Here are links I found interesting on February 6, 2012:
- Psychic Medium Says Pats Will Win – FAIL! Oh, but she was voted New Hampshire's Best Psychic!
- How to Choose an iBooks Author Template – My article for Mac Tips.
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Interesting Links, January 12, 2012
Here are links I found interesting on January 12, 2012:
- An open letter to the people who hate Obama more than they love America – I couldn't have written this any better. But it falls on deaf ears. These people really don't care about our country. They just want the people they like in charge — so they can keep running this country into the ground.
- Pyschic Char Margolis fail on WGN Morning News – This woman passes herself off as "psychic"? Who believes that for a minute?
- An Open Letter to Dr. Phil: Get Real – "Dr. Phil, As a T.V. psychologist, your oft-repeated advice to viewers is "get real." But the content of your Jan. 10 show was anything but. Instead of taking your own advice, you gave an uncritical platform to phony 'psychics' who abuse people's emotions in order to fool them." Dr. Phil can't possibly be a real doctor if he's promoting this crap. I guess he just plays one on TV.
Interesting Links, December 8, 2011
Here are links I found interesting on December 8, 2011:
- Twitter’s 9 Biggest New Features: What You Need To Know About The Redesign – I hate linking to HuffPo, but I do need to bookmark this. Ugh.
- The Partisans – Rick Perry – Weak, man – Oh, yeah.
- Twitter Makes Two Major Announcements – Stuff about Twitter's announcements.
- Beware Of “Writers” Bearing Free Content – Another blogger blogging about Blog Content Guild's scam.
- Beware of guest bloggers – "Having a guest blogger for your blog can be a wonderful thing. You get new ideas, new perspective and even a new audience. However, there is a scam going on in the blogospshere that you should know about. These supposed guest bloggers are nothing more than scam artists who want to use your blog to link back to their website. They also want to use your content on their blogs." I'm not the only one to expose Blog Content Guild.
- Telemarketers, Collectors Could Target Cells Under "Mobile Information Call Act" – "Bill collectors and telemarketers would be able to robocall cell phones under legislation seeking to end 20 years of consumer protection, New York’s senior senator said." Read more here.
- So The Mythbusters Punched A Hole In A House With A Cannonball. Now What? – Now what indeed.
- Why An Investment Firm Was Awarded $2.5 Million After Being Defamed By Blogger – Well, this certainly puts things into perspective. Justice done, I'd say.
- The ‘unimpressed astronaut’ meme – I liked #3 and #12 best.
- Rick Perry’s New Ad on Faith Brings Interesting Numbers on YouTube – Rick Perry's new ad is offensive. Period.
- How to kill political robocalls – Author Dan Tynan says, "If you hate automated phone calls from campaigns as much as I do, you'll appreciate Reverse Robocall — a cool way to fight back." Sounds like a good idea.
- Breast cancer, health insurance and an apology to President Obama – "A woman who felt President Obama had let the middle class down has changed her mind." We need more stories like this to prove that health care reform is needed and working.
- What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 – "Two years after the Airbus 330 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, Air France 447's flight-data recorders finally turned up. The revelations from the pilot transcript paint a surprising picture of chaos in the cockpit, and confusion between the pilots that led to the crash." This is scary shit. And very sad.
Interesting Links, December 7, 2011
Here are links I found interesting on December 7, 2011:
- ‘Mythbusters’ cannonball hits Dublin home, minivan – Oops.
- Jetman Flight at Grand Canyon West – In May 2011, Jetman achieved a beautiful and memorable flight in the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA… and here's the official souvenir video.
- Eating Fish May Ward Off Dementia – "Many studies have suggested that a diet rich in fish is good for the heart. Now there is new evidence that such a diet may ward off dementia as well." I like fish.
