Bookmarks for February 4th through February 5th

Links for February 4th through February 5th:

• New Book Sneak Preview: Data Flow 2 on Datavisualization.ch – Sneak peek at Data Flow 2, the appetizing sequel to what's easily the best data viz book out there |
• northtemple – UIs that lie & the users who believe them – Influence of UI on mental models > RT @smashingmag UIs that lie and the users who believe them – – An excellent read!
• The strangest liquid: Why water is so weird – physics-math – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – The strangest liquid: Why water is so weird – helps explain critical phase transitions. file under super interesting.
• G-Recorder records Skype calls to Gmail – get your discount code here – G-Recorder records Skype calls to Gmail – get a discount code by @dennydov
• Man Resigns On Twitter In Haiku. Happens To Be Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz. – Man Resigns On Twitter In Haiku. Happens To Be Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz – now that's style; kudos #sun #haiku
• The Web Palette – O’Reilly Answers – Nice chart of the 216 non-dithering colors of the Web Palette, each with its respective RGB values (in decimal and hex)
• The Galbraith Revival by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Winter 2010 – The John Kenneth Galbraith revival, in all its aristocratic glory
• Why CouchDB? – O’Reilly Answers – Why CouchDB? An excerpt from the new O'Reilly book CouchDB: The Definitive Guide (buy 35% off with discount TIM35)
• You Are Here (And So Is Everybody Else) – Dive Into HTML5 – RT @diveintomark: Just in time for #geoloco… build location-aware web applications:
• Matthieu Ricard: Meditate yourself better – opinion – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – Glad to see one of my heroes, molecular-biologist-turned-Buddhist-monk Matthieu Ricard, on @NewScientist
• Hubble Finds Farthest, Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen | Wired Science | Wired.com – Hubble Finds Farthest, Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen | Wired
• YouTube
  – Craig Ferguson 7/21/9A Late Late Show beginning – This is the best rant I've heard in a long, long time –
• Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV – nice. FWIW, Dennis Crowley of Foursquare will be at Where 2.0
• (500) http://bit.ly/chCfiV – Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV – nice. FWIW, Dennis Crowley of Foursquare will be at Where 2.0
• CHART OF THE DAY: Apple’s Giant Pile Of Cash In Context – Apple's giant pile of cash in context (compare cash for $AAPL, $GOOG, $MSFT)
• Local Dirt: find, buy, and sell local food – This is part of why we invested in : Getting Underserved Communities Better Access To Fresh Food
• WEBSITE.WS – Your Internet Address For Life™ – Corporation Says It Will Run for Congress:
• (500) http://hplusmagazine.com/articles/neuro/bci-x-prize-time-it%E2%80%99s-inner-space – The new $10 million X Prize is for a functional brain-computer interface: (HT @vaughanbell) #hci
• AT&T and Apple Allow Cheap VoIP Calls on 3G – Gadgetwise Blog – NYTimes.com – Lost in the #iPad shuffle: AT&T and Apple Allow Cheap VoIP Calls on 3G
• (500) http://bit.ly/c1DkJo – Lost in the #iPad shuffle: AT&T and Apple Allow Cheap VoIP Calls on 3G
• YUI Theater — Douglas Crockford: “Crockford on JavaScript — Volume 1: The Early Years” » Yahoo! User Interface Blog (YUIBlog) – Video: Douglas Crockford, "Crockford on JavaScript — Volume 1: The Early Years": #yuitheater #crockonjs
• Charles Leadbeater on Cloud Culture: promise and danger « Counterpoint – Well worth a read: Cloud Culture: promise and danger by Charles Leadbeater
• Times Online – Eureka Zone – WBLG: Eureka’s Top 30 Science Blogs – Eureka's Top 30 [Pop] Science Blogs. http://bit.ly/cq9tpS
• The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions – Ken Burbary’s Lifestream – Sad. Hilarious. Real. "The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions" – http://post.ly/LcFj (via @MarketingProfs)
• SIDS linked to low levels of serotonin – SIDS linked to low levels of serotonin http://ow.ly/16uaqx
• Zoologger: ‘Living beach ball’ is giant single cell – life – 03 February 2010 – New Scientist – Mysterious single cell the size of a beach ball may farm other bacteria for food http://bit.ly/dejgby