Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- What people do when it snows – Bah! It’s usually Twitter, unless I decided to upload a picture to Flickr …
- Market Instability and the Plight of the Rich by David Atkins – Eek! The ultra-mega-rich are sometimes dropping down into being only mega-rich because they own so much on the stock market! Sometime they even have to sell their private jets! Weep, my nation!
- High-speed videography reveals how mosquitoes fly in the rain [Video] – Fascinating.
- Science proves that getting silicone injected directly into your body is a bad idea [Plastic Surgery] – “If you really, really want cosmetic surgery, don’t get it done on the cheap.” Words to (literally) live by.
- Thermostat Automagically Learns Your Heating Habits [Video] – Cool! And … um, warm! No, I’m all in favor of inductive learning by devices, vs deductive rules that users have to key in (and, often, don’t).
- Jan Eberly: Is Regulatory Uncertainty a Major Impediment to Job Growth? NO! – Don’t get your facts in the way of my talking point!
- Warner Bros Steals A Move From Disney, Will Pull ‘Harry Potter’ DVDs Out Of Circulation December 29 – Warner Bros doesn’t consider there is an active market in used DVDs out there. And I don’t think they are going to have the Disneyesque patience to restrict availability in the vault for that long.
- Slaughtering horses for meat is banned in the U.S. Why? – Slate Magazine – I don’t think I’ve ever eaten horse meat, but I don’t think I could muster a reason not to given the other critters I’m willing (and often eager) to consume.
- Del Taco – I’m not a fan of the “before” logo, but the “after” one strikes me as anything but an improvement.
- Thanks to anti-vaxers like Jenny McCarthy, measles outbreaks on the increase. – Dolts. Idiots. And, potentially, killers.
- Our Tax Money Funds A Government Surveillance Center In Lower Manhattan — And Wall Street Is Part of It. Why? – Best city government money can buy!
- Northern lights go way, way south – Hmmm … thinking we should be able to see this, maybe, from the Denver area (except for the city lights).
- Rick Green: Drug-sniffing dogs come to Wolcott High School, with a twist. – Hartford Courant – Endless weasel-words here from the superintendent, all of which boil down to, “We thought lying to the kids in a scary way was a cool idea, no harm, no foul.” Great lesson plan.
- Officials use ruse at high school to clear halls for drug search – Actually, a valuable lesson served up to the kids here: some authorities will, in fact, lie to you and play on your fears in order to get away with what they want. Not a nice message, but a useful one. Of course, now I expect to hear about some kid being hurt in a real intruder incident because they thought it was just more administration drug-searching bullshit.
- HOWTO take over your neighbor’s stereo: Cory Doctorow
- Gatwick airport took away my belt buckle: “I stick to what they’ve told me. I’m not going to speak to you anymore. Not if you’re going to publish it. I’m not speaking to you.” – Security Theater: It’s not just an American production.
- NPR finds GOP Sen. Marco Rubio misinforming about his family history again: John Aravosis (DC)
- Consumers shifting money from big banks – It would be nice were it so. I suspect there will be a substantial bump, but not enough to change the big banks’ behavior (except, perhaps, to “force” them to raise fees further because of some loss of business).
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In the early 1970s, when beef prices skyrocketed, many people, including my family, bought horse meat. We had to go to a shop that sold game to purchase it because regular butcher shops didn’t have it. The ground meat was OK, and it amused my young sons to tell their friends they were eating horseburgers and spaghetti and horse…. Anyway, I was quite happy when beef prices came down again.
I don’t have any particular yen to try horse meat, but I wouldn’t turn it down if served up.