A Nice New Blog …
… on technology, futurism, etc., by a fellow named David Houle, called Evolution Shift. More original writing than mere linking; for fans of MarginalRevolution, kottke.org, etc….
… on technology, futurism, etc., by a fellow named David Houle, called Evolution Shift. More original writing than mere linking; for fans of MarginalRevolution, kottke.org, etc….
…$7,000 for Phil’s charity, www.preventcancer.org. It also generated a wealth of data for my research. If they show it on ESPN again this year, you will see my research assistants…
…that Hillary Clinton will be elected president in 2008, likely with Barack Obama as her v.p. He attributed this future success to a powerful liberal coalition including grass-roots movements like…
There’s a new John Tierney column out today, a good one, on doomsday predictions (mostly concerning biological weapons), and who’s backing up their predictions with cash (including Tierney) on LongBets.org….
Wouldn’t you like access to a “database of human feelings,” a live harvesting of emotion from blogs around the world? Here it is: WeFeelFine.org. It isn’t only U.S. real-estate agents…
…rancid chicken. From Creditslips.org, via Consumerist: If everyone in the U.S. spent zero percent of their personal income on food, shelter, taxes, and medical care for one year, the savings…
If you wanted to get elected President of the United States, which of these would you least like to be? (At least, according to the fraction of those surveyed who…
…and fidelity” for the past twelve months were awarded a flitch, defined as a “salted and cured side of bacon.” According to Thinkquest.org, “very few [couples] ‘took home the bacon.’”…
There’s a new news aggregator in town, called Newser.com, and from the quick look I gave it this morning, it immediately looks like one of the best I’ve seen. It…
…something like this happens again. Now, I’m not saying we shouldn’t spend money on bridges; indeed, my friend Tom Paper (who also grew up in the Twin Cities) at Data360.org…
…hope to blog about soon. He seems like a wonderful guy. His bio is so interesting that I will print it here in its entirety: Craig is a customer service…
…was Wordsmith.org, which today has more than 650,000 readers in 200 countries. Over the past 13 years, Garg has shared thousands of words with fellow linguaphiles, including illeist (someone who…
An interesting article written by Jeremy Hsu on Scienceline.org does further damage to the Spinning Dancer’s already damaged reputation….
…But is it smarter to sell your vote than to cast it? George W. Bush spent $345 million to win re-election in 2004, according to opensecrets.org, a cost of around…
…found: Whitehouse.org leads you to a site that mocks George Bush. ForeignAffairs.com won’t lead you to the magazine, but it will help you find a Russian bride. (There is likely…
…Dollars. If you like the idea of a donation booth, or our related idea of contribution vouchers, you can learn more about how to make them a reality at http://www.citsov.org/….
…theoretic reasoning here. It is certainly an area where thinking strategically is important. Q: Do you think more Ph.D.s in I/O and marketing will migrate to jobs in the private…
…20 East Chestnut Street. Tickets are $75. If you would like to attend, you must RSVP to chicago@unifemusa.org ahead of time. You can pay with a check at the door,…
When I first stumbled onto the name voyager at the Baby Name Wizard a few years back, I felt like I was seeing the future. It was the sort of…
…Your Quote Authors Uncovered More Quotation Authors Uncovered More Quote Authors Uncovered Rusty asks: “Politics is like sausage, once you find out what goes into either, you will want to…
…including: competitive wages to attract the best applicants, increasing spending on advertising to build demand for philanthropy, and allowing investors to purchase stocks in non-profit organizations so philanthropy is not…
…Since that time, Google.org has instituted a system that provides real-time measurement of flu queries. (By the way, Google flu trends shows that this was not a bad year at…
…a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions, as it now seems likely to do, carbon offsets will likely play an increasingly large role in carbon-emissions reductions. The offset credits are…
Anu Garg, who runs the wonderful site Wordsmith.org, sends a weekly e-mail describing the theme of the words that will be featured in his word-a-day e-mails. This week’s theme is…
Concerned citizens can now track government spending at USASpending.gov. Users can view current and historical spending on contracts, grants, and loans, broken down by characteristics like congressional district and contractor….
After a tragedy like the earthquake in Haiti, many people are moved to make financial contributions. For some people, as my friend and colleague John List‘s work has made clear,…
A reader named Ed Woodcock writes to tell us of … [A] conversation I had with a WHO (World Health Org.) official I bumped into while touring the Taj Mahal…
These days, you can do pretty much anything online, except for one: submit your U.S. census forms. A new website, UnofficialCensus.org, aims to change that, partially by “sham[ing] the U.S….
…forward to opening our doors officially for new members in September, and would like to thank everyone who has been participating in the blog dialogue! 🙂 Regards, Kyle Tower Ticketfree.org…
…will not continue unto the 10th generation. The Post article also points to the wiki site?HandicappedFraud.org which even offers a handy iPhone app where citizens can reported suspected placard abuse….