Archive for May, 2012

Cyber-security: Difference Engine: Swamped with data | The Economist

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/05/cyber-security
$100b/yr

In Their Prime: Mathematicians Come Closer to Solving Goldbach’s Weak Conjecture: Scientific American

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=goldbachs-prime-numbers

Google’s Brin Makes Strides in Hunt for Parkinson’s Cure – Businessweek

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-11/google-s-brin-makes-strides-in-hunt-for-parkinson-s-cure-health
great qt on pot. for $1b check
To combat his lrkk2 allele

The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia « Copybot

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

http://copybot.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-50-most-interesting-articles-on-wikipedia/ collective mind mirror, not much sci here

User Metrics Showing Growth Drive Investment – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

http://allthingsd.com/20120511/a-million-users-pshaw-what-are-todays-head-turning-metrics/
cf classic sci paper with >1000 cites

How to Fix Yahoo : The New Yorker

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/05/fixing-yahoo.html

Internal Time: The Science of Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You’re So Tired | Brain Pickings

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/11/internal-time-till-roenneber/
430a midsleep mode

Hacked! Tetris on the Green Building

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2012/04/23/hacked-tetris-on-the-green-building/

Murray Lender | The Economist

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

http://www.economist.com/node/21552989

http://www.mongodb.org/

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

http://www.mongodb.org