That trick? That trick never works.
If this is successful, I've finally fixed the "updating the publication date on one updates the publication date on all" mess in the CMS.
[bookmark]Saturday, November 28, 2009
If this is successful, I've finally fixed the "updating the publication date on one updates the publication date on all" mess in the CMS.
[bookmark]Friday, November 27, 2009
NYTimes.com: "This would be a bad thing if financial hyperactivity were productive. But after the debacle of the past two years, there’s broad agreement — I’m tempted to say, agreement on the part of almost everyone not on the financial industry’s payroll — with Mr. Turner’s assertion that a lot of what Wall Street and the City do is ‘socially useless.’ And a transactions tax could generate substantial revenue, helping alleviate fears about government deficits. What’s not to like?"
[bookmark]Now amazon.com has a Black Friday Sale. Apparently this is a qualitatively different form of saving money while sitting on your couch than the form of saving money while sitting on your couch that amazon.com usually offers.
[bookmark]Tuesday, November 24, 2009
NYTimes.com: "Talking about the untruths of each tradition is very courageous. It gets it out of the platitude category and into dialogue."
[bookmark]Monday, November 23, 2009
BusinessWeek: "We believe today's VC financing model—including the '2 and 20' charged by fund managers (a 2% annual management fee and 20% of all profits made from the IPOs or sales of companies in their portfolios)—no longer works." -- I'm not confident this article accurately represents the past, so I can't gauge what it says about the future.
[bookmark]The New York Review of Books: "A more radical, far-reaching approach is conceivable. It is to try to resolve the conflict by dealing not only with the issues that materialized in 1967 but also those that led to the events of 1948: the question of Palestinian acceptance of a Jewish state and Israeli recognition of the Palestinians' historical experience. Such an approach would bring to the fore historical grievances. To critics, this would probably be one of its worst features."
[bookmark]New Scientist: "Many more such dark galaxies may be out there, says Leo Blitz of the University of California, Berkeley. Simulations of galaxy formation suggest a galaxy the size of the Milky Way should feature about 1000 dwarf galaxies, but only a few dozen have been found so far."
[bookmark]Friday, November 20, 2009
ATTACKERMAN: "instead of the banality of evil, we’ll see the lunacy and vanity and self-absorption of it"
[bookmark]Monday, November 16, 2009
gladwell.com: "But since football has been on my mind these days, I do want to make one small observation about his comments."
[bookmark]Steven Pinker: "I will call this the Igon Value Problem: when a writer’s education on a topic consists in interviewing an expert, he is apt to offer generalizations that are banal, obtuse or flat wrong."
[bookmark]Ezra Klein: "To kill this bill for not doing enough on cost control would be like criticizing the Yankees for not winning the Super Bowl."
[bookmark]Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Science Daily: "Additional studies are needed to see if low fructose diets can normalize blood pressure and prevent the development of hypertension."
[bookmark]Monday, November 09, 2009
CNN.com: "She raised her eyes to mine and didn't say a word. But she gave me the most knowing, mischievous, devilish smile I have ever had the privilege of receiving. So there we were. Me and the hardware lady. Silent conspirators in one of the greatest acts of political vandalism in our time: the destruction of the Berlin Wall."
[bookmark]Sunday, November 08, 2009
Jane Black: "record obesity rates might have more to do with the availability of junk food than the difficulty finding fresh, healthful options"
[bookmark]Wednesday, November 04, 2009
USATODAY.com: "The point is that the sun is immersed in the Gould Belt"
[bookmark]Monday, November 02, 2009
washingtonpost.com: "Irony of ironies, it gets worse. Holtz-Eakin, who is about to start shopping for insurance on the individual market, is 51. And he has one of those pesky 'preexisting conditions' that insurance companies often cite in denying coverage."
[bookmark]Sunday, November 01, 2009
USA Today: "Yes, these nutrients are involved in immunity, but I can't think of a nutrient that isn't involved in the immune system."
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