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linkage: 12.08.2006

wired news: Say Hello to the Goodbye Weapon:

"The crowd is getting ugly. Soldiers roll up in a Hummer. Suddenly, the whole right half of your body is screaming in agony. You feel like you've been dipped in molten lava. You almost faint from shock and pain, but instead you stumble backwards -- and then start running. To your surprise, everyone else is running too."

rebeldad: Everything You Wanted to Know About Dads:

"The media isn't doing dads any favors. The report ranks "media/popular culture" as the no. 2 obstacle to good fathering, behind "work responsibilities" but ahead of "financial problems" or "lack of knowledge." Of survey respondents, 65 percent agreed that "The media (e.g. commercials and TV shows) tend to portray fathers in a negative light.""

iht: MIT technology expert in coma after Hanoi traffic accident:

"Seymour Papert, an MIT professor emeritus and internationally known expert in technology and learning, was severely injured in a traffic accident and remains in a coma, doctors and colleagues said Thursday."

[ if you haven't already, go read the excellent "mindstorms". ] consumer reports: dirty birds:

"CR�s analysis of fresh, whole broilers bought nationwide revealed that 83 percent harbored campylobacter or salmonella, the leading bacterial causes of foodborne disease."

msnbc: Two species cooperate to hunt:

"The giant moray eel is normally a lone hunter in the dark. Now scientists find these eels may at times hunt in the daytime in the Red Sea, and surprisingly cooperate with another predatory fish, the grouper, which is also normally a solitary predator."

archaeology: Is "Apocalypto" Pornography?:

"Setting aside the fact that the Maya lived for more than a thousand years in a fragile tropical environment before their cities were abandoned, while here in the U.S, we have polluted our urban environments in less than 200, I anticipated a heavy-handed cautionary tale wrapped up in Native American costume.

What I saw was much worse than this."

instructables: Homemade instant oatmeal:

"Instant oatmeal is great for a quick breakfast at the office. Not only is it easy to make your own, the homemade version is more filling and less expensive (LESS EXPENSIVE! MORE FILLING! *ahem*) than the store bought stuff, and you can make it without all the sugar and preservatives."

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the new yorker: boom and gloom:

"The upshot: people may know when they're happy, but they often don't know what will make them happy."

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