Links
255 old comments in Gmail this morning, but of course, none from the last 3 days. So if you find me responding to something you posted during the Bronze Age but not this morning, that’s why.
Miscellany
Flash Games: RSVP and Sober Santa (Santa is via wicked_wish)
Mediasite.com links to expert presentations on a variety of topics.
An Extensive Google Services Guide and The Ultimate Guide to Yahoo! Services
Coke is launching a Coke/Coffee hybrid called Coke Blak. We’re all going to be so over-caffeinated we’ll vibrate on our own frequencies.
Excellent advice if you’re planning on pursuing an advanced degree. “I did a PhD and did NOT go mad” (via linkfrenzy)
Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams has a blog. (credit to gbam and others.) Edit: 6_bleen_7 notes that Adams has used it to "disseminate some huge misconceptions about evolution and science in general"
Science
A preview of Chris Combs’ photo exhibition of autistic children: Inside the Spectrum. Description here.
Cory Doctorow on Microcontrollers in the NYTimes.
Make your own lightbulb (also via linkfrenzy)
Interview with Don Wise on Incompetent Design theory.
Oceanic microbes may be the key to our planet’s future.
Politics
And it only took them 60 years: The Red Cross has designed a neutral (free of political, religious or any other connotation) symbol, a “Red Crystal,” which will allow Israel to join the international humanitarian movement.
Iran’s President Ahmadinejad has suggested moving Israel to Europe and also denies the Holocaust happened. In October, he called for Israel to be wiped off the map. (Note that if an Israeli leader made similar statements, the entire world would turn against them, issue sanctions, etc.) Newsweek profiles Ahmadinejad in next week’s issue. He’s obviously a very different leader than former President Mohammed Khatami, who was a moderate reformer.
An interview with Elie Wiesel
liadnan points out here that the UK has ruled that evidence procured by torture is inadmissable in their courts.
Dick “Velcro VP” Cheney’s approval ratings have reached Grinchian levels. Unfortunately, it looks like the poll data the article links to is nearly a month old.
More White House Accountability Problems? Congress has requested all correspondence regarding Katrina from the White House. The White House refused, saying sifting through 71 million email messages was impractical. Congress curtailed the request to specific people’s records and correspondence. The White House refused again, citing separation of power issues. A subpoena to force them to comply will no doubt be issued next week.
The Propaganda President: The U.S. military has appointed someone to investigate a controversial propaganda program that paid Iraqi media outlets to run favorable stories written by American troops. LA Times, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, NY Observer, Slate and Slate.
Shades of science fiction: Israelis to be allowed euthanasia by machine.
Ann Coulter’s scheduled speech is disrupted by hecklers at UConn.
Miscellany
Flash Games: RSVP and Sober Santa (Santa is via wicked_wish)
Mediasite.com links to expert presentations on a variety of topics.
An Extensive Google Services Guide and The Ultimate Guide to Yahoo! Services
Coke is launching a Coke/Coffee hybrid called Coke Blak. We’re all going to be so over-caffeinated we’ll vibrate on our own frequencies.
Excellent advice if you’re planning on pursuing an advanced degree. “I did a PhD and did NOT go mad” (via linkfrenzy)
Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams has a blog. (credit to gbam and others.) Edit: 6_bleen_7 notes that Adams has used it to "disseminate some huge misconceptions about evolution and science in general"
Science
A preview of Chris Combs’ photo exhibition of autistic children: Inside the Spectrum. Description here.
Cory Doctorow on Microcontrollers in the NYTimes.
Make your own lightbulb (also via linkfrenzy)
Interview with Don Wise on Incompetent Design theory.
Oceanic microbes may be the key to our planet’s future.
Politics
And it only took them 60 years: The Red Cross has designed a neutral (free of political, religious or any other connotation) symbol, a “Red Crystal,” which will allow Israel to join the international humanitarian movement.
Iran’s President Ahmadinejad has suggested moving Israel to Europe and also denies the Holocaust happened. In October, he called for Israel to be wiped off the map. (Note that if an Israeli leader made similar statements, the entire world would turn against them, issue sanctions, etc.) Newsweek profiles Ahmadinejad in next week’s issue. He’s obviously a very different leader than former President Mohammed Khatami, who was a moderate reformer.
An interview with Elie Wiesel
liadnan points out here that the UK has ruled that evidence procured by torture is inadmissable in their courts.
Dick “Velcro VP” Cheney’s approval ratings have reached Grinchian levels. Unfortunately, it looks like the poll data the article links to is nearly a month old.
More White House Accountability Problems? Congress has requested all correspondence regarding Katrina from the White House. The White House refused, saying sifting through 71 million email messages was impractical. Congress curtailed the request to specific people’s records and correspondence. The White House refused again, citing separation of power issues. A subpoena to force them to comply will no doubt be issued next week.
The Propaganda President: The U.S. military has appointed someone to investigate a controversial propaganda program that paid Iraqi media outlets to run favorable stories written by American troops. LA Times, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, NY Observer, Slate and Slate.
Shades of science fiction: Israelis to be allowed euthanasia by machine.
Ann Coulter’s scheduled speech is disrupted by hecklers at UConn.