Daily Archives: May 26, 2010
Giraffe with enigmatic neck
Richard Sears: Planning for the end of oil
As the world’s attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, we present Richard Sears’ talk from early February 2010. Sears, an expert in developing new energy resources, talks about our inevitable and necessary move away from oil. Toward … what?
Four Stone Hearth Blog Carnival
is at the Prancing Papio (= Dancing Baboon) at THIS LINK HERE. click it. enjoy.
The BioBlogging Project: Top 50 Biotechnology Blogs
Today, many biotechnology blogs focus on genomics (especially personal genomics) and the business side of biotech. The blogs listed below are produced by professors, students as well as law firms and researchers. One other focus in these top 50 biotechnology blogs is bioinformatics, represented in both in molecular biology as well as in databases, algorithms, computational and statistical techniques and theory.
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More emotional intelligence = more orgasms
According to a study just coming out in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, “variations in emotional intelligence–the ability to identify and manage emotions of one’s self and others–are associated with orgasmic frequency during intercourse and masturbation.”
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First, they came for the Hitler meme. But we were silent…
Or, on the other hand, this may be a good thing:
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iPod version of the iPhone OS Reference Library
Check out this meta app. It runs fully functional in an iPad (I’m told), and is a super fancy reference library for the iPhone OS.
It is a web app that you can see on any web browser but, when it senses that it is on an iPad, shifts into super-duper mode.
Here’s the links you need to pursue this technology:
The app on your web browser
Daring Fireball page
Dominion of the Bored page
Knee Update at 100 days
It has been 100 days since I accidentally severed my right patellar tendon. I’m bending my knee to 105 degrees or so, I can now use my quads (though not for much), and I usually walk around with no brace or crutch. On the other hand, if I take a long walk (as in a full grocery store shopping, up and down most of the aisles, or walking the two blocks to the gym) without the brace, there are regrets … so I still use it now and then. I rarely use my right leg to lead up stairs, but I can physically do it (and I do it as a matter of physical therapy), and I have yet to lead down stairs with my left leg. I’ve tried. It hurts and is considered dangerous.
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Men are so good at …. oh, just everything. Ladies learn!
Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture
Copyright law’s grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry … and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley. At TEDxUSC 2010, she talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion’s free culture.
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