Archive for October, 2013

Speed Up Google Now with This Simple Tweak

Friday, October 25th, 2013

http://lifehacker.com/speed-up-slow-google-searches-in-android-with-this-twea-591677040/1451315513/@alanhenry?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_twitter&utm_source=lifehacker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Authors Accept Censors’ Rules to Sell in China – NYTimes.com

Friday, October 25th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/world/asia/authors-accept-censors-rules-to-sell-in-china.html

Data rape and the impending privacy apocalypse » The Privacy Surgeon

Friday, October 25th, 2013

http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/data-rape-and-the-impending-privacy-apocalypse/

A ‘Whom Do You Hang With?’ Map Of America : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR

Friday, October 25th, 2013

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/04/16/177512687/a-whom-do-you-hang-with-map-of-america?sc=tw&cc=share&utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer96e26&utm_medium=twitter

Farhad Manjoo: iPad is Poised to Rule the World – WSJ.com

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304682504579154011806712216?mod=e2tw

The Universality of (Sephardic) Ethnicity, as Explained by Mathematical Genealogy – Wired Science

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/the-universality-of-sephardic-ethnicity-as-explained-by-mathematical-genealogy/

PacBio data for CHM1 genome

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

It look as though the data are now ready for download
http://datasets.pacb.com/2013/Human10x/READS/index.html along with a brief description of the data
http://blog.pacificbiosciences.com/2013/10/data-release-long-read-shotgun.html

Temporal cloak erases data from history : Nature News & Comment

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

Interesting discussion of a temporal cloaking device that can hide picosecond timescales. This could potentially be used to obscure communication between two parties — from say the CIA — in a short time period.

Temporal cloak erases data from history. Perhaps useful to foil future #NSA metadata collection.
http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141 #privacy

http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141

Ceylon Cinnamon vs. Cassia Cinnamon: Which Is Healthier? – WSJ.com

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

For health reasons, take cinnamon with oatmeal or squash instead of apple pie QT:”Studies have found blood-sugar benefits of a sprinkle a day of cassia cinnamon, says Angela Ginn.”

Ceylon v. Cassia #Cinnamon: Which Is #Healthier? Former is better; pinch a day helps w/ blood sugar http://on.wsj.com/19YujfP via @Vasilio_1

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303376904579135502891970942.html?mod=e2tw

Unhealthy? Chances Are Your Spouse Is Too – Real Time Economics – WSJ

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013

Unhealthy? Chances Are Your Spouse Is Too: “Network #health” effects for spouses as well as friends
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/10/11/unhealthy-chances-are-your-spouse-is-too via @_David_Ng