Interesting Links, May 18, 2013

Here are links I found interesting on May 18, 2013:

Walnut-Crusted Brie on Toasts with Apple-Cherry Chutney – Here's a recipe I look forward to making later this summer during cherry season in Washington. I might, however, make it with my own mango chutney recipe, which works great for cherries, too.

Interesting Links, May 17, 2013

Here are links I found interesting on May 17, 2013:

Lessons From Amy’s Baking Company – From Forbes: "Six Things You Should Never Do On Social Media." Good advice — all of it.
How Not To React To Internet Criticism – From The Consumerist: "The Epic Facebook Meltdown Of Amy’s Baking Company."
Sluts, Stupidity & Social Media – More details about the Scottsdale restaurant that committed business suicide on social media.
New App Lets You Boycott Companies By Scanning Your Shopping Cart – iPhone and Android app makes it easy to boycott products from companies you don't want to support.
Doctor who promised cancer cure faces sentencing – What's the harm of herbal remedies for serious diseases? From the article: "Some of her patients, relying on her product, died from complications of cancer within three to six months after taking the supplement. In one case, prosecutors contend a 22-year-old woman who had highly curable form of neck lymphoma died because she relied on Daniel's recommendation to avoid radiation or chemotherapy treatments."
NYC artist’s secret photos raise privacy issues – Is it right to photograph your neighbors through their windows?

Here are links I found interesting on May 16, 2013:

Twitter Users Risk Damnation, Say Saudi Religious Police – I can't decide which is more absurd: that Twitter can lead to damnation or that the Saudis have "religious police."
AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths – Interesting that this should appear right when I'm prepping to do some more wildlife survey flights. The flights I do for a favorite client searches for raptors such as eagles and hawks in areas where windmills are planned. Interesting work; I blogged about it in http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2011/03/13/flying-wildlife-surveys/ and in http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/05/14/real-life-helicopters-wildlife-survey-flight/
You Know It When You Hear It, Film Honors New York’s Accent – This explains two aspects of the way I communicate verbally. See if you can figure out which explanations I'm referring to.

Here are links I found interesting on May 13, 2013:

The News IQ Quiz – Do you know more about the news than the average American? (I do, but I don't know it all.)
Timelapse: Landsat Satellite Images of Climate Change – Amazing illustrated article about climate change, full of satellite time-lapse movies.

Here are links I found interesting on May 11, 2013:

Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change – Here's the summary of the Pew Research study about millennials. Interesting reading.
How Millennial Are You? – Take the quiz. I scored 91; I think that means I'm more millennial than most surveyed millennials.
17 Deadliest Decisions You Can Make – Wow. What incredible advice. I wish my husband had read and understood this about 2 years ago when his life crisis began. We'd both be in a happier place right now.