Archive for October, 2013

Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier: Controversy and cost over a life saver.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/10/golden_gate_bridge_suicide_barrier_controversy_and_cost_over_a_life_saver.html

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

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

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

Why Some Startups Say the Cloud Is a Waste of Money | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

QT:
“MemSQL spent more than $27,000 on Amazon virtual servers. That’s $324,000 a year. But for just $120,000….”

Why… Startups Say the #Cloud Is a Waste… MemSQL’s bill: $324K/yr w/ $AMZN & $120K with own hardware
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/memsql-and-amazon via @hammondj

Snowden’s E-Mail Service, in a Legal Tug of War – NYTimes.com

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

#Lavabit, #Snowden’s email service, in a legal tug of war: FBI wants keys for all users, rather creepy
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html MT @NoteradCom

7 command-line tools for data science

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

http://jeroenjanssens.com/2013/09/19/seven-command-line-tools-for-data-science.html

Picking the Brooklyn Bridge : The New Yorker

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Picking the Bridge: Is locksport of love locks a deed of good Samaritans or a job of criminals
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/10/picking-the-bridge.html via @kzickuhr

Golden Rule – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

“The Big Apple: Golden Rule (“He who has the gold makes the rules”)”.

from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule

What Happened to Don Wiley? | Boston Magazine

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/what-happened-to-don-wiley/

Genome Biology | Full text | Astrogenomics: big data, old problems, old solutions?

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/8/129#

Picking the Brooklyn Bridge : The New Yorker

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/10/picking-the-bridge.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=twitter