Saturday, January 05, 2008

Emergence in action: Plaxo is an ex-canary

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Plaxo's opt out mechanism was broken the other day . I see variations of this all the time, at work and at home. Everyone has finite res...

Another best analysis of the Iowa outcomes

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It's definitely inside baseball humor, but it's great ... Jon Swift: Iowa Caucus Results Explained ... The biggest loser of all was ...

Fashionable light bulbs and that darned mercury

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Low energy light bulbs are justly praised -- but there's a wee little mercury problem : ...Official advice from the Department of the En...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Andy Olmsted's post-mortem good-bye.

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I don't remember reading Andrew Olmstead's posts, but I'm sure I have at various times. He left a message to be published were h...

Treating explosive aggression in special needs adults - a huge placebo effect

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A study on Risperdal in special needs adults is being described as showing that Risperdal has no  benefit. That's interesting, though ...
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Summary of Iowa 2008

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TP has a good analysis. Here's the GOP side: Talking Points Memo | Where We Are ...Purely for my own reasons, I would have liked Romney ...
Thursday, January 03, 2008

Human History

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10 step summary of human history . Step 9 takes us through the last hundred years. Step 10 is the unknowable future.

Benazir Bhutto - The Economist's obituary

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Even in its dotage, The Economist does a very good job on obituaries. I learned more about Benazir Bhutto, and Pakistan, from their one pa...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

My $80 HDTV conversion coupons are on the way

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It took about two minutes to apply for our two TV Converter Program Coupons . We don't have cable or satellite and we have two televisio...

Best prediction essay ever

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8 can't-miss tech predictions for 1998 is brilliant. Funny, yes, but also a great education in the futility of predicting even the near...
Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Mathematical universe: the softly spoken premise of string theory

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Why are mathematical models so insanely good at making predictions about the physical universe? Is this a testament to the general modeling...

Outsourcing surrogacy - and what comes next

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FuturePundit: Pregnancy Surrogacy Outsourced To India . No surprises, unfortunately. I'm tagging this one as " organ trade ", ...

Liberal and progressive - defined

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A good definition. Why progressives should forget the middle ground. - By Paul Krugman - Slate Magazine : "If you think every American ...
Monday, December 31, 2007

Physics Feast: Sean Carroll's favorite posts

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Sean "Cosmic Varience" Carroll has indexed his personal favorite posts . A true feast for the physics fan.

After the crash of '07: what 2008 may bring

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The Economist tells us where we are months after the property crash of '07 (emphases mine): Economist.com ... On December 18th the Europ...