Currently Reading.. (08032010)

3. August 2010


Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds

The crisis of middle-class America [via MC]

The Ghosts of World War II's Past (20 photos) - Astonishing work.

Food For Thought: Meat-Based Diet Made Us Smarter

Inception of Inception?

The fact that databases like Google Streetview's Mac-to-Location database or the Skyhook database can be used in these attacks just underlines how much responsibility companies that collect such data have to safeguard it correctly,"
said Mr Hypponen.

Now, a couple of Israeli economists, Eric Gould and Todd Kaplan, have released a study backing up Canseco's claims that he was "The Chemist" of baseball. Their work shows how the careful use of data can be an important tool in ferreting out drug use in baseball and other sports. They analyze the performance of Canseco's teammates—the players who had access to his locker-room pharmacy and expertise—and find that after playing with Canseco, players hit more home runs and otherwise boosted their numbers in the areas most affected by steroid use. Sometimes data speak more credibly—if not louder—than words.
The Canseco Effect

Obama calls for education changes I have always felt that if the US wants to catchup to other countries education systems then summer vacation (remnant of agricultural times0 would be the biggest target. Sounds like it is.

This Is Why The American Dream Is Out Of Reach

Baseball, Movies, Potpourri , ,



Leave a comment..

Currently Reading.. (08022010)

2. August 2010


Xbox Engineering Blog : Achievements Unlocked Great technical detail of how Achievements work on the 360.

Fred Brooks (Mythical Man Month) talks about his new book The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist.

Western civilization runs on the mainframe

Original -> Autotune Remix

Adding Lithium to our drinking water to limit suicide rates?

Potpourri



Leave a comment..

Interesting Reads

15. July 2010


The Billion Dollar-O-Gram 2009 - Great thing to be able to visualize, past 10 billion I personally lose the ability to project comparatively when reading articles quickly.

Trust moves HC seeking demat accounts for Hindu deities - WWJD?

Rise of the Chinese Ghost Town

Teens Now Getting High Off 'Digital Drugs - The great thing is that with a little C# I could totally be a dealer. Want some Snow Crash?

Tell-All Author Riffs on Music Industry in Crisis; Part 1

Potpourri



Leave a comment..

Reading Today...

27. May 2010


Sony teams up with HBO to release TV shows for PlayStation Network | VentureBeat
Cable TV will be in its death throes in the next 5 years and will be little more than connections that provide 1 and 0s to your house. It is interesting to see the trojan horses start to pick up different pieces of the content that used to be cable tv specific. I am a big fan of the a la carte model for TV because I don't watch much of it, however my wife does so I have mixed emotions about the direction it is headed. Will certainly be interesting regardless.

Facebook's Culture Problem May Be Fatal - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
Absolutely fantastic read on Facebook. I wasn't part of the generation that Nussbaum describes but his theory holds sound to all different types of media (music, books, etc).

I've Changed My Mind About The iPad
Great read at avc, I think Fred should change his blog's byline to "Come for the posts, stay for the comments."

My ipad has merged itself into my life in a way I never expected. It is to the point where it has really cannibalized the utility of my iphone, almost to the point of questioning if I need and an iphone (not phone in general). I ordered the wifi version and decided to upgrade to the 3g last week. The iphone used to be my second brain, the ipad is now my second brain and one that is a great edutainment device for my daughter (one that her little fingers can actually use well).

Comment I posted over at there about the ipad. I have been working on a post for awhile about it, but it is hard to describe how much it has ingrained itself into my life in such a short time, both because of, and at the expense of.. the iphone. Its a weird thing and a risk for Apple in my opinion. Hopefully will find some time to finish it up this weekend.

Reserve earns praise, but not our politician
''Karl Marx is probably dancing somewhere,'' he says with a grin. ''Because, in America right now, the government owns the automobile industry, the insurance industry, the mortgage industry and the banking industry. The government suddenly owns huge parts of the American economy - that's what Karl Marx said he wanted, and he didn't have to fire a shot.''. Jim Rogers on China vs the US.

World's Largest Airship Inflated to Create Monster 'Stratellite' - Yahoo! News
"Led Bullet"? pretty amazing size. if this thing can stay aloft for days/weeks/months at what point does it become a (military) base?

Plummeting Marijuana Prices Create A Panic In California : NPR
My counter cyclical investment would be in Lays.

Multiplicitome , Potpourri , , ,



Leave a comment..

Potluck (12.16.2009)

16. December 2009


What I'm Reading About:

Titanic iceberg headed for Australia
Thats not a moon, thats an Iceburg! 54 miles long at one point? Sounds like a Michael Bay movie.


Should Major Authors consider going straight to Kindle? - kindle Discussion Forum (Post Author Anne Rice)
Lately I have had a fascination with the book industry and its ins and outs, here is a great post on the Kindle forums from Author Anne Rice. Some of the numbers she posts are fascinating and make me wonder if even a huge author like her can still make money on the hardcover. Here is her original post and a great reply she also made in the thread.


Major Groundwater Loss in California's Heartland : News
Esh... Certainly doesn't sound good. Which leads to the next link.... Water as a scarce resource: An interview with Nestlé’s chairman


NatGeo: Nearby "Super Earth" May Have Oceans, Thick Atmosphere
"And because the water world is so close to Earth, Charbonneau added, space-based optical telescopes such as Hubble or Kepler could one day be used to "sniff out" the exact chemicals in the planet's atmosphere. " I am guessing close is relative.

What I'm Listening To:


General, Headline, Potpourri , , , , , ,



Leave a comment..