Month: October 2009

Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com "That is the key to understanding our full education challenge today. Those who are waiting for this recession to end so someone can again hand them work could have a long wait. Those with the imagination to make themselves untouchables — to invent smarter ways to do […]

Dilbert comic strip for 10/19/2009 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive. Easily distracted bosses. (tags: management humor dilbert comic) Official Google Blog: Flying in a WiFi wonderland: Free Internet from Google on Virgin America flights "We know the holiday season seems to come earlier every year (sorry, Halloween), but before you make your final […]

xkcd – A Webcomic – Bag Check Aren't security rules so inconvenient and inconsistent. (tags: security airline humor xkcd comic) Obama Aides Go on TV to Criticize Wall Street – NYTimes.com "Striking a populist tone, several of President Obama’s leading advisers on Sunday issued stern warnings to Wall Street. They said big banks must not […]

REVEALED: Twitter Creator Jack Dorsey’s Next Big Project "Dorsey’s new venture is called the Square iPhone Payment System, his new company is Self Edge NYC, and the service’s site will likely be located at SquareUp.com. The service provides a white dongle for your iPhone or iPod Touch that lets you pay without a credit card." […]

Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol : Burstoid "But, having said that, I leave it in your capable hands to do what ever you want………..and please write back saying how much money you would like." That's the way all experts especially artists should be treated. (tags: artists career work design history andywarhol mickjagger) If you think […]

Divorce Rate Triple for U.S. Female Soldiers, Report Finds – NAM "More than 30,000 single mothers have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army, the most heavily deployed branch of the military, gives women just four months to stay stateside with their newborns before deploying to the war zone, leaving them little time to bond […]

Astronomers clash with US air force over laser rules – space – 13 October 2009 – New Scientist "Could astronomers accidentally blind Earth-observing satellites? That seems to be the worry of the US air force, which restricts the use of lasers pointed at the sky to help focus telescopes. But some astronomers warn they will […]

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | New Korea reunion talks 'agreed' "North Korea has agreed to hold talks with South Korea this week, a day after it test-fired short-range missiles. The talks will be on how to avoid cross-border flooding, and arrangements for reunions between family members divided by the Korean War. The agreement to the […]

The Everett Interpretation The Many-Worlds FAQ. (tags: manyworlds physics science quantum_mechanics) Federal Register Makes Itself More Web-Friendly – washingtonpost.com "Starting Monday, issues dating back to 2000 will be available at Data.gov in a form known in the Web world as XML, which allows users to transport data from a Web site and store it, reorganize […]

Retrieve, Cache, and Display Your FeedBurner Subscriber Count "One way of significantly speeding up your website is by caching information you retrieve remotely from other websites or databases. Caching information is extremely simple and can save your users seconds of unnecessary waiting. Here’s how I cache my FeedBurner follower count on my site." Usefull. (tags: […]