Archive for July, 2012

In Energy Conservation, a Focus on Bragging Rights – NYTimes.com

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/business/in-energy-conservation-utilities-focus-on-bragging-rights.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print

Silicon Valley Worries About Addiction to Devices – NYTimes.com

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/technology/silicon-valley-worries-about-addiction-to-devices.html?pagewanted=all

Often, Just Watching Prostate Cancer Is Enough – NYTimes.com

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/choosing-watchful-waiting-for-prostate-cancer/

manuals.info.apple.com/en/TimeCapsule_SetupGuide.pdf

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Original Time Capsule Documentation from Apple in PDF
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/TimeCapsule_SetupGuide.pdf

Thoughts on The Philosophical Baby by A Gopnik

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Lots of movie mentions: Momento, Total Recall, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, The Matrix (as Plato’s cave)
Claims Murray and Herrnstein’s Bell Curve discredited by Head Start

The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life
Alison Gopnik
http://www.amazon.com/Philosophical-Baby-Childrens-Minds-Meaning/dp/0374231966

Widespread transcription at neuronal activity-regulated enhancers : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Findings on eRNAs
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7295/full/nature09033.html

SIAM: M.C. Escher: More Mathematics Than Meets the Eye

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=474

The 5 Best iPhone/iPad Apps for Exporting and Importing Your Photos « Mac How-To

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

http://mac-how-to.wonderhowto.com/inspiration/5-best-iphone-ipad-apps-for-exporting-and-importing-your-photos-0127373/

Solving Crimes with Linguistics : The New Yorker

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

Words on Trial – A fascinating look at forensic linguistics, and the search for hidden meaning in words & language.
Interesting comparison of DNA and language, with the latter aping the former http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/07/23/120723fa_fact_hitt

ASL’s LEGO Page

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

http://www.andrewlipson.com/lego.htm