Archive for the 'Links' Category

Reviews of House written by people who know something(?) about medical practice.

"I don't know what other name I could give it. It's a thing that looks dangerously like a human..."

"I don't know what other name I could give it. It's a thing that looks dangerously like a human..."

Using sound to depict the differences between finish times at the Olympics.

An account of a the recent Tea Party Convention. Points out the rifts between the libertarian and evangelical components of the movement, which is overwhelmingly elderly, white and affluent.

"'You know, I phoned my husband last night. I told him that being here has made me realize that I am a *liberal* conservative.'"

Great article about how the cure to scurvy was discovered, lost and rediscovered.

"Thus, we believe that the SI system can not only rectify their failing prefix system but also honor the scientific progress of Northern California by formally establishing "hella-" as the prefix for 10^27."

Here's hoping they succeed, thereby strengthening the case for 10^30 to be designated as "wicked."

Partly Human: Upper Part Human/Human with animal head/Human with some animal parts; Non-human

New portfolio site.

"Before there was vinyl printing there were big brick walls and craftsmen who covered said walls with their commercial artwork."

"In June of this year, The New York Times unveiled a major redesign of their Sunday magazine, the first in almost a decade, and one of only a handful ever in its more than 100 years."

"In June of this year, The New York Times unveiled a major redesign of their Sunday magazine, the first in almost a decade, and one of only a handful ever in its more than 100 years."

The BBC internet team details ongoing efforts to redesign the BBC's many presences on the web to work better, and better together.

"The history of recorded music in Chicago during the 20th century was broad and deep, traversing sonic areas both familiar and unknown."

"This Web Museum is established for the purpose of educating the general public, and the next generation, on the beauties of wood types and engraved blocks. Our mission is to gather, save, preserve, and interpret wood types and information about them."

"Download our atlas of the Universe and the free Partiview software and begin flying around the Galaxy at home."

Discusses new advances in neuroscience, which imply that language is understood using larger portions of the brain than previously thought.

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