August 2009
In a piece for De Morgen (saturday july 4) Douglas de Conick writes about the...
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How did you first become interested in air capture technology? My daughter...
– The Breakthrough Institute: From Synthetic Trees to Carbon Sponges: an interview with Scientist Klaus Lackner
With the target behaviour selected, a design team can then investigate what is...
– RSA - The new rules of persuasion
Q: As I understand it, Stephanie Forrest of the University of New Mexico...
– People to watch: Stefan Savage | The San Diego Union-Tribune
How Internet Porn is Changing Teen Sex
Style.com: via Kazys: “The awkward truth, according to one study, is that 90 percent of 8-to-16-year-olds have viewed pornography online. Considering the standard climax to even the most vanilla hard-core scene today, that means there is an entire generation of young people who think sex ends with a money shot to the face. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the age divide falls, but...
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Part of this, I think, is a much larger issue in architecture today, which is...
– Omnivoracious: Building The BLDGBLOG Book: Questions for Geoff Manaugh
Watching the centrist Democrats in Congress create more and more reasons why...
– Via Ben Fry, and hello from Detroit — Harold Meyerson - The Blue Dogs’ Can’t-Do Attitude and the Health-Care Debate - washingtonpost.com
Roosevelt referred to Detroit, Michigan as “the great arsenal of...
– Arsenal of Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
High Frequency Trading Programs account for 70% of market volume High Frequency...
– Five Reasons the Market Could Crash This Fall — Seeking Alpha I don’t dig this blog’s overall use of panic and ALL CAPS. But indeed the guy I met on a London flight a few weeks ago was deeply engaged in building HFTPs. Was the first I’d heard of them — an anecdotal...
>HPAC features The Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability system is a...
– News Media Resources: DTRA Fact Sheets
Epidemiology System (EPISIMS) EpiSims is a tool for simulating the spread of...
– Epidemiolgy System (EPISIMS) | Advanced Concept Simulation-Based Applications | Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mad Men is too clear-eyed about its period to be called nostalgic—Weiner loves...
– MadMen Explored In Vanity Fair - PSFK
At dealerships across America, mechanics accustomed to fixing engines are...
– The Killer App for Clunkers Breathes Fresh Life Into ‘Liquid Glass’ - WSJ.com