Links Backlog, Part 1
I'm a bit behind on posting links. Will try to catch up this week.
'Panic Can Spread More Quickly Than Swine Flu' Also see: CDC: Swine Influenza and CDC: Interim Guidance on Antiviral Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Close Contacts, "Swine Flu and You!", Special Report: Swine Flu / Travel / Children and Google Maps: Swine Flu 2009
Also see this excellent post by misia on pandemic influenza from 2006. (And my thanks to interactiveleaf for bringing it to my attention.)
Bea Arthur has died. :(
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat. Specter's decision to rejoin the Democrats (old-timers will remember that he began his career as one) will give the party a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next senator from Minnesota. (Former senator Norm Coleman is appealing Franken's victory in the state Supreme Court.)
Google Mars (About)
The Kidzui stand-alone browser (Mac and PC) and or Firefox addon which helps parents control their kids' online activities. It restricts access to over a million websites, videos and games that have been reviewed by parents as kid-safe and acceptable. Each child can have an individual account and avatar and the site will even email parents weekly with a detailed list and graph of their kids' online activities. For free. More info..
Which Web sites create the best photo albums? (From jlygrnmigt)
Faith organizations and individuals who view homosexuality as sinful and refuse to provide services to gay people are losing a growing number of legal battles that they say are costing them their religious freedom.
The first-ever genome-wide scan of synesthesia may illuminate how genetics drives complex cognitive traits.
This article is from 1987. But it's too good not to share. Don't ever, ever mess with New Yorkers. :)
Transcript and Video of President Obama's "Day of Remembrance" (Yom Hashoah) speech, given at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
In the "Be Careful What You Wish For Department": "Dick Cheney has called for declassifying memos he claims will vindicate the Bush administration’s torture policy. Now former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV urges the former vice president to extend his demand for transparency to his still-secret testimony in the Scooter Libby obstruction of justice case."
Salon.com has launched an "Ask a Wingnut" column, in which a conservative answers questions from the left.
What would Texas look like if it were divided into 5 new states?
Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in London. Can print any of 500,000 titles while you wait.
'Panic Can Spread More Quickly Than Swine Flu' Also see: CDC: Swine Influenza and CDC: Interim Guidance on Antiviral Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Close Contacts, "Swine Flu and You!", Special Report: Swine Flu / Travel / Children and Google Maps: Swine Flu 2009
Also see this excellent post by misia on pandemic influenza from 2006. (And my thanks to interactiveleaf for bringing it to my attention.)
Bea Arthur has died. :(
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat. Specter's decision to rejoin the Democrats (old-timers will remember that he began his career as one) will give the party a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next senator from Minnesota. (Former senator Norm Coleman is appealing Franken's victory in the state Supreme Court.)
Google Mars (About)
The Kidzui stand-alone browser (Mac and PC) and or Firefox addon which helps parents control their kids' online activities. It restricts access to over a million websites, videos and games that have been reviewed by parents as kid-safe and acceptable. Each child can have an individual account and avatar and the site will even email parents weekly with a detailed list and graph of their kids' online activities. For free. More info..
Which Web sites create the best photo albums? (From jlygrnmigt)
Faith organizations and individuals who view homosexuality as sinful and refuse to provide services to gay people are losing a growing number of legal battles that they say are costing them their religious freedom.
The first-ever genome-wide scan of synesthesia may illuminate how genetics drives complex cognitive traits.
This article is from 1987. But it's too good not to share. Don't ever, ever mess with New Yorkers. :)
Transcript and Video of President Obama's "Day of Remembrance" (Yom Hashoah) speech, given at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
In the "Be Careful What You Wish For Department": "Dick Cheney has called for declassifying memos he claims will vindicate the Bush administration’s torture policy. Now former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV urges the former vice president to extend his demand for transparency to his still-secret testimony in the Scooter Libby obstruction of justice case."
Salon.com has launched an "Ask a Wingnut" column, in which a conservative answers questions from the left.
What would Texas look like if it were divided into 5 new states?
Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in London. Can print any of 500,000 titles while you wait.