Month: October 2008

The back yard is empty | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine "What they found is rather surprising: after 200 hours of observing, they didn’t see a single event! Not one star appears to have been occulted (blocked) by a KBO. This means there are much fewer of them (2 – 17 miles across sized object) […]

Health hazards for IT workers — how that desk job wears your body down Those desk jobs are going to kill us. (tags: career health it job) apophenia: teens, dating, friendship, and school dances Another great blog post by danah boyd on why teens aren't all that interested in the classic school dance as it […]

Facing Shortfall, Massachusetts Inquires About a Federal Loan – NYTimes.com Massachusetts now asking for money same as California. (tags: massachusetts usa economics) Fakin' It Ain't Feminist – Feministing Don't fake an orgasm, be a feminist and get some pleasure. (tags: sex feminism) Obama on "open debates" (Lessig Blog) Obama pushes to have the debates either […]

Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: No worries Why we should worry about the health of our money. (tags: economics psychology usa bailout banks) United States: Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch, 3-10-2008) Can't believe this hasn't happened already. "Under a new law signed today by US President George W. Bush, leaders of […]

FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right All the projections on the election you can handle. (tags: politics obama usa election statistics mccain poll) The V.P. Debate: What to Watch for – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com The pre-analysis. (tags: debate politics biden palin election usa) On the Cheap – Design Lessons From Students – NYTimes.com (tags: […]

BBC NEWS | Americas | US Senate backs new bail-out bill Maybe this one will go all the way through. (tags: senate congress bailout banks usa politics economics) Coding Horror: Cross-Site Request Forgeries and You (tags: xsrf programming internet webdevelopment coding cookies javascript security development) Olympics reach a new low: trademarking the Canadian national anthem […]

AppleInsider | Adobe Flash player for iPhone due 'soon' if Apple approves They got us talking about it, now can they deliver? (tags: apple adobe iphone flash) BBC NEWS | Americas | US senators to vote on bail-out New bill, new chances of a bailout. This one includes raising the limit of the FDIC Insurance […]