January 2009
15 posts
“…if you were to enlarge an average virus to the size of a baseball, the...”
– From “Germs: Understand and protect against bacteria, viruses and infection” at MayoClinic.com
“My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely.”
The Last Professor - Stanley Fish Blog -... →
The New York Times on Syncplicity and Dropbox →
“In the nineteenth century, mercurous nitrate was used to soften fur during the...”
– Jeremy Piven’s Fishy Excuse - The Daily Beast
Findings - Deep Down, We Can’t Fool Even Ourselves... →
Shopping With Julian Tomchin - Interactive Feature... →
Shopping With Julian Tomchin - High Thread Counts... →
“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to...”
– Ron White, as quoted by Karl Grant in Reader’s Digest, June 2006
“Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian 10 - You vigorously deny...”
– Myspace.com Blogs - Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian. (may offened but it’s just a joke) - MacAllister MySpace Blog
WatchLawrence Lessig on copyright laws | The Colbert Report, January 8, 2009
London Journal - Atheists Send a Message, on 800... →
“MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Ben Zimmer, executive producer of a Web site and...”
– Google Hopes to Open a Trove of Little-Seen Books - NYTimes.com
Harveys
I just saw an ad for the new movie about Harvey Milk, followed by an ad for the new movie “Last Chance Harvey”. How much do you want to bet the number of newborns named Harvey goes up this year?
“COLLINS: Gerba and his team collected more than 7,000 samples from workplaces...”
– CNN.com - Transcripts