Dr. Zebra includes the Dr’s armchair analysis of VP Cheney (tags: health) Sushi Eating HOWTO Very good (tags: sushi reference howto Japan) Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs (tags: tools graph free gaming)
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Monthly Archives: January 2006
Mozart’s Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Mozart! “Because leading experts say, ‘Mozart makes babies smarter.’”
Everyone is a Rockstar in the Making
Martin notes: “[W]ithout urge skill is an empty thing.” Which reminds me of, “He’s all force and no vector,” something Jake was fond of saying about a co-worker. Jake ended up as a Chief Master Sergeant with special Ninja Powers™ … Continue reading
links for 2006-01-26
cabel.name: On Brain Training (tags: lifehacks) GalCrash – Main Page (tags: science astronomy physics) CSS and round corners: Boxes with curves (tags: CSS design howto webdesign tools) Jesse James Garrett: Visual Vocabulary for Information Architecture (tags: information Usability webdesign reference) … Continue reading
The End of an Era on the Colorado Plateau
The End of an Era on the Colorado Plateau [High Country News] The closing down of the Mohave Generating Station and the Black Mesa Mine are both a victory for environmentalists and Indian water activists, and an economic catastrophe for … Continue reading
As Fair Art Thou, My Bonnie Lass
A happy Burns Night to all… Burns Night – Burns Suppers [BBC]: The Burns Supper is an institution of Scottish life, a night to celebrate the life and genius of the national Bard. Suppers can be everything from an informal … Continue reading
Mahatma Gandhi Quote
This is another quote that keeps reasserting itself… Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. –Mahatma Gandhi [Quotes of the Day]
Photo-Manipulation and Scientific Journals
Here’s another one from Eliot that really pulled me up short: It May Look Authentic; Here’s How to Tell It Isn’t [NY Times] Among the many temptations of the digital age, photo-manipulation has proved particularly troublesome for science, and scientific … Continue reading
Molly Ivins @ AlterNet: Why Hillary Won’t Save Us
I love Molly Ivins. I was exposed to her writing sometime after my parents moved to Texas and have sought her out since the early ’90s. Usually she ‘makes observations,’ which are usually fun. But her real gifts are exposed … Continue reading
links for 2006-01-24
SHOP.MMS.COM > HOME PAGE Order some custom-printed M&Ms in time for Valentine’s Day. (tags: m&m custom+food) A Photon in the Darkness: A Field Guide to Quackery and Pseudoscience – Part One (tags: pseudoscience quackery) Loompanics Unlimited – hard to find, … Continue reading
