- It Was 20 Years Ago Today: The Web – It has already been 20 years since Tim Berners-Lee authored his paper on Information Management for CERN and started the ball rolling developing what is now the internet.
- Michelle Obama’s Message – Eat Fresh Food – I mentioned this idea in a post about grocery shopping and while it is not a new idea, I am glad that the First Lady is making it a publicly visible issue.
- Skeptics Dispute Climate Worries and Each Other – Just because the climate change crowd appears to be on the same page does not make them right. It seems that dissension is only welcome when it is dissension that matches up with the beliefs of the other guy. Since the disagreements here are among the climate change skeptics, they must be wrong. Give me a break.
- The President Lays Out His Education Ideas – He calls for merit pay, longer school years and hours, and getting kids into better schools. At the same time, his budget bill has all but completely killed the Washington Scholarship Fund. “The earmarks can stay, but what’s this scholarship thing for underprivileged kids? Get rid of that”
- Naughty and Not So Nice: Celebrity Chefs in Firing Line (from Jessica) – Celebrity chefs are getting into hot water because their recipes contain high amounts of fat.
- Google Voice is Launched – Google has launched Google Voice, their follow-up to GrandCentral. It allows you to use a single number for your land line, cell phone, and work and get voicemail online.
- Geithner, With Few Aides, Is Scrambling – The Treasury Secretary and the aides as a whole are having trouble keeping up with all of the things they a promising and trying to deliver.
Category: Links
This Week’s Links | March 6, 2009
This week’s links are a real hodgepodge of different stories.
- Marine F/A-18 Pilot Had Chance to Land Before Crash – A disturbing article on the F/A-18 that crashed near San Diego, California and killed four members of a family. The investigation has revealed that the pilot had a chance to land the aircraft before the crash but continued on to Miramar. There is no reason he should not have landed.
- Hot Doug’s in Chicago, IL – I bookmarked this so I would remember to visit when we are there in April. The Duck Fat Fries sound amazing.
- Why the Kiddie Food Movement has got to go – I think it is great that kids are involved in cooking and reviewing food but the author is spot on in noting that children do not have refined palettes. The appreciation of food flavors can take place when one is young but the body has not fully developed taste buds or the brain power to understand depth in food.
- Let’s Get Real About Renewable Energy – Robert Bryce takes a closer look at hydrocarbons and energy consumption in the U.S. He comes to the conclusion that simply moving to renewable energy is not something that is attainable in the short term.
- Burying Power Lines Proves Costly as Hurricane Protection – This has been a heavily debated topic in Houston and other Gulf Coast areas. I knew that burying power lines was expensive but I did not realize it was this expensive. To bury the lines in Houston, it would cost $28 billion. The damage caused to the grid in the last ten years by tropical weather has only been $1.8 billion. Sure, they should bury some lines that are necessary to keep large portions of the city with power, but overall, leave them overhead, I’ve dealt with no power for two weeks, I can do it again.
This Week’s Links | February 27, 2009
Not a large number of links this week. There were some political and budgetary things I was going to share, but I figure everyone has heard enough about that.
- At NBC, Conan O’Brien Is Building a Home in Late Night’s Shifting Sand – NYTimes.com – I am interested to see what happens with Conan taking over the “Tonight Show”. He seems like a successful guy and that he will excel in Jay Leno’s spot.
- Gmail Gets Multi-Attachment Uploading – Great news for those who are heavy Gmail users!
- Evacuees: Oprah’s Houston homes grow less safe – Helping people out is great, coddling them is another story.
- Fight Grows in Europe for a Secular Sabbath – Stores being closed on Sunday here in the States was common when I was growing up. Maybe it was a Texas thing. Chick-fil-a is the only place I know of now that is unapologetically closed on Sundays.
This Week’s Links | February 20, 2009
This week’s links are a real hodge-podge!
- Single Google Query Uses 1,000 Machines in 0.2 Seconds – A neat look inside of Google search. To use that much processing power in such a short time span is unbelievable.
- Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0 – If the allegations of Yelp using its ability to change results for reviews to sell services are true, shame on them.
- Delta to Close 170 Gates – As a side product of the merger with Northwest, Delta will be closing 170 gates across the country. The airline landscape in the U.S. is about to look a lot different.
- Easy Poached Eggs – This one is random. We have fallen in love with Eggs Benedict, which requires poached eggs. We’ll be experimenting with them tonight.
- Slice of Stimulus Will Go to Faster Trains – Not enough money to buy a high-speed train though. So we continue down the same path we’ve been on before, one that is plagued with a nonchalant attitude toward the power of rail.
- A Prayer for Archimedes – A long lost text shows that the mathematician had begun to discover the principles of calculus; Long before Newton and Leibniz.
This Week’s Links – February 13, 2009
I thought I would try something different and post links that I have bookmarked during the past week. I will try to do this every Friday.
- Branson: United or Delta Will Pull Out of Australia – Richard Branson seems to think that United Airlines will be forced to pull out of operations in Australia. I doubt this will happen as it is a huge moneymaker for United’s cargo business.
- Sen. Stabenow wants hearings on radio ‘accountability’; talks fairness doctrine – Is this a waste of time? I seem to think so. It is a slap in the face of free speech.
- For Catholics, a Door to Absolution Is Reopened – Indulgences were one facet of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Why is there no emphasis on grace?
- The Once and Future E-Book: On Reading in the Digital Age – Though I am drawn to the Kindle for its portability, holding a physical book while reading is still one of my favorite things to do.
- Continental Airlines Flight 3407 Crashes in Buffalo – There is a lot of speculation going on about icing and what brought down the plane. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those onboard.
Those are the links for this week, though I may find something interesting during the day and add it here.