Month: July 2009

  • links for 2009-07-21

    Economic Indicators Rose More Than Expected in June – NYTimes.com "More plans to build homes, higher stock prices and fewer people filing first-time claims for jobless aid sent a private-sector forecast of American economic activity higher than expected in June. It was the third consecutive monthly increase for the Conference Board’s index of leading economic […]

  • links for 2009-07-20

    BBspot – Transformers 3 to Features Two-hour Explosion "The third installment in the highly-successful Transformer movie franchise will feature a world record breaking two-hour explosion. The movie is tentatively titled Transformers Go Boom." (tags: transformers humor satire) The fifty states are hurting economic recovery : The New Yorker "The tension between state and national interests […]

  • links for 2009-07-19

    Pupils told: Sex every day keeps the GP away – Times Online "The advice appears in guidance circulated to parents, teachers and youth workers, and is intended to update sex education by telling pupils about the benefits of sexual pleasure. For too long, say its authors, experts have concentrated on the need for “safe sex” […]

  • links for 2009-07-18

    Browse » Pop Culture » Cubeecraft – Free Papercraft Toys Paper figurines. (tags: awesome design art paper toys) APOD: 2009 July 15 – The Chameleon's Dark Nebulae "The Chameleon is a small constellation near the south celestial pole. Boasting no bright stars, it blends inconspicuously with the starry southern sky. But, taken in dark skies […]

  • links for 2009-07-17

    NASA – Viewing History "Adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center thousands of spectators camped out on beaches and roads to watch the launch of Apollo 11, which launched at 9:32 a.m. Eastern on July 16, 1969." Cool. (tags: photography history nasa usa apollo apollo11 space) jQuery Conference 2009 – Saturday, September 12th & Sunday, September […]

  • links for 2009-07-16

    Electronista | Apple drops to 5th in US computer sales "Apple has sunk a full position in the US computer market during the spring, according to early estimates by IDC. The Mac producer is expected to have dropped from fourth place in the winter to fifth in the spring as it should have shipped 12.4 […]

  • links for 2009-07-15

    Story Of The Government Having Twitter Data Access Is “Bullshit,” Says Co-Founder "Earlier today, Valleywag ran a story about the U.S. government having access to Twitter’s “firehose” of data. The news apparently came from a source who presumably overheard a Twitter employee talking about it at lunch. To categorize that as “flimsy” would be an […]

  • links for 2009-07-14

    BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Chinese police kill two Uighurs "Two ethnic Uighurs have been shot dead by police in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang province, officials have said. A government statement announced that a third "lawbreaker" had been injured in the incident. The police were trying to prevent the three men attacking another Uighur, […]

  • links for 2009-07-13

    This Just In: Mark’s Game is at 9 and 11 at Newman « Pearls Before Swine "I just thought I should tell you because the fat man standing behind me at Starbucks today shouted it so loud into his cell phone that I figured he must have wanted all of you to know. He certainly […]

  • links for 2009-07-12

    Gay couple detained by security near Mormon plaza after kiss – USATODAY.com "Matt Aune said he and his partner, Derek Jones, were walking home from a concert nearby on Thursday night, cutting through the plaza near the Salt Lake City Mormon temple. Aune, 28, said he gave Jones, 25, a hug and kiss and that […]