Month: March 2009

links for 2009-03-11
BBC NEWS | Americas | Iran 'has no bomb-grade uranium' "Iran has no weapons-grade uranium, US military officials have said in an attempt to clarify recent statements from Washington and Israel." So what do they have? (tags: nuclear energy iran usa politics diplomacy international) Some Banks, Citing Strings, Want to Return Aid – NYTimes.com Actually […]
March 11, 2009
My response to Glen Beck’s silly “We surround them”
Glen Beck not too long ago did a silly little thing in which he posted a list of 9 statements and said that if you believe in them to send in a picture for him to do display them or something. This is my response to the list. America is good. Right a country is […]
March 11, 2009
What Should A New WordPress Blogger Do?
This question is sparked within me for two reasons, two new bloggers entered the world. One, the company that I work for has a blog that is relatively new (blog.accade.com), and my g/f is working on launching a blog. Find a really good domain name and keep it. If you don’t have a domain name […]
March 10, 2009
links for 2009-03-10
People in Love Are Blind to Pretty Faces: Scientific American Pretty cool research that suggests that if you in a committed relationship you are actually avoid looking at attractive people. (tags: sexual relationship science research psychology) Open Design Community – Download Free Web Design Templates – OpenDesigns.org Bunch of open source designs. (tags: design ui […]
March 10, 2009
Science and Politics, Like Oil and Water
One of my personal biggest pet peeves with regards to the current political system in America, and for that matter a large and vast number of society is how few people actually use evidence to back up their position. Rather than presenting facts we are presented with ad homein attacks, personal stories and told what […]
March 10, 2009
links for 2009-03-09
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | N Korea's Kim 'elected' to seat Never would have guessed. (tags: northkorea politics) FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: What the Stock Market <span style="font-style:italic;">Really</span> Thinks About the Economy Really interesting read, throws a lot of information generally given by the media on it's side. (tags: politics obama economics) DroboCare from Drobo: […]
March 9, 2009
links for 2009-03-08
Splashy Icons – free icons for prototyping More icons. (tags: icons webdesign design webdevelopment graphics) Schneier on Security: New eBay Fraud One of the many reasons why I don't buy through eBay. (tags: ebay shopping security crime france) Spoiler Statute of Limitations « Whatever Totally agree after a certain time frame spoilers are null and […]
March 8, 2009
links for 2009-03-06
Free Expression Network: Reaching Through the Schoolhouse Gate: Students’ Eroding First Amendment Rights in a Cyber-Speech World "In the view of at least some federal judges, students do not enjoy – anywhere, anytime – the same right to comment on school events as ordinary citizens." This has seriously been bothering me for years. (tags: school […]
March 6, 2009
links for 2009-03-05
A Brief Introduction to MySQL Performance Tuning | Gary Pendergast Really brief list of things to make MySQL better. (tags: mysql performance optimization) Google Health Now Lets You Share Your Medical History With Loved Ones "One security measure that I don’t understand is the 30 day expiration Google Health is placing on each Shared link. […]
March 5, 2009
links for 2009-03-04
SuicideGirls > News > Politics > GOP’s Obama Is Just Brown Indeed. I totally agree, my main issue with Republican's is their seemingly irreconcilable problem with facts and evidence. (tags: republicans politics logic stupid democrats socialism healthcare) Cassini spots a moon, solves a mystery | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine "That’s science. Observation, hypothesis, test, […]
March 4, 2009