Rare Woodpecker Sends Town Running for Chain Saws: the unintended consequences of the Endangered Species Act. I bet we’d get a better response from landowners if the ESA gave landowners the choice of allowing the government to purchase endangered habitat at a substantial premium above fair-market value.
Comfortable plastic applicator won’t keelhaul yer nethers
For my plant ecology class, I have to write everything in E-Prime. This basically means that I can’t use any form of the word “to be”. Imagine writing a bunch of papers without ever using is, are, were, was, am, be, been, being, and/or will. If any of these words are used, […]
I just started graduate school today. I’m doing a combination Certificate in Botany and Master’s in Biology. Today was the first day of classes. I’m starting to wonder if taking two 4-hour classes in one day with only about twenty minutes to eat in-between was a good idea. At least now […]
Don’t miss this Foxtrot on Web 2.0
Cathy Seipp, TV critic:
“But lack of comic writing is less a problem with this new show than you might think, because “Studio 60” is only superficially about a comedy. Actually, it’s about the same thing “West Wing” was about: Characters of proper liberal moral clarity making rousing speeches to each other while the swelling soundtrack […]
On my commute home, I noticed a bit of graffitti on the outside of an overpass guardrail post. It was in a precarious location to get to; whoever spray-painted it probably had to have someone to hold them up to keep them from falling, and/or they had to come up with some kind of […]
A possibly easier method of visualizing quantum mechanics
Blind teenager plays foosball, skates by using echolocation
Negative databases: an interesting approach to protecting privacy. Sounds like fertile ground for algorithm research too, if this catches on.
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