Archive for March, 2012

Samsung Stratosphere review — Engadget

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/17/samsung-stratosphere-review/
Android phone recommended. Has Kb + 4G

gerstein.info listener thought you would be interested in this song

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Pandora is a free music service that helps you listen to and discover new music.

I’m listening to Crimson And Clover by Tommy James & The Shondells on Pandora

http://www.pandora.com/music/song/tommy+james+shondells/crimson+clover?shareImp=true

Enjoy!

Smithsonian acquires documents from inventor of ‘EMAIL’ program – The Washington Post

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/va-shivaayyadurai-inventor-of-e-mail-honored-by-smithsonian/2012/02/17/gIQA8gQhKR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

from Thomas Haigh’s email to SIGCIS-Members:

Over the weekend the Washington Post delivered its response to a storm of protest over last week’s story claiming that the Smithsonian had “honored” V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai as the “inventor of email.” This came in the form of the “Reader Meter” column written by Patrick B. Pexton’ the Post’s Ombudsman. See
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/omblog/post/reader-meter-who-really-invented-e-mail/2012/02/24/gIQAHZugYR_blog.html.
http://www.sigcis.org/node/325

xkcd: Regular Expressions

Monday, March 5th, 2012

http://xkcd.com/208

gerstein.info listener thought you would be interested in this song

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Pandora is a free music service that helps you listen to and discover new music.

I’m listening to She’s Leaving Home by The Beatles on Pandora

http://www.pandora.com/music/song/beatles/shes+leaving+home?shareImp=true

Enjoy!

Vitamin D on Trial | The Scientist

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://the-scientist.com/2012/03/01/vitamin-d-on-trial/#disqus_thread

Water Drop Pillars by Markus Reugels | Colossal

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/03/water-drop-pillars-by-markus-reugels/

School for quants – FT.com

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0664cd92-6277-11e1-872e-00144feabdc0.html

Numbers show that newspapers are indeed doing more with less | Poynter.

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/165194/numbers-show-that-newspapers-are-indeed-doing-more-with-less/

Does beer make you blush? or, why “race” is a myth | Puff the Mutant Dragon

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://puffthemutantdragon.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/does-beer-make-you-blush-or-why-race-is-a-myth