March 2009
February 2009
Obama Budget Full Of Good News For Science →
Funding for the National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, NASA, and the Environmental Protection Agency will all increase substantially. Combined with the billions doled out in the…
Obama Backs Moon Return in NASA Budget. Nice! →
NASA will stay on track to return humans to the Moon by 2020, according to an overview of President Obama’s 2010 budget request released on Thursday. Recently, various groups - including Apollo…
Doodling helps you pay attention →
Good news, doodlers: what your colleagues consider a distracting, time-wasting habit may actually give you a leg up on them by helping you pay attention.
Vote: What’s your favorite live streaming service site — http://ping.fm/plJCu
I put a couple critical RSS feeds in Apple Mail rather than my hugely bloated NetNewsWire — it seems to be working out well.
TORSTEN SOLIN Dolls →
Flickr: The Vintage Illustration Pool →
Baskerville, italic: best ampersand on the web.
Europe names crew for Mars 'mission' →
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday named a Frenchman and a German who will join four Russians in an innovative 105-day isolation experiment to test whether humans can one day fly to Mars.
I have way too many RSS feeds. It’s out of control. I need to clean and reorganize.
Can Google Latitude get my stolen phone back? →
We all know how annoying it is to lose your mobile phone, especially if you never did get round to backing up those valuable contacts. But with location-based services becoming ubiquitous, isn’t…
Polling the Hive Mind: What’s everyone’s favorite live streaming site? 37Signals uses Justin.tv, Obama uses UStream, any others?
ABC News: Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban →
Today at a news conference in Washington Attorney General Eric Holder said the Obama administration would seek a new Assault Weapons Ban.
Engineers use nano-origami to build tiny... →
Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that’s about a hundred times thinner than a human hair and then…
Topless Coffee Shop Opens In Central Maine →
Maine—A topless coffee shop that raised the ire of many residents of a small central Maine town is open for business. The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop, located at the site of the former Grand View…
What Part of ‘Stimulus’ Don’t They Get? →
The Republican Party seems more interested in ideological warfare than in working on policies that get the country back on track.
I have to get up at 9 tomorrow for meetings, that’s so early in my world. Ugh.
Embedding Twitter Status →
Safari 4 is damn nice.
Neuroscientist says social websites harm... →
Social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned.
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Excited about my Thai cooking class tonight, nom nom nom…
Where can I get heavy black business cards printed?
New Biomaterial Helps Bones Heal →
A synthetic biomaterial that encourages the body to create bone could be the answer to successful bone grafts and treating bone disease, say Australian researchers.
McConnell Peddles Old GOP Lie About Small Business... →
In his first budget, President Obama apparently plans to keep his campaign promise to let the Bush tax cuts expire for Americans making over $250,000 a year. And just as during the election,…
GOP Governors Take the (Stimulus) Money and Run →
Voting against the economic stimulus package? That’s so last week. For some Republicans, there’s a hot new way to show just how fervently they opposed the $787 billion bill President Obama signed…
Don't Trust Yelp, with Your Online Reputation →
Is Yelp using negative user reviews to coerce small businesses into buying its advertising? I don’t know, but it wouldn’t be the first time that a media company had tried such an innovative approach.
Jindal Rejects $90 Million in Cynical 2012 Party... →
Risking the welfare of his constituents, Jindal (looking to a 2012 run) turned away nearly $100 million in federal aid for his state’s unemployed residents.
Wow, just noticed my slave drive only has 25GB free!
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Almost done with this mockup, then it’s time to get ready for Friday night fun.
GOP Fighting For Money From Stimulus They Opposed →
Republicans will be working hard to make sure the money they opposed ends up benefiting their home districts, highlighting the political tightrope they walk in this economic crisis.
Fox special promoted myths and falsehoods about... →
In Fox News’ special, Trillion with a T, Bret Baier promoted or repeated several myths and falsehoods about President Obama and the economic recovery bill, including that it would prohibit any…
The 20 Best Free PC Games →
There are loads of free games out there, but many of them aren’t worth your time. These will have you hooked for hours.
Topless models & bikini calendars DO make men... →
Sexy calendars and pictures of topless models in tabloid newspapers really do lead men to think of women as objects, research shows.
50% of Charges Against Pirate Bay Dropped →
There has been high drama on the second day of the Pirate Bay trial. Due to serious shortcomings in the prosecution evidence, around 50% of the charges in the case are going to have to be withdrawn….