links for 2009-03-15

"Mr. Obama announced the creation of a Food Safety Working Group, which will include the secretaries of health and agriculture, to advise him on which laws and regulations need to be changed, to foster coordination across federal agencies, and to ensure that laws are enforced."

"Troubled US insurance giant AIG says it has agreed to demands from the Obama administration to restructure its bonus payments to staff." After getting $180bn and the Treasury holding 80% of AIG, they will reduce their bonuses by 30% for 2009.

Project Manager Syndrome.

Who drives the car?

Looks pretty sweet.

Create a rollover border on images that doesn't mess with your layout.

Pretty interesting story. The BBC has slowly done more and more stuff like this.

"The last major medical facility in Tamil-held territory has almost stopped functioning due to a medicine shortage, a Sri Lankan health official says." Bad news for the civilians in that area.

"Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, sent a message to the nation’s school officials last week: Heads up! We’ll be sending you billions of dollars by month’s end. Spend the money quickly but wisely. And keep receipts; we’ll be asking."

Respect and move on, really??

Where did the money taxpayers gave to AIG go? What companies had claims paid off, how many of those claims actually should have been paid off?

What are some rather quick takeaways from the Obama budget?

Indeed, just spend the time to try and ask for a reduced fee.

Pretty good idea.

"The balcony where, according to William Shakespeare, Romeo wooed Juliet, is to be made available for weddings." That's romantic.

I'm not so sure about this. I can see it's use, but really what Apple needs to do is create a better search and focus as what are good apps and the knock-off apps.

Who is Obama's spiritual adviser in the White House.

What do you think, if you can buy a better swimsuit, do you get to outswim your opponents?

And the developer details.

Facebook Connect now on the iPhone.

Both really pretty design and easy way to find a font to use.