It looks like we may be entering Great Depression II, The Sequel.
An op-ed piece looks at Prohibition II - the War on Drugs - that bears a distinct similarity to the War on Alcohol of the early 20th century.
Oh, and the piece is by a former Seattle police chief.
article at HuffPost
Thursday, February 26, 2009
No love for antidepressants
Some new research indicates that common antidepressants may inhibit one's ability to fall in love.
Now that's depressing...
article at Wired
Now that's depressing...
article at Wired
Evolution of the slow cooker
The LA Times has a neat piece on the evolution of the slow cooker, looking at ways people are experimenting with them to actually create some decent food.
article at LA Times
article at LA Times
Miracle Water!
How about a liquid that can disenfect, killing all manner of nasty microbes, and clean as good as bleach?
What if you could drink it?
What if it was water and salt?
article at LA Times
What if you could drink it?
What if it was water and salt?
article at LA Times
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Octomom loosing the babies?
It appears that some more reasonable and cooler heads are prevealing at the hospital where Octomom gave birth.
It appears they're probably going to withhold the children due to concern over the living arrangements and her ability to take care of them; any premie births are gone over by Child and Welfare Services to ensure that the child can be safe.
Octomom's home, which is owned by her mother, is about to go through foreclosure; her mom is over $30,000 behind in her house payments.
These kids deserve safe home where they can be cared for properly. It would probably be best if they were put up for adoption and never really told about their mom, at least until they're adults.
article at HuffPost
It appears they're probably going to withhold the children due to concern over the living arrangements and her ability to take care of them; any premie births are gone over by Child and Welfare Services to ensure that the child can be safe.
Octomom's home, which is owned by her mother, is about to go through foreclosure; her mom is over $30,000 behind in her house payments.
These kids deserve safe home where they can be cared for properly. It would probably be best if they were put up for adoption and never really told about their mom, at least until they're adults.
article at HuffPost
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
"I'm shocked - shooked! - that the Web existed before 2000!"
Okay, this columnist, Farhad Manjoo, at Slate is officially driving me nuts. He seems clueless about technology and the Web. But, he gets paid to write a column at Slate. After tackling online college lectures (an emerging phenom a year or two ago), why satellite radio sucks, and why Microsoft should copy the Apple Store in recent columns, he turns to history.
Today's piece is about the state of the Web, circa 1996. He got the inspiration for the piece by noting that someone asked him what it was like to browse the web way back when.
So, he does some research in the Internet Archives and old editions of "Time" magazine and comes to the conclusion that people could read Slate, look at the weather, and play the Kevin Bacon Game. In other words, there wasn't diddly squat there.
I beg to differ.
The Web, in many ways, was quite interesting in those early days. Of course, Manjoo just talks about the commercial Web, ignoring the many websites of academics, artists and individuals that were the backbone of the Internet we know and love today.
He seems amazed that people were "blogging" before 1999, when the term came into existence. No doubt he would be surprised that people were actually creating their own content for the Web before Web 2.0, YouTube, blogs, wikis and all the rest of it.
Sigh. It's columns like this that make me browse to Slate less and less.
article at Slate
Today's piece is about the state of the Web, circa 1996. He got the inspiration for the piece by noting that someone asked him what it was like to browse the web way back when.
So, he does some research in the Internet Archives and old editions of "Time" magazine and comes to the conclusion that people could read Slate, look at the weather, and play the Kevin Bacon Game. In other words, there wasn't diddly squat there.
I beg to differ.
The Web, in many ways, was quite interesting in those early days. Of course, Manjoo just talks about the commercial Web, ignoring the many websites of academics, artists and individuals that were the backbone of the Internet we know and love today.
He seems amazed that people were "blogging" before 1999, when the term came into existence. No doubt he would be surprised that people were actually creating their own content for the Web before Web 2.0, YouTube, blogs, wikis and all the rest of it.
Sigh. It's columns like this that make me browse to Slate less and less.
article at Slate
High wages, few jobs
The New Yorker has an article that tackles an odd contradiction - during recessions and even the Great Depression, wages rise. It may be tough to find a job, but when you do, salaries remain competitive.
Companies are concerned about loosing talent and overall employee morale, but there are other factors during this economic downturn - the "just in time" model is making companies and workers more productive and the job market more unstable.
article at the New Yorker
Companies are concerned about loosing talent and overall employee morale, but there are other factors during this economic downturn - the "just in time" model is making companies and workers more productive and the job market more unstable.
article at the New Yorker
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