What I'm Reading:

California School Has a Montana and a Gretzky at Quarterback

I have to say, wouldn't you hate to be this highschool coach?

NYT: The Calorie-Restriction Experiment

IT MAY TURN OUT that the medical doctors are right and the trial subjects are wrong. Calorie restriction — or simply living a life of less in a culture of more — is extremely difficult to achieve and even more difficult to maintain. Americans’ seemingly inexorable slide toward obesity tends to indicate as much: for the majority of us, the desire to eat can easily overwhelm personal willpower and (so far) any messages from public-health campaigns. At the same time, debates over the viability of calorie restriction might ultimately seem academic. Why spend time worrying over whether normal-weight subjects or slightly overweight subjects should lose weight, anyway? These are generally the healthiest of Americans. Perhaps the dollars would be better spent on cancer or heart research.

Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life

Sounds like they are thinking along the same lines as Earth's geothermal vents for life under the miles of ice.  Still an awesome prospect though.

Building a Shortstacking Poker Bot – A Visual History

Building the bot is hard enough, short stacking takes it to a whole new level.

Weather Geeks Champion New Armageddon-Worthy Cloud

Astonishingly cool localized cloud formation in Scotland. Luckily enough there were some pics taken over the years and it seems as though this might be an entirely new type of formation that will be certified. Very cool pic.

Chart: Cities Getting Richer

Interesting chart showing the movement of wealth into city centers for a few major metro centers in the U.S. (Atlanta included). Makes me feel bad for Philly and Detroit.

Gaming Geek Links:

AMD deal for 'Xbox 720' makes sense for backwards compatibility

Rumour: Project Phoenix (Xbox 720) and the X-Engine

Coding Geek Links:

IMAGE RECOGNITION WITH NEURAL NETWORKS HOWTO

Deep Packet Inspection Engine Goes Open Source

Creating A Google Wave Extension In 5 Steps

PowerCommands for Reflector

Clojure Geek Links:

A Genetic Algorithm Framework in Clojure

A C# REPL (in Clojure)

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