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Thoughts on Chrome OS and the Cr-48
Much to my surprise, I receieved an unmarked box containing a Cr-48 laptop from Google. No warning. Just arrived. I’m not complaining. I’ve been using the Cr-48 with Chrome OS a lot this past week. It’s been a pretty enjoyable experience. This is very much a beta, and this is why I’m posting thoughts and [...]
Well at least they (adorably) are honest…
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Our oceans are dying
“Fisheries management around the world has failed. We now have the capacity to be able to catch the last fish, the last whale, the last dolphin, the last shell.” A must watch video on what we need to do to protect our oceans.
In defense of anonymous comments
“Banning unsigned online comments undermines the media’s role as a forum for debate.” — Bill Reader.
And there goes the Star-Ledger (and another $10 million)
Two years after offering a buyout that decimated its newsroom by cutting about one-third of its staff, The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., the state’s largest daily paper, is offering another such buyout. In a memo to staff today, Publisher Richard Vezza stated that the paper had lost $9 million in 2009 and was on pace [...]
“Instead of viral, you want to go Bieber.” 3% of Twitter traffic is Justin Bieber-related.
That’s the advice from @PRSarahEvans on Twitter. This is all you need to know about Justin Bieber and Twitter: Racks of servers are dedicated to him. Whole servers! Someone, sometime will need to explain to me just exactly why Justin Bieber is so popular. Must be that Tom Brady hair.
The office itself matters
Boring, bland, lifeless offices don’t benefit anyone: Research has shown that a healthy office space with plants and open windows is more conducive to productivity. I love my home office. It’s filled with plants, books, a fish tank, antiques and interesting objects My office at work is pretty bland and boring, but I’m going to [...]
Wait, people don’t want “science” reporting from Pepsi?
Nothing destroys the credibility of a site quicker than corporate shillery: Should ScienceBlogs.com have agreed to host a controversial blog on nutrition, written by PepsiCo? No, say the site’s readers, as some of its star bloggers stop their blogs in protest. It’s an idea so bad that you swear that The Washington Post and Publisher [...]
Urban cycling quantifiably better for you than driving a car
Despite the risk, urban cycling is a healthier option The authors found that for the individuals who shift from car to bicycle, the benefits gained by increased physical activity were substantially larger (3 – 14 months of life gained) than the drawbacks of inhaled air pollution (0.8 – 40 days lost) and the increase in [...]
Climategate scientists vindicated
‘Gate Fever Breaks – Dot Earth Blog – NYTimes.com: The Independent Climate Change Email Review is finished and, within its constrained mandate, has cleared climate scientists and administrators at the University of East Anglia of claims of malfeasance rising out of the contents of folders of e-mail messages and files extracted from computers there and posted [...]