21Oct/090
Links of the Day, October 21
Go buy this t-shirt:
Or just follow the advice found thereupon.
News
- A nuclear fuel agreement is reached in Iran.
- Human Rights Watch says dozens of ethnic Uighurs have disappeared since being detained after riots in China.
- The really, really smart people at Apple release a brand new iMac, complete with the really, really pretty Magic Mouse (below). They really know how to make attractive products over there.
Health care
- According to CBO estimates, the House's desired bill--which includes a public option, hurray!--will cost $871 billion, and will cut the deficit.
Green
Miscellaneous
- Freakonomics authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt get climate change wrong.
- Marginal Revolution points out some successful government bureacracies.
- Illustrator Marc Johns' "If Paper Towels Could Talk." Hilarious.
- If you don't like reading about giant spiders, don't click on this link.
13Oct/090
Links of the Day, October 13
News
- US and Russia will work together to ensure a peaceful Iranian nuclear program.
Health care
- The Senate Finance Committee votes on its health care bill today.
Miscellaneous
- A Facebook addict goes cold turkey.
- The 'new' Michael Jackson single, "This Is It," is actually not that new.
- Found on Digg: this is so wrong.
1Oct/092
Links of the Day, October 1
Happy October! Only three months of 2009 left!
As a fall treat, here's a picture from the White House photostream of Barack playing with his Asian-American niece, Savita:
Eugene Cho blogs about it.
News
- In more sobering news, the death toll in Indonesia passes 700.
- Iran talks nuclear.
- Senators Boxer and Kerry introduce the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Here's John Kerry's op-ed in Politico.
Miscellaneous
- BBC News covers William Kamkwamba, the "Boy Who Harnessed the Wind." (See my previous LotD entry.)
- This kid is NOT going to live this play down. Oh, high school football ...
29Sep/090
Links of the Day, September 29
News
- The death toll in the Philippines tops 240.
- In Guinea, government troops open fire on opposition protesters.
- Iran takes a less belligerent pose on the international stage.
Finance reform
Miscellaneous
- Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue," will be out on November 17. (Point 1: "Going Rogue"? Please. Point 2: That's going straight onto my Amazon wishlist.)