Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- The Online Class Divide – Hrm. So now I have to second-guess why I have a Facebook page vs a MySpace page? There are some interesting thoughts here, worth consideration, but also some leaps to conclusions that are less so.
- Nigerian gas firm Nigaz gets web all of a twitter about ‘racist name’ – Oh, Lordy — just this morning I was commenting on another post about PC a-twitterness (over “plantation”) and I almost hauled out “Nigeria” itself as something to be offended over. This one is even better.
- The Magic of Purity Rings – What a brilliant idea!
- Eliminating the Faith-Healing Exemptions in Wisconsin – While I applaud the desired end-state (kids getting treatment), it’s not clear to me either law would change things. Faith-healing parent think their kids will get better solely through prayer. Attaching criminal penalties is no greater an incentive for them to get the kids treatment from real doctors than the threat of actual death to their kids. I’m conflicted over the level of punishment that should result from letting your kid die, but don’t let’s fool ourselves that this is actually likely to save many kids before they are neglected to death.
- The Aliens of the Star Iota Horologii Are Just Watching Captain Kangaroo Now [Space] – Pity the poor Pollixians. What horrors await them in the next few years …
- Explained: Fireworks vs Firecrackers vs Sparklers [Science] – Now you know! And knowing is half the battle!
- Vatican now investigating nuns – Yeah, that sounds like a great way to deal with the ever-dwindling number of nuns in the church. Bravo.
- New Material Made From Paper Sludge Could Replace Plastic Packaging – Spiffy!
- Universal wins ‘bidding war’ for Asteroids movie rights: Ludwig Kietzmann
- While You’re At It, You’re Not Really an Island – (Rolls eyes at politically correct, if linguistically inane) renaming movements.) Yeesh.
- The 7th habit personified – This is cool.
- I’m A Doctor, Not A Veterinarian – Now I have to clean my monitor from the coffee I just sprayed on it.
- Ambition – To seek out new life, and new kitchen preparations!
- Republicans On House Census Subcommittee Rebuke Bachmann’s Fearmongering As ‘Illogical’ And ‘Illegal’ – And another thing — why is it that nobody on the Right or in the media runs around criticizing her (vs. Michelle Obama) for wearing sleeveless dresses?
- Republicans On House Census Subcommittee Rebuke Bachmann’s Fearmongering As ‘Illogical’ And ‘Illegal’ – When even your own party insiders are telling you you’re a nut, it’s probably a time to reconsider your position.
- New Budget Estimate Of Public Plan Proves It Lowers Cost And Covers More Americans – I’ll note that saying “prove” in this context — from either side of the argument — is poor language use. Estimates and projections never “prove” anything. National health insurance schemes will cost a whole lot more than any estimate — but I suspect they will also save a lot more in “hidden” costs than any estimate, either.
- ‘Farscape’ panel set for Comic-Con – Glad to hear about the panel and the new DVDs. I hope they are much more competitively priced than the original DVD series; I might actually pick them up.
- Fort Worth Police Chief: That Faggot Had It Coming | Slog | The Stranger – Ah, Texas, land of rugged individuals, as long as you’re One Of Us.
- Google Voice Is Cool, But Do You Need It? [Phones] – I’m waiting on this one, even though I fit most of the “then this is for you” categories. I want to see if it’s well-adopted before leaping in, if nothing else, so that Google doesn’t turn around and abandon the project out from under me.
- R-71 Backer Ron Boehme Literally Demonizes Opponents – Wow, that’s remarkably goofy. I’m sure he’s not the only one who feels this way, but to actually see it written down is amazing.
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