pinboard August 28, 2010

• Creating ePub files with Pages
• 5 Cookbooks for Dweebs, Nerds, and Geeks – New Finds – Top Stories
  – CHOW
  "Cooking for Geeks…is probably the best science-meets-the-kitchen book to come out. Ever" Buy
• Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age
• Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age
  If you’re an old tech engineer, you’re often at a disadvantage. Interesting @TechCrunch post
• Racing down the neural highway | Northeastern University News
  Racing down the neural highway, a competition is seeking the best method to automate brain mapping
• YouTube
  – Biologically Inspired Machine Learning
  Biologically Inspired Machine Learning, Stanford University video talk about neuromorphic computing
• U.S. FDA gets tougher with certain drug trials
  | Reuters
  Big pharma news: FDA limits type of trials that encourage placebo drugs. via @stevesilberman
• Behind the Franzenfreude – The Awl
• Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing by Margaret Atwood
  Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing by Margaret Atwood via @AddThis //@joweldon just turned me on to this. Brilliant!
• Like Mom Like Dad
  Like Mom, Like Dad – @zefrank’s latest project asks you to recreate pictures of your parents, brill
• Twitter / Ian Rankin: Antonio Forcione: flashy, …
  Antonio Forcione: flashy, technically brilliant, witty and inventive guitarist. Well worth seeing.
• Slashdot Story | Skipping Traditional Recruitment, Going Straight To the Source
  Skipping Traditional Recruitment, Going Straight To the Source (Code) How github changes programmer recruiting
• FRONTLINE/World Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground | PBS
  The new Sodom & Gomorrah- Ghana, the world’s digital dumping ground.
• Dude builds strange utopia for homeless cats (18 Photos) : theCHIVE
• Gov 2.0 Summit Preview: Info Sharing In Afghanistan — InformationWeek
  Gov 2.0 Summit Preview: Info Sharing In Afghanistan
• Fiorina: Politicians don’t care about Silicon Valley | Politics and Law – CNET News
  I have to say that Carly Fiorina’s tech policy positions make sense (except the one on copyright): (via @digiphile)
• East Bay Mini Maker Faire | Make • Create • Craft • Build • Play
  RT @dalepd "Call for Makers Closes August 31 > East Bay Mini MakerFaire October 24 Oakland #kids #homeschool"
• Paul Allen Files Patent Lawsuits Against Entire Web … Except Microsoft | Epicenter | Wired.com
  Paul Allen’s Interval Research files patent lawsuits against most of the web: and
• “On the Inevitable Decline…” : The New Yorker
  Best poem @NewYorker has run in years
• From Venice to Varanasi : The New Yorker
• Books on Science – ‘Delusions of Gender’ Peels Away Popular Theories – NYTimes.com
  Peeling Away Theories on Gender and the Brain
• Miracle baby saved by mother’s warmth – Channel 4 News
  Miracle baby: Twin baby boy pronounced dead by doctors is revived after 2 hours of cuddling from mother in Australia
• When Value Judgments Masquerade as Science – NYTimes.com
  When Value Judgments Masquerade as Science: a critical view of assumptions hidden in economic analysis:

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