Interesting Links, November 9, 2011

Here are links I found interesting on November 9, 2011:

The 6 Pillars Of Steve Jobs’s Design Philosophy – "Beyond some phenomenal products, Steve Jobs helped define exactly what good design meant for the computer age. Here are his most enduring ideals."
Amazon’s Lending Library Raises Publisher & Author Hackles – Clearly, this new Amazon service is about as useful as Netflix streaming.
Chicken Pox Lollipops Ineffective – I know this isn't a laughing matter, but sometimes you have to look at the humor in absurd ideas like this. That's what The Onion is all about.
Reading "Steve Jobs": The Upside Of Unreasonable Demands – First article in a great series about Steve Jobs as revealed by his biographer.
Apple’s Steve Jobs vindicated as Adobe kills mobile Flash – Not as good as the news I'd like to read: that Flash is going away entirely. But I guess this is better than nothing.

Interesting Links, November 3, 2011

Here are links I found interesting on November 3, 2011:

Terri Weissinger Trapped In Airport For Eight Grueling Days Due To Hidden Fees – It doesn't really surprise me that US Airways and Orbitz was the root of this woman's problem.
Stop-Motion Music Video Shot Over Two Years with 288,000 Jelly Beans – This is really amazing. Be sure to watch the Behind the Scenes video, too.
PlugBug Charger – Now THIS looks like a good idea.
Strong from the start: advice for writing leads – Great advice for writers to help them stay focused and draw their readers into their work.
I Flu Delta: An Action Alert – Now Delta Airlines is running misleading advertisements on their airplanes, sponsored by an anti-vax organization. No, washing your hands won't prevent you from catching or spreading the flu virus. And yes, people really do get flu — thousands die from it each year in the U.S. alone. Help take action against the spreading of false health claims.
Amazon.com: Kindle Owners’ Lending Library – Ah, so Amazon has finally figured out a way to make me want a Kindle. But is it enough to make me BUY one? I don't think so.

Here are links I found interesting on November 2, 2011:

A Shocking Chart on Vaccination – Considering the school's marketing material, its low vaccination rate shouldn't be much of a surprise.
Dear Occupy Wall Street – Well, I don't think there's anything in this piece that I could disagree with. In fact, he's pretty much summed up how I feel about the whole Occupy Wall Street movement: they're disorganized, they're protesting at the wrong place, and they have mixed up ideas about what they want — which doesn't really matter, since they can't seem to communicate it. The system is fucked up — that's a fact — but camping out in various cities with no clear demands is not going to get it fixed.

Here are links I found interesting on September 23, 2011:

Here are links I found interesting on September 22, 2011:

Scientists Report Breaking The Speed Of Light, But Can It Be True? – Whoa. "So if these results are correct then we might have to go back and start rebuilding pretty much all of modern foundational physics."
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Debate… – Is Bachmann courting the crazy vote?