Archive for 2013
November 7, 2013
PERILS OF THE INTERNET: How My Innocent Pregnancy Joke Became a ‘Major Health Scare.’
ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: How Much Gold Is In Smaug’s Hoard? Rather a lot, really.
STANDING ATHWART HIGHER EDUCATION COST-CUTTING EFFORTS, yelling “Stop!”
THE NEW 8.9″ KINDLE FIRE HDX gets a strong review from Gizmodo. “The Kindle Fire HDX 7’s 1920×1200 323 PPI screen was terrific, but the 8.9’s 2560×1600 339 PPI screen is better. Demonstrably better than anything other large tablet out there. . . . It helps that the sound from the speakers is, as on the 7-inch HDX, some of the best we’ve ever heard on a tablet.”
REVEALED: The Lexus RC Coupe.
AT AMAZON, Hottest Electronics Gifts for 2013.
Also, coupons galore in Nutrition & Wellness.
Plus, 25% or more off on select grills. Gas and charcoal.
WOW, THAT WAS FAST: World’s First 3D Printed Metal Gun Manufactured by Solid Concepts.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: 10 Things Not to Say to a Female Lifter. Though I expect most InstaPundit readers would grok this stuff naturally.
Plus: “If your first reaction is, ‘she’s too muscular for me,’ you need to lift more, bro.”
ABSENCE OF A SIGNAL CAN BE A SIGNAL: Apple Employs ‘Warrant Canary’ To Warn Users Of Future Compliance With Patriot Act Info Requests.
HMM: A Baby’s Gaze May Signal Autism, Study Finds. “In a study published Wednesday, researchers using eye-tracking technology found that 3-year-olds diagnosed with autism looked less at people’s eyes when they were babies than children who did not develop autism. But contrary to what the researchers expected, the difference was not apparent at birth. It emerged when babies were 2 to 6 months old, and autism experts said that may suggest a window during which the progression toward autism can be halted or slowed.”
WHY STRESS LEADS TO OBESITY.
PUTTING TOGETHER A FILM FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF DE BLASIO’S ELECTION AS MAYOR OF NEW YORK. So far I’m planning to show Death Wish, Taxi Driver, Fort Apache, the Bronx, and Escape From New York. And maybe Serpico. Any other suggestions? . . .
I WAS EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: The Chelyabinsk Lesson: Beware Small Asteroids. “In reconstructing the asteroid from its fragments and recorded evidence of its descent to Earth, scientists estimated that Chelyabinsk was around 62 feet, or 19 meters, in width. Yet even at this (relatively) small size, the space rock caused an airburst equal to about 500 kilotons of TNT. (The largest such airbus of the modern era was about three times that—the 1908 Tunguska asteroid exploded over Russia with the equivalent of 5 to 15 megatons, about 10 times as much.) Scientists have recorded about 1000 objects the size of Chelyabinsk in the area around the Earth, the Wall Street Journal says. However, a meteor expert tells them, there might be a million of them. And according to Space.com, the a historical analysis of impacts suggests Chelyabinsk isn’t exactly a fluke: Asteroids of this size might hit the Earth more often than astronomers had previously thought.”
THE GREEN-CAR DOLDRUMS continue.
THE GOP’S SOLYNDRA? Feds gave billions to energy firm with no business model.
BIG BROTHER: Schumer Asks DOJ for GPS Devices for Autistic Children. If you like your autistic child, you can keep your autistic child.
But I don’t even want government GPS devices installed on my car.
NATIONAL JOURNAL: Ron Fournier: White House Making Life Miserable for Democratic Lawmakers, Reformers. “If you support Obamacare, you can’t be happy with President Obama’s team.”
IN THE MAIL: From Ido Kedar, Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism’s Silent Prison.
REPUBLICANS SHOULD LAUNCH SPOILING ATTACKS: Bill Whalen: Get Ready For More “War On Women” Schtick As Hillary Ramps Up.
TAXPROF: The IRS Scandal, Day 182.
CAN’T KEEP THEIR STORY STRAIGHT: White House website at odds with latest Obama statement.