links for 2009-03-03

Pretty cool.

JavaScript is a screwy language but one that can be good.

Paid posts are bad for the quality of search engines.

Very nifty.

Very pretty.

"The cardiologist, Dr. Sanjay Kaul of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, was removed from the F.D.A. expert committee shortly before its meeting on Feb. 3, when the drug was approved, 9 to 0. Dr. Kaul had criticized studies of the drug, questioning the risk of bleeding and safety in elderly patients." Suspicious anyone?

Because the oil companies have no idea how capitalism works or are about to run our of money.

Looks interesting.

Make two remote things (photo and text) light up at once.

Science goes public domain.

I figured this would happen.

What have you done with your sentences lately?

He bid for them and now refuses to pay for them as the artifacts were originally stolen from the Chinese.

I gave up cable years ago.

Very cool move Skittles.

Far better rule that Rands'. "Twitter is a loud, angry noise of people hollering all kinds of stuff. It’s a casual free-for-all with friends bantering about their day, their work, their trials and their triumphs. I love how open and honest it is. Polished marketing-style people come off as fake and plastic."

Sure the money is important but shouldn't students be given unbiased facts?

"In my opinion, the art of a good tweet is not just how much you can convey using extreme brevity, it’s also how you can take an idea, shape it with a bit of yourself, and give it to someone else who, if you’ve given them reason, will do the same." I both like and dislike this. I like the idea, but I personally think that Twitter is designed and works in a way to be much simpler than what Rands wants.

This is such a stupid idea it isn't even funny. Verification systems are such a failed system on the internet.

"Free or Pro, all of our members can now share video on Flickr. But wait, there’s more. If you’re a Pro member your HD videos are more better." I might just break up with Flickr over their grammar.

Why did we just spend $30 billion?

Look to say not no.

I can see both the FAA's point and the airlines point. Be nice to hear from a pilot's union.

"President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday." Makes sense I doubt Obama really believes in the missile defense program.

NO way I would ever spend $99 dollars for something I could pick up for under $30, especially for just an en external hard drive storage unit.