I finally took the plunge and ordered a 23andMe kit. I got the kit in the mail last night and spit into the tube (they wanted a lot of spit so it took 5 minutes to do), sealed it up and sent it off this morning. Now the waiting begins... - The District of Columbia is proposing a same-sex marriage law. (yay!) The Catholic church, upon hearing this, warned that they would stop providing ...
I kept forgetting to do this and I have a lot of links stored up. Really, a lot. But first, I have to tell...success because of the many doors that were closed to women?" Stupak Links (related to abortion coverage in the health care proposals in the House...procedure that is increasingly difficult to obtain the poorer one is." Covering Links (quotes from one of the best books ever): Kenji Yoshino on...
I've lost quite a fewlinks due to pc rebooting to install Windows updates. Reminder to myself - SAVE EVERYTHING ALWAYS *sigh*. This is what I've sent to myself from futureme.org . futureme.org - send a letter to yourself of the future. 5 ImpressiveReal-Life Google Wave Use Cases Борщ Pictures: Zuma Найденные функции Официальные портреты бенгальских тигров Пластика Video: ...
.... The issue of “missed signals”. US intelligence were apparently aware of his attempts to contact al-Qaeda. There seems to have been some coordination problems . The FBI’s embarrassment . Probing his links with a mosque one of whose former imans thinks the shooter is a hero . About the rush to avoid considering his actions in a jihadist context. And also on pc’s dangerous obfustications...
I've seen a number of interesting and amusing links today on my friends-list, so I'm going to post the links of the ones I liked best. Shakespeare's Sister/Shakesville is offering opportunities to network ... analyzed the article, providing a sane breakdown of the author's arguments . About Freelance Writing has a fewlinksexplaining copyright .
... is a BAD IDEA when you're unemployed). Luckily though my place has air-con and the internet has decided to be full of interesting and hilarious stuff this afternoon. So without further ado, some links! Things Bogans Like . This makes sense if you're Aussie or very familiar with all things Australian. Otherwise it will probably get lost on you. It's also a hilarious re-do of Stuff White ...
... paying the government…. Aid thus substitutes for the process of domestic resource mobilization; and when viewed from this perspective, the corrupting influence of aid in perverting basic links of accountability becomes much clearer. When corruption is accountability : In many African countries, voters have settled expectations about politicians; they know that once elected, politicians will ...
Two very stupid people who clearly hugely underestimated the pattern-recognitionsoftware in human brains. The school that has a maths pirate : love pieces like this. Via newredshoes . Great photos of pollution in China . About Wikipedia™ and its denizens (the comments are surprisingly good). About the online world of cyber crime . Cool graphic of missions to Mars . Long ...
A reader reacts to Green [ Powell's | Amazon | Kindle | Barnes & Noble | Borders ] SFWA with a podcast of the Google Books Settlement panel I was on at WFC The Polish Army in France — WWI poster from Vintagraph . What the Future May Hold — Bob Herbert on infrastructure. What he said. "Deferred maintenance" is one of the worst ideas our business and political culture ...
x-ray analyses of speech
Spooky, but very cool.
(tags: speech x-ray )
Pedophilia and Star Trek
My mind. It boggles.
(tags: sex startrek crime psychology )
Women now as tech-savvy as men.
And about time too. They've been shirking their duties.
(tags: women men patriarchy technology uk )
Under the hood of Windows 7
(tags: Windows...
