i've been slowly removing this from my diet, just because i was eating to much sugar, and prefered not to. this is the type of population indicator study that shows issues how i'm interested in them. now, it is true that there are intervening variables but there is also a covariance on the population level, […]

People feel loyalty to computers. Computer users tend to form strong ties with a particular machine, researchers have found. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] —— nothing new here, humans attach to just about anything.

DOAJ tops 1,000. The journal tally at the Directory of Open Access Journals just lept from the 800's to over 1000. As I write, it's 1,068. [Open Access News] —- at what point does it become a 'critical mass'?

State Schools. I find this horrific. “More members of this year's freshman class at the University of Michigan have parents making at least $200,000 a year than have parents making less than the national median of about $53,000, according to…” Here… [Ascription is an anathema to any enthusiasm] —— yes it is horrific, but then […]

this is a nice story about how letting the other side define the terms will likely lose the battle. for instance, whose life to you prioritze the mother or baby? or the mother or fetus? or the mother or threat to her life? likewise is it a procedure to preserve the life of the mother, […]

A Marine Mom Lays it Down. Sgt Hook posts a Marine Mother's open letter. Make sure you've got tissue handy.Excerpt:”We are a different breed, like our Marines. I talk with other Marine Moms every day, and they feel the same way. We speak in Marine Corps lingo, use military time, have links on our computer […]

the audio world in everyday experience is different if you aren't plugged into your ipod and shure e2s…. and i must say…. it isn't as impressive as it might be unless there is no other sound except the birds and rest of nature. there is…. if you have silence, a pervasive and somewhat deafening roar […]

Margaret Meade. A Good Thought. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has! — Margaret Meade [Ted's Radio Weblog] [The Mediaburn Radio Weblog] —— this is a great quote.

B.D.‰¥ús Leg. I‰¥úm surprised there hasn‰¥út been more buzz about Garry Trudeau having blown off B.D.‰¥ús leg today (but, mercifully, apparently he‰¥ús going to live). It hit me kind of hard; this is the first time that the Iraq war has injured a ‰¥þperson I know‰¥? and I‰¥úve known B.D. for going on thirty years […]

Crash Course into Object Oriented Programming. 22 Apr 2004: The purpose of this article is to give a novice programmer the basic idea of what OOP is, as implemented using PHP. Readers should have a basic knowledge of programming ie what variables are, variable types, basic methods of writing comments, and how to enter code […]