July 2010
24 posts
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Anyone want an Ooma? Ours has already paid for itself. Click on this link and you get $50 off and I get $25.
Personal Health - What Do You Lack? Probably... →
I think Obama should mandate daily vitamin D supplements in all schools and nursing homes.
Gulf Surface Oil Vanishing Quickly - NYTimes.com →
This story was completely blown out of proportion.
Concealed weapons permit, training requirement... →
WatchA discussion of faith in science and religion.
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Marginal Revolution: Number of Birds Killed →
“Number of birds killed by the BP oil spill: at least 2,188 and counting.
Number of birds killed by wind farms: 10,000-40,000 annually.
Number of birds killed by cars: 80 million annually.
Number of birds killed by cats: Hundreds of millions to 1 billion annually.
Don’t worry there is some good news.
Number of birds killed by fisheries: tens to hundreds of thousands annually...
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Look! Crispy, Creamy Avocado Fries | Apartment... →
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Digital Domain - Computers at Home - Educational... →
“Economists are trying to measure a home computer’s educational impact on schoolchildren in low-income households. Taking widely varying routes, they are arriving at similar conclusions: little or no educational benefit is found. Worse, computers seem to have further separated children in low-income households, whose test scores often decline after the machine arrives, from their more...
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Portable Blue Laser from Wicked Lasers - Spyder... →
For only $200, you can own a laser powerful enough to burn skin and blind instantly.
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United States v. Arizona -- How 'Bout United... →
“If, as President Obama and Attorney General Holder claim, there is a federal preemption issue, why hasn’t the administration sued Rhode Island already? After all, Rhode Island is actually enforcing these procedures, while the Arizona law hasn’t even gone into effect yet.”
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning →
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Salvo Magazine: Science, Sex, Society →
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June 2010
16 posts
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Skeuomorph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
So there is a word for that…
Soccer is a despicable sport. It should be renamed “Pansieball”.
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Ideas having sex →
The Simple Dollar » Saying “I Will Do It In The... →
This is a great encouragement for action! Just do it! Thanks Wes.
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The Tumblr Backup app is ready for beta testing!... →
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Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Startup TerraPower Piles... →
“The company says its reactor can provide an almost infinite amount of power by utilizing a small amount of enriched uranium at the beginning of the process (see slides at the bottom of the post); the nuclear reactor can then run on its own waste product, making and consuming its own fuel.”
WatchThe Sandpit (by Sam O’Hare)
It is worth watching fullscreen on HD.
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George Winston : Untitled : Ballads and...
Ravelry - a knit and crochet community →
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FT.com / Technology - Google ditches Windows on... →
May 2010
36 posts
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov
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Science-Based Medicine » Is Organic Food More... →
Apparently not. Who knows? Not me.
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Op-Ed Columnist - Moonshine or the Kids? -... →
“There’s an ugly secret of global poverty, one rarely acknowledged by aid groups or U.N. reports. It’s a blunt truth that is politically incorrect, heartbreaking, frustrating and ubiquitous: It’s that if the poorest families spent as much money educating their children as they do on wine, cigarettes and prostitutes, their children’s prospects would be transformed. Much suffering is caused...