Archive for February, 2014

Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen – NYTimes.com

Monday, February 10th, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/technology/wikipedia-vs-the-small-screen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

PLOS Biology: Best Practices for Scientific Computing

Monday, February 10th, 2014

Best Practices for Scientific #Computing. Well known but useful pts, eg vers. control, asserts, interface comments…
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001745
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001745

Julia: A High-Performance Programming Language for Data Science and More

Monday, February 10th, 2014

http://julialang.org/

Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet – Taylor Clark – The Atlantic

Monday, February 10th, 2014

Jesse #Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet. Contains an interesting description of the nuts & bolts of web #scams
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-dark-lord-of-the-internet/355726

Louis Menand: What Does Anxiety Mean? : The New Yorker

Sunday, February 9th, 2014

What is #Anxiety? A personal history of the concept & its treatment, from Freud to #valium http://nyr.kr/1cMzQ6P HT @NockLabHarvard

@Atul_Gawande : What is Anxiety? Louis Menand explains, complete with a history of the concept, in a terrific @newyorker piece:
http://nyr.kr/1cMzQ6P

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2014/01/27/140127crat_atlarge_menand

The Fine Art and Messy Science of Measuring a Digital Reader – Atlantic Mobile

Saturday, February 8th, 2014

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/the-fine-art-and-messy-science-of-measuring-a-digital-reader/283658/

For Babes These Days, Toyland Has a Digital Bent – NYTimes.com

Saturday, February 8th, 2014

For Babes These Days, Toyland Has a Digital Bent: the #Ipad trumps Barbie. Is the future of #Lego an app?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/business/for-babes-these-days-toyland-has-a-digital-bent.html

A Science Junkie’s Guide to Art – The Student Blog

Saturday, February 8th, 2014

Science Junkie’s Guide to Art, by @jahlela. Nice bits on some unusual sci #viz, eg a circuit design etched into skin!
http://blogs.plos.org/thestudentblog/2014/01/10/science-junkies-guide-art
http://blogs.plos.org/thestudentblog/2014/01/10/science-junkies-guide-art/

Download Secret, The iPhone App – Business Insider

Friday, February 7th, 2014

http://www.businessinsider.com/download-secret-the-iphone-app-2014-2

Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism – WSJ.com

Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579359141941621778