Gordon's Notes
Commentary: politics, science, technology and humanity. Secular humanist.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Follow Me Here on Bush fatigue
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Follow Me Here is the blog I read that's most like this one -- though FMH is more popular and more outward directed. Recently FMH wrote ...
Disbanding the CIA's bin Laden group: the bright side
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There's a bit of a fuss about the closing of the CIA's bin Laden unit . Like most people, I have no way of knowing whether this is g...
Google's weakness: devotion to the algorithm
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I have four Google Blogger (Blogstpot hosted) weblogs I post to regularly. This is one. I've another that's pure geekery and product...
Thursday, July 06, 2006
New old trends in software evolution
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An otherwise unremarkable NYT article on Web 2.0 mashups ends with a review of some novel new projects. Similar projects were underway in th...
Nature: the top 50 science blogs
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I read quite a few of the top of the top 50 .
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Managing North Korea: the special needs approach
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This recommendation sounds a lot like the methods used to train exotic animals and some children : Early Warning by William M. Arkin - washi...
The history of Google Base
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Anyone remember Google Base? I bought the hype . (Must remember, must remember ...) Here's what happened . Or at least a plausible simul...
Monday, July 03, 2006
Treating injured brains with ECT?
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In an earlier post tonight, I wrote about how different patterns of brain injury and incomplete repair might characterize traumatic brain in...
Healing injured brains: implications for autism?
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If injured brains heal over decades, how should we be treating adults with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders? Be the Best You ca...
Porn spam, click through, and the haunting laughter of Leo Strauss
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Wow. If this data is to be believed (big if), the click through rate on porn spam is about 6.5%. The only reason that I find this at all cr...
One big happy family: the universal ancestor
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Associated Press has a somewhat tortuous article following up on a recent Nature publication on human geneology. I think it's a bit easi...
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Revenge of the consumer: Think Amazon.com
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In the old days, brands mattered. Brands had reputations, slowly earned and slowly lost. Companies had to be careful about what they did. Th...
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Drunk driving less disruptive than thought ...
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The media has widely reported that cell phone use impairs driving ability as much as a blood alcohol of 0.08. Of course the media reports do...
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Arms race in the market: Dynamic vs. predictive pricing
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Airlines price seats on some combination of supply, demand, and psychology. Dell does this with their large and short lived "specials&q...
Friday, June 30, 2006
Barack Obama is a fool
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Pharyngula has done a great service, he's revealed that Barack Obama is a fool . Wow, it's good to learn that now.
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