering your perspective or your user habits (it may be this digital force is a far too large and invisible part of our online lives), Solaas Google projects repository is still an intriguing place to have a look around.
But for many others, like most of the residents of Jalisco (which is named for the Mexican state), a home is above all a place to relax, entertain friends and experiment with décor.
Epicurus does not entertain the thought experiment proposed by Plato in the Republic (359C 360D), in which Plato asks whether a person who is absolutely secure from punishment would have reason to be just.
But unlike the satin-clad iron chefs, who sweatily race to produce the most sumptuous dishes from a "secret ingredient," Dr. Ribisi was trying to concoct a tasty experiment, one both entertaining and edifying.
But he conceded that he had a talent for humor, and that some of his classroom experiments would be entertaining on television, especially because many of them call for the participation of a student, a role late-night hosts could easily fill.
As in his previous book, the best-selling "Predictably Irrational," the experiments Ariely describes generate entertaining and often counterintuitive insights.
Even her failed experiments, like homemade hot dogs, are entertaining.
