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links for 2010-01-12

January 12, 2010

Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Host ‘Tonight Show’ Following Leno | NYTimes.com His classy resignation protest letter to NBC shows why I’ve always stood up for Conan. (tags: culture article tv) Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP I love this blog and not just because I’m a (poser) nerd. Professor Lipton really makes mathematical and computational [...]

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links for 2010-01-07

January 7, 2010

Post-Underwear-Bomber Airport Security | Schneier on Security "Additionally, the passengers on the airplane worked. For years I've said that exactly two things have made us safer since 9/11: reinforcing the cockpit door and convincing passengers that they need to fight back. It was the second of these that, on Christmas Day, quickly subdued Abdulmutallab after [...]

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links for 2010-01-05

January 5, 2010

Anadarko, Helix get good news in GoM | OilOnline.com Lucius – 20,000 ft. Jake – 13,500 ft. Good news, but feasible given the completions link below? (tags: oil gas hydrocarbons energy GulfOfMexico) Completions: rock science | OilOnline.com "We are drilling wells now that we can't complete," said Kevin Lacy, VP of drilling and completion in [...]

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links for 2009-12-11

December 11, 2009

Secretary Napolitano Unveils “Virtual USA” Information-Sharing Initiative | DHS Integration, information sharing and interoperability across platforms for emergency services. All very important and good. Even if built on open-source, let's hope against technological lock-in. (tags: government GIS opensource interoperability technology information) White House Announces Open Government Directive | ExecutiveBiz What was up with federal CTO [...]

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links for 2009-12-10

December 10, 2009

How Much Money You'd Save By Skipping Christmas | Forbes.com On the one hand, making a shopping list of gifts. On the other, being a grinch because my tree isn't up yet. (Yes, my tree, ha ha ha.) (tags: christmas finance) Tweet

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links for 2009-11-28

November 28, 2009

Love, Obama-Style: A Dating Service for Scientists and Teachers | True/Slant Network Activity I've signed up as a scientist. Have you? "It’s a 'nationwide initiative,' a collaboration between government and more than 200 public- and-private sector organizations that aims to connect students in grades 6-12 with project-based learning experiences." Wish I could help out this [...]

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links for 2009-11-24

November 24, 2009

“As for your doctrines I am prepared to go to the Stake if requisite … I trust you will not allow yourself to be in any way disgusted or annoyed by the considerable abuse & misrepresentation which unless I greatly mistake is in store for you … And as to the curs which will bark [...]

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links for 2009-11-04

November 4, 2009

GISUser.com | Maponics ZIP Code Boundaries Captures Record Number of U.S. Postal Service Branch Closings (tags: maps mapping GIS geography) Maponics Zip Code Boundaries Enter your zip code to see what geographic area it covers. (tags: maps mapping GIS geography) Tweet

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links for 2009-10-20

October 20, 2009

Applied Mechanics of Solids Example Problems by Allan Bower (tags: science physics engineering mechanics books) Introduction To Continuum Mechanics by Ray Bowen "This textbook is intended to introduce engineering graduate students to the essentials of modern Continuum Mechanics. This understanding should include an appreciation for the status of the classical theories as special cases of [...]

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links for 2009-10-08

October 8, 2009

The Sensuous Curmudgeon | Barbara Forrest Exposes Louisiana Creationists "Don’t be misled into thinking that Louisiana is a small, hopelessly backward state, and what happens there is of no importance elsewhere. That state is being used as a testing ground for a nationwide theocratic effort to literally undo the Enlightenment. If the creationists’ schemes to [...]

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