Assorted Links 5/20/09
Bonus Footage – Frankenstein Fats – “how the misguided fears over saturated fats gave us the Frankenstein fats we consume today.”
Traffic Safety Film of the Week
- Capitol Hill Workshop, June 10-12, 2009
- Tracking and Monitoring Legislation: How to Find and Use Congressional Documents, June 25, 2009 – with WiFi Classroom
- Experiment Reveals Which Puppy Will Please The Most Chicks
- Honda Insight 1.3 IMA SE Hybrid – “weird-beards buy locally produced meat and vegetables for eco-reasons. So why not apply the same logic to cars?”
- Wolfram|Alpha Fails the Cool Test
- Articles of Confederation Revived, from Stephen Jovanovich
- Closing Gitmo
- Am I on the ring road? Stunt driver defies gravity on the world’s biggest loop-the-loop
- Craigslist Caving Shows The Perils Of Self-Policing… Or The Perils Of Granstanding Politicians?
- The Coming Explosion of Federal Spending – “While President Obama promises a new era of responsibility, what he’s delivering is a continuation of President Bush’s fiscal recklessness–this time on steroids. Unfortunately, we already know the consequences: slower growth, more unemployment, a lower standard of living, and higher levels of poverty.”
- Happiness and Income Inequality
- Chicago Fed on Why GM’s Dead
- Look Ma, no bailout
- Volt Birth Watch 141: Toyota Laughs at the Volt, Indirectly
- The Strange Death of American Capitalism
- Bugs Break Wind for Energy Storage
- How to Lose a Client in 10 Days
- Dumbest Generation – “Young people mature in large part by being acclimated to grown-up society. But if they are more and more able to opt out of grown-up conversations and activities by shuttling off to communicate with their equally ignorant and immature friends, when does maturation — in any sense but the purely biological — occur?”
- Hubble’s final servicing mission
- Tiny, DIY Satellites Get NASA Boost
- Embassy CyberSpy (GhostNet)
- Pirate Terrorists in Chesapeake Bay
- The new Gabriel García Márquez biography
- Another Loss.. Earl “Presto” Johnson, a generous, dedicated, magician of rare talent.
- A New Yorker’s Guide for Tourists: 20 Ways to Make Your Stay in New York City More Enjoyable
- Tersano Lotus Sanitizing System – Cleaning with water and ozone
- Google Street View Cameras: Now on Tricycles
- The Abercrombie and Fitch of the Legal Publishing World: Profile of West Publishing Company
- Credit Card Changes: Make the Prudent Pay
- Where There’s a Will, There’s Still no Ebay; or Why I Love the Market, Part Whatever
- Hoops Hotties: 1912