clock | March 24, 2007Gene Genie is a new carnival and it is already on its third edition, hosted by Hsien Hsien Lei on Genetics and Health blog.
clock | March 24, 2007When a newspaper publishes a column about religion (in their Religion section) that takes into account only the Christian point of view, someone is bound to object.
When the newspaper rectifies the error by publishing an article by an atheist, then, of course, some Christianists are going to object as well.
Discussion follows - kinda basic, embryonic and naive compared to informed and sophisticated discussions we often have on atheists blogs - but a discussion nonetheless, involving local (Greensboro NC) readers of the paper.
Hat-tip: Ed Cone
clock | March 23, 2007There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
- Louis L'Amour
clock | March 23, 2007Treehugger interviews Tim Toben who is building the NC's first LEED Gold Mixed Use Project in Chapel Hill, NC.
clock | March 23, 2007Jill started blogging on Huffington Post yesterday. Check out her first entry about the The Miss USA Pageant.
clock | March 23, 2007Apparently, in Denmark, the 'larks' (early-risers) are called 'A-people' while 'owls' (late-risers) are 'B-people'. We all know how important language is for eliciting frames, so it must feel doubly insulting for the Danish night owls.
Today, in the age of the internets, telecommuting and fast-increasing knowledge about our rhythms and sleep, retaining the feudal/early capitalism work schedules really does not make sense.
And owls are by no means minority. Among kids and adults, they comprise about 25% of the population (another 25% are larks and the rest are in between). But among the…
clock | March 23, 2007Chris and Mark Hoofnagle have recently started a new blog - Denialism.com which I warmly recommend.
Wanna know what denialism is? Check out their definition, or even better, their article: The Denialists' Deck of Cards: An Illustrated Taxonomy of Rhetoric Used to Frustrate Consumer Protection Efforts
clock | March 23, 2007The first issue of Carrboro Citizen is now available both in hardcopy and online. [Background here]
Update: Brian is gushing over it....
clock | March 23, 2007Bird Sex Is Something Else:
We've all heard about the birds and the bees. But apparently when it comes to birds, they have an unusual take on his and hers -- and the difference is genetic. Species with differentiated sex chromosomes (X and Y in humans, for example) get around the fact that males and females get different-sized portions of sex chromosome genes with a balancing act geneticists call dosage compensation. But research published today in the Journal of Biology shows that birds are extraordinary, because some bird genomes can live with an apparent overdose of sex-related genes.
Why…
clock | March 22, 2007Love and time - those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.
- Gary Jennings
clock | March 22, 2007You all know that I've been a big Edwards supporter since he first ran for Senate. I have met Elizabeth enough times to consider her a friend. I am clumsy when it comes to describing my emotions. So, I'll do what I do best - collect the best and most important links for you to read:
[Update: I have posted a second linkfest on Saturday night with more excellent commentary]
John Edwards: Thank you
John Edwards blog: Discussion Thread
Majikthise: Elizabeth Edwards' cancer returns
Pam's House Blend: Open thread - Edwards news conference
BlueNC: Open thread - Edwards news conference
Pandagon:…
clock | March 22, 2007 Will Edwards suspend his campaign due to the return of Elizabeth's cancer? So far, the campaign is denying it (and chastising media that states so, e.g., CNN and Politico):
Philgoblue
CNN
Kos
Edwards blog
chuckles is liveblogging from the press conference.
Update: Cancer was caught early, is treatable, she looks good and campaign is moving on with no interuption.
clock | March 22, 2007The 20th edition of Change of Shift is up on Code Blog and it is all in limericks!
clock | March 22, 2007John McKay started his blog four years ago on this day. Mammoths, Nazis, Creationists, Velikovsky, O'Reilly, salmon, Alaskan ecology, history of science, and much, much more every day at Archy. Go say Hello!
clock | March 22, 2007Is Bigger Better? Breast Surgery Linked To Boost In Self-esteem And Sexuality:
Women who undergo breast enlargement often see a sizable boost in self-esteem and positive feelings about their sexuality, a University of Florida nurse researcher reports.
Study Focuses On Wandering Minds:
Do your thoughts stray from your work or studies? Do you catch yourself making to-do lists when your attention should be elsewhere? Welcome to the club. College students reported mind-wandering almost one-third of the time in their daily lives, according to a new study led by faculty and graduate students at The…
clock | March 21, 2007If you love life, do not squander time. For that is the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin
clock | March 21, 2007This is kinda funny. Waveflux digs out a couple of truly ancient articles - What Journalists Can Learn From Bloggers and What Bloggers Can Learn From Journalists by Steve Outing, which, though not as awful as some (especially the first one), still reveal (especially the second one) the basic misunderstanding of the blogging world in the way we have by now got used to (no editorial control, no accuracy, no money yada-yada-yada). But that was 2004 and one could be excused about not understanding something that was quite new at the time (hey, not THAT new - even I had a blog back in 2004 and I…