Author: timbatchelder

  • FindLaw: Crowd-sourced legal information

      Best legal database besides which Lexis/nexis which costs $$$ Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys, Law, Legal Information – FindLaw.  

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  • National Science Foundation (NSF) databases for science information

      Best database for government science information: nsf.gov – National Science Foundation – US National Science Foundation (NSF). Related articles AUI and NRAO Comment On NSF’s Astronomy Portfolio Review Committee (spacedaily.com) Kauffman Foundation joins with NSF and the Deshpande Foundation to form Innovation Corps Program (kauffman.org) Seminar on Student Funding Opportunities at the National Science…

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention databases for pharma intelligence

        By far the best datasets for disease info are the CDC’s…   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.     Related articles CDC: West Nile outbreak ‘one of largest’ in US (newsobserver.com) CDC: 41 West Nile deaths in U.S. (content.usatoday.com) CDC: 158 cases of new swine flu strain from pigs (sacbee.com) Dallas mayor…

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  • Evolutionary and health aspects of bed sharing

      A totally weird but interesting study. This conflicts with our evolutionary heritage has primates in some ways living in communal groups but may have merit if primates sleep independently. BBC NEWS | Health | Bed sharing ‘bad for your health’. Related articles Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians (blogs.scientificamerican.com) Penises, Primates and the study…

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  • Heating Help: Community for DIY energy conservation

      Heating Help – Heating Systems. Related articles DIY: How To Make Your Own Studded Ballerina Flats (fabsugar.com) Five DIY Home Energy Upgrades Under $100 (earthtechling.com) DIY Prototype Proves Cheap Solar Air Conditioning Is Possible (earthtechling.com) There Is Such Thing As DIY Molten Lava and It’s Awesome (gizmodo.co.uk)  

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  • Apple Mac Remote Surveillance: Yes, it is possible and easier than PC

      Despite all the grumblings about security vendor’s lack of support for the Mac times are changing and there are now more and more solutions available. Best Security Camera Solutions for Apple Mac Remote Surveillance. http://prmac.com/release-id-15360.htm Related articles Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/Crisis Is Commercial Malware (legitreviews.com) Internet Explorer on the Apple Mac | Blog…

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  • Refinancing more effectively using online resources

      Auto refinance, Car refinance, Car loan, Auto loan, CD rates. This is a great service which Boston Globe mentioned whcih allows you to bid on the best rates for bank funds Related articles Refinance Market is Booming – in Autos (subprimeautoloanlenders.com) How to Refinance Your Home – StreamlineRefinance.net (streamlinerefinance.net) :Bad Times To Refinance |…

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  • Mobile communications and loneliness

      An article in Boston Globe magazine charts the curious trend away from real human interaction towards entirely digitally mediated ones and notes the importance of being “un reachable” at times which is becoming increasingly difficult, and of being able to tolerate being alone. In particular the article cites research by an NYU social scientist…

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  • Nano Culture Wars Coming Soon

      Rather than infer that nanotechnology is safe, members of the public who learn about this novel science tend to become sharply polarized along cultural lines, according to a study conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School in collaboration with the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. The report is published online in the…

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  • Wordle and the future of Data Visualization

      I’ve been testing this neat new app called Wordle which I found out about on the Many Eyes site made by Martin Wattenburg and will create visualizations of any text. I applied it to my delicious bookmarks and to my blog. It’s also been applied on Many Eyes to analyze speeches and more.  …

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  • NESEA – We Connect Sustainability Professionals to Ideas and Each Other.

    NESEA – We Connect Sustainability Professionals to Ideas and Each Other.. Related articles Unity College Shows Off Their New Solar Array this Weekend Middlesex sustainability workshop for London’s hospitality industry Thinking Sustainable Real Estate Sustainability One house every minute: are sustainability targets an impossible mission?

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