Month: December 2008

  • links for 2008-12-30

    Findings – For Good Self-Control, Try Getting Religious About It – NYTimes.com Religous people tend to have better self control, makes sense. (tags: research psychology religion sociology) Contested book, 'Me, Penelope,' pulled from Tavares Middle School library — OrlandoSentinel.com Gahh I hate school boards that decide to censor what students can and can not read. […]

  • links for 2008-12-29

    http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat Leap second to be added Dec 31'st. (tags: leapsecond time science physics calendar) Rands In Repose: A Signature Cadence Web2.0 has also been about making things feel authentic. (tags: web2.0 webdesign writing culture internet technology flickr interaction authenticity copywriting) Digital Domain – What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting – NYTimes.com Prices […]

  • links for 2008-12-28

    BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Boom year' for hi-tech criminals Good years for high tech criminals. (tags: crime technology hackers)

  • links for 2008-12-27

    Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Why blogging comments suck « The question is how much information do you really need when someone comments? (tags: information blogging comments socialmedia socialnetworking socialnetwork) The Financial Crisis and the “Chicago School of Economics” – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com Lol, awesome quote: “People who spend their lives […]

  • Your Rules Aren’t My Rules

    Here is the problem that I see with a lot of the evangelical right. They seem to think that their rules are all of sudden my rules. Here’s a hint, they aren’t. A great example is this ad for a rentor. The ad includes such wonderful rules as the main lights in the apartment are […]

  • links for 2008-12-26

    Home | TypePublish CMS CMS designed for corporate sites. (tags: business webdesign cms php mysql webdevelopment css) FactCheck.org: Would 3 million jobs be lost if U.S. automakers go under? No way 3 million jobs would be lost, closer to 500,000 could be lost. (tags: usa politics automotive busines gm ford chrysler) Bangkok Post | General […]

  • Facebook and Twitter: Different and Both Useful

    Which do you care about more simply getting a stream of conciusicous thoughts from people or a stream of tons of different aspects on that person and lots of information to put it into context. That’s the dilemma facing people signing up for social networks. Each specializes in an area that makes it useful to […]

  • links for 2008-12-25

    TED | TEDBlog: Who is General Tso and why are we eating his chicken? Jennifer 8. Lee on TED.com How Chinese is all that Chinese food we eat, not that Chinese at all. After all which do you eat more often apple pie or Chinese food? (tags: food culture usa cusine) SitePoint » 11 Expert […]

  • Disqus Now Includes Facebook

    Disqus now has the ability to log in to leave comments via Facebook. So now down where there is that comment section, just sign in using your Facebook account and comment away. I have really enjoyed using Disqus as it lets me see where else have people commented and creates an easy way to have […]

  • links for 2008-12-23

    xkcd – A Webcomic – Cuttlefish Join the Bio and Chem majors to take over the world. (tags: xkcd humor WebComics) BBC NEWS | South Asia | Gunman 'requests Pakistan help' The gunman captured on the Mumbai attacks has requested help from Pakistan. (tags: pakistan india mumbai) BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope puts stress […]