Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- The Food Lab’s Complete Guide to Buying, Storing, and Cooking Prime Rib – I need to read this in more detail, but now I’m very, very hungry …
- What if your Phone Could Have a Front-Facing Camera Without Actually Having One? – Clever …
- Activision: Kobe Bryant Black Ops ad controversy is ‘hypocritical’ – Actually, I thought it was a very cool ad — and that was without knowing that any of the participants were “famous.”
- High-speed rail funds slated for Ohio, Wisconsin to go to other states – Works for me. Hey, can we have some of that money out here, guys?
- Movie Studios Blocking Special Features On Rental DVDs – I think the rental companies should definitely be noting that the disc is “movie only” or if closed captioning is not available, etc. I don’t necessarily have a problem with the movie companies doing this, but it needs to be clear to the customer.
- This Bottle Of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Is Incredibly Accurate – O RLY? Ha!
- Young female Star Wars fan rescued from bullies by girl-geeks (& friends) around the world – YAY!
- Copyright troll Righthaven sues for control of Drudge Report domain – Wow, really torn here. On the one hand, Evil Copyright Troll. On the other hand, Drudge. Maybe I should just sit back and eat popcorn.
- 8 Ways to Improve Google Android [Android] – Well, I agree with some of these. But … “Ask any Android user what they really want in their smartphone, and you’ll hear the same response over and over again: a music service that allows downloads, streaming music, and automatic syncing.” Well, not this Android user.
- After 12 days of WikiLeaks cables, the world looks on US with new eyes – Regarding the leaked content itself, most of the reactions are for public consumption and from momentarily hurt feelings. I think the American reaction to WikiLeaks, more than the content, will have a more long-term effect, esp. on the public.
- Key People From Wikileaks Are Ditching “Emperor” Assange To Form A New Site – Not surprising, from some of Assange’s personal behavior. And, in fact, more organizations out to provide whistleblower support is, in fact, a good thing, assuming they’re legit.
- Mozilla’s new CEO explains his love-hate relationship with Google | VentureBeat – FF vs Chrome doesn’t have to be a fight to the death. Both companies (and certainly all consumers) benefit from a healthy competition (including IE, and the other browser folks out there).
- Here’s What People Are Saying About Twitter… – On the one hand, it worries me when the “business guys” start supplanting the “product guys” at a firm I like. On the other hand, TANSTAAFL. I just hope Twitter can come up with a profitable business model that doesn’t require them to be Facebook … and that the product continues to grow in an interesting and useful fashion while still retaining its core microblogging focus.
- A defense of WikiLeaks: Some inconvenient facts | Philadelphia Daily News | 12/09/2010 – “More than an airy ideal we invoke to applaud ourselves, free speech is essential to free and open societies, which need to know the truth whatever the source. Many of today’s problems can be traced, in part, to its absence: a war ginned up under false pretenses, overly optimistic assessments of some of our ‘allies,’ a financial meltdown because people were unaware of the risks they were assuming. Dead soldiers and civilians and an economy in tatters is a staggeringly large price to pay to avoid embarrassing various officials and diplomats.”
- Daniel Ellsberg: “EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.” – “So shame on Barack Obama, Eric Holder, and all those who spew platitudes about integrity, justice and accountability while allowing war criminals and torturers to walk freely upon the earth. … the American people should be outraged that their government has transformed a nation with a reputation for freedom, justice, tolerance and respect for human rights into a backwater that revels in its criminality, cover-ups, injustices and hypocrisies.”
- Cheating On Your Diet To Increase Fat Loss. – Page 4 – hurray for cheating days
this post is very handy for those who “plateaued”. basically it explains how cheating or “calorie cycling”/”zigzagging” can increase the metabolism by increasing the production of LEPTIN Hermon that can help really help in burning fat
- How To Use Google Reader As A Bookmarking Service – That’s a clever idea — really, just an extension of the basic functionality, but cleverly purposed.
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