- Study: Funding Progressive Domestic Priorities Creates At Least 50 Percent More Jobs Than Military Spending – "…a new study (PDF) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, highlighted by economist Dean Baker shows that, contra the conservative talking point, non-military spending can create more jobs than money going to defense programs." Read more on ThingProgress.org
- How E-books Have Become a New Literary Form – "E-books are more than a publishing platform—they’re a whole new literary form.""
- How to Share Amazon Kindle Ebooks – "Want to share one of your Amazon Kindle ebooks with a colleague, friend, family member or other reader? Check out this quick and easy Kindle-sharing tutorial, and you'll be loaning out your digital books in no time." Of course, there are limits to this.
- What It Looks Like Inside Amazon.com – Whoa.
- Fire Will Kindle Interest in iPad – "Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet isn’t a threat to the iPad. It’s a benefactor. That’s the new theory being put forth by J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz, who believes the Fire will end up being a catalyst for additional iPad sales." Time will tell.
- Why Internet Commenters Will Eventually End The World – Justin Halpern's dad gets it.
- The Rhetorical Journey: 5 Basic Laws of Human Stupidity – "These laws were identified and developed by Carlo M. Cipolla who was Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley up his death in the year 2000. The full description and implication of these 5 basic laws can be read in his article The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity." Interesting stuff, especially if taken from an economics point of view.
- Richard Branson: Time To Rethink ‘Business As Usual’ – Richard Branson has built a global business empire around the philosophy "have fun and the money will come." There's something to this.
- How Doctors Die – Unlike most of us, doctors don't throw away thousands of dollars on treatments that are more likely to destroy the quality of life than cure a terminal disease. They die with dignity; I hope when my time comes that I'm strong enough to do the same.
- Mitt Romney’s Aides Spent 6 Figures to Wipe Out State Records – "The plot thickens in the case of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's missing emails from his time as Massachusetts governor." Skeletons in the closet? What's Romney hiding?
Interesting Links, December 1, 2011
Here are links I found interesting on December 1, 2011:
- U.S. Senator Fires Open Letter to Carrier IQ – Al Franken to the rescue! Let's see if he can get some answers.
- Stanislaw Burzynski’s public record – "…not only do we have the right to question Burzynski’s “miraculous” treatments, but an obligation to question them." I cannot agree more. PLEASE help expose this quack for what he is.
- Play the Lottery? Don’t Bet On It – "Time magazine has some financial advice for you. The only problem is, if you follow their advice, you are nearly 100% certain to lose money. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think this is the sort of advice Time (or anyone) should be doling out." It's not you, Ted. I agree wholeheartedly.
- How to disable Carrier IQ on Apple iPhone – Easy to follow instructions for turning off Carrier IQ access on an iPhone. Slight but easy to figure out modifications make it work on iPad, too.
- Gingrich Gave Push to Clients, Not Just Ideas – "Newt Gingrich is adamant that he is not a lobbyist, but rather a visionary who traffics in ideas, not influence. But in the eight years since he started his health care consultancy, he has made millions of dollars while helping companies promote their services and gain access to state and federal officials." And exactly who is surprised by this?
- The personal computer is dead – I think Steve Jobs said some of this. But Zittrain goes on to argue that we need to take control of the situation. Sadly, there are too many apathetic sheep in the world to take control of anything these days.
- The Sovereign Debt Train Wreck – This well-written and easy to understand article paints a dismal picture of the current economic situation.
- On Girls/Boys Novelty Kits – Kudos to Edmond Scientifics for reading the writing on the wall — and acting on it.
- Science kits … for girls – It's time to stop gendering our world.
- NeverWet: Nanotechnology for Your Airplane – This seems almost too good to be true. What EAA is suggesting is covering the aircraft with a coat of this stuff to repel moisture and dirt and prevent the accumulation of ice. Not sure how that would help a desert-based aircraft like mine, but I'm sure there are plenty of other uses for it.
- Translation From Corporate Jargon Doublespeak to English of Carrier IQ’s ‘Media Alert’ – Translation by John Gruber. I can't wait to see how this all plays out.