September 2010
“Consumer Reports takes the position that if even one iPhone 4 does not work, it...”
– Consumer Reports Continues To Savage iPhone 4 - 24/7 Wall St.
Who’s shilling Consumer Reports on this?
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The... →
You know those damaging Zuckerberg IM’s that were publicized earlier this year? They are real.
The caption under Zuckerberg’s photo in the article reads:
“The C.E.O. of Facebook wants to create, and dominate, a new kind of Internet.”
WatchTrailers From Hell: Joe Dante on ‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’
R.I.P. Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy, Actor in ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers,’ Dies at 96 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
A smart use for wisdom teeth: Making stem cells —... →
WOW!!
For most people, wisdom teeth are not much more than an annoyance that eventually needs to be removed. However, a new study appearing in the September 17 Journal of Biological Chemistry shows that wisdom teeth contain a valuable reservoir of tissue for the creation of stem cells; thus, everyone might be carrying around his or her own personal stem-cell repository should he or she ever...
From Star Trek to News Desk: Tractor Beams Become... →
Amazing!!
Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study... →
This is a fascinating article. Some nonsense theories are debunked while other common sense ideas are reinforced.
I love the idea that tests are a study aid, not a reason to choke.
“What some people claim is now beyond doubt is that junk foods rich in salt,...”
– Junkie food: Tastes your brain can’t resist - health - 08 September 2010 - New Scientist
“Open is proving to mean that the *carriers* can choose what they want to do with...”
– MG Seigler — Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I’d Like To Punch The Carriers With
“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is worried about his privacy.”
– Jeffrey Evans: If Only Irony Had a Privacy Setting
Interesting turn of the tables.
“Don’t jump to conclusions too fast. You might hurt yourself badly.”
– Agent 3Z
I reblogged this from lickystickypickyme. Don’t know why it’s not showing on my front post panel. I thought Tumblr fixed that crediting stuff.
Mother's worst nightmare: Facebook won't shut down... →
No comment. If you know me, you already know how I feel about Facebook. Just read the article.
Tumblr Staff: Fixing Content Attribution (Once and... →
Back when we launched two of Tumblr’s most unique features, reblogging and the Tumblr Bookmarklet, we devised automatic “via” links in post captions as a simple solution for attribution. Three years later, this solution has gotten us pretty far. But it’s easy to spot some real shortcomings:
• It’s hard.
Important for all Tumblr’ers to read. Click the title link to see the entire post.
How are hurricanes & tropical storms named? — NOAA →
Is your name on the list?
Doctors Write ‘Prescriptions’ For Healthy Fruits... →
It’s SO about time for the US to stop subsidizing the fast food industry (via corn & soy) and start subsidizing healthy, whole foods. Perhaps this program in Massachusetts will put a bug in somebody’s head.
Click the title link to read and listen to the whole WBUR report.
August 2010
NYTimes.com Connects With Facebook; Users Must Opt... →
Sorry, guys. This is just way too creepy.
So what kind of sharing are you signing up for if you connect to Facebook and NYTimes.com? From the opt-in screen:
—Name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends, and any other information you’ve shared with everyone. —E-mail permission (of course, NYTimes.com already has an email address if you’re a registered user but this one has a...
Flash hobbles Android use of BBC iPlayer versus... →
Why am I not surprised?
“But should Mozilla and Opera offer H.264 decoding in future versions of their...”
– Analysis: Royalty-free H.264 may clear way for HTML5 video standard | Macworld
I’m a member of the Napster generation. Unique circumstances back then helped MP3 to become almost a universally accepted format across operating systems and devices seemingly overnight (whereby ‘seemingly overnight’ I...
The Proto-Internet of 1704: The small ways in... →
“Before Wikipedia, before blogs, before comment areas or message boards, before the Internet—hell, before the mass adoption of indoor plumbing—readers were generating valuable content.”
Click the title link to see how!
“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”
– Dorothy Parker (via wordpainting) (via smoochiemoochie)
From Wikipedia, “Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.”
I do brush my teeth in the morning, but...
Q&A: How Do You Define ‘Privacy Harm’? - Digits -... →
Interview: How do you measure the seemingly unmeasurable? Evidently, there is some precedent.
“In debates about online privacy, one question always seems to crop up: What’s the harm? How can harm come from a breach of privacy if there’s no fraud and the information isn’t used for, say, identity theft? When the only thing that seems to be wrong is a feeling of “creepiness,” what should that...
