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¿Estás abierto de mente?
2007-12-01 14:46:00 ¿Alguna vez te has planteado si eres demasiado ecléctico en tus gustos musicales? ¿O prefieres ir sobre seguro y concentrarte en un estilo musical? Ésa es la cuestión que plantea el último widget creado para Last.fm. Se llama Open Mind Index y analiza tu lista de autores y sus correspondientes tags para crear después un gráfico con tus gustos principales y asignarte un índice, que trata de medir lo abierto de mente que eres. El principal problema del widget es que los tags, en Last.fm, son bastante aleatorios e incluso a veces parecen haber sido asignados en broma. Pero como curiosidad no está nada mal, sobre todo porque permite comparar tus gustos con otros listados generados automáticamente. Así, es posible saber que cuántos más años tiene el oyente de Last.fm, más variedad de grupos y estilos escucha. Creo que es casi una verdad de perogrullo, porque todos empezamos muy cerrados musicalmente y, poco a poco, nos vamos abriendo. De hecho, hay ciertos músicos que ...
West meets his match [Stranger Fruit]
2007-12-01 09:40:00 Mark Borrello is a good mate of mine and an historian of biology. Greg Laden has an account of Mark publicly handing John West his ass regarding his expectorations re Darwin and eugenics. PZ was there as well. I’ll link to his post when he puts it up. Nice job, Mark! Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scienceblo gsCombinedFeed/~3/193346033/west_meets_hi s_match.php More About: Fruit , Match , Tran , Ranger
A Classic Comedy Lip Synch
2007-12-01 08:58:00 This kid clearly has a future in comedy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Gpfz3&ti mes;9_Q Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themoderat evoice/~3/193336948/ More About: Comedy , Classic
Microsoft Acquires Mobile Focused Social Networking Site WebFives
2007-12-01 07:59:00 Microsoft has acquired Seattle based social networking site WebFives. WebFives was initially founded in 2004 by former Microsoft engineer Mike Toutonghi as Vizrea and offers social networking with a focus of mobile media, including video, music and photos. Users are provided with standard social networking profile pages complete with blogging, and have the option of accessing their sites via computer or via a WAP specific page. According to The Seattle Times, Toutonghi told WebFives users that the service will stop at the end of the year because of the Microsoft acquisition, making the acquisition a technology buy as opposed to a community buy. Toutonghi went on to encourage users to sign up to MSN Spaces and/or Windows Live for their social networking experience. Price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Crunch Network: Mobile Crunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily. Can’t see the video? Click here Original... More About: Social , Social Networking , Microsoft , Networking
Chavez Hot Air
2007-12-01 07:56:00 Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themoderat evoice/~3/193317342/ More About: Chavez
Silane (Weirdo methane) [Molecule of the Day]
2007-12-01 07:56:00 A lot of science-fiction writers have spent a lot of time and energy hypothesizing silicon-based life. This isn’t completely insane - if you go down a column of the periodic table, stuff tends to be the same. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine all share properties, and so do carbon, silicon, germanium, tin, and lead. Some properties. Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scienceblo gsCombinedFeed/~3/193320721/silane_weirdo _methane.php More About: Sila
Stem Cell Issue Resolved? ‘Fraid Not [Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience
2007-12-01 07:46:00 Time has a great article about the recent breakthrough in stem cell research (that certain types of skin cells can regain pluripotency)–specifically on whether this so-called resolution to the stem cell debate might help the GOP. Stem cell research has been the albatross around the neck of Republicans for a while now. Its getting harder and harder to feign outrage over the moral ambiguity over a clump of cells, when thousands of Americans (who, unlike blastocysts, vote) die of varied diseases that may benefit from stem cell therapy. Bush’s repeated vetoes of federal funding for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research flies in the face of popular support, and is a act of hypocrisy by an administration who complains America is losing its innovative edge. As someone interested in research to test potential ESC therapies (specifically for deafness and Alzheimer’s), I look on with sadness as the US falls farther and farther behind more progressive nations who welcome the o... More About: Cell , Stem Cell , Neuroscience , Raid
John West can Play the Violin But Not the Fiddle [Greg Laden’s Blog]
2007-12-01 07:45:00 The 1920s. It was a sad, sad time in America. All the biologists got together and, inspired by Darwinian writings, embarked on a campaign to sterilize those they perceived as unfit, the campaign known to us as Eugenics. From Eugenics grew other evils, such as Planned Parenthood, Modern Evolutionary Biology, and The Nazis. Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scienceblo gsCombinedFeed/~3/193320723/john_west_can _play_the_violin.php More About: Play , Blog , John , West , Greg
An Amendment to Be [Laelaps]
2007-12-01 07:33:00 I’m officially an old man; I intended to finish On the Origin of Phyla tonight and write about evolution as fact and theory, but instead I fell asleep at 7 PM after a trip to the grocery store. Lame… In lieu of anything substantial, then, here’s one of my favorite Simpsons moments satirizing some of the super-conservative amendment proposals from recent years (Federal Marriage Amen dment , I’m looking at you). Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scienceblo gsCombinedFeed/~3/193320724/an_amendment_ to_be.php
NCAA Football Championship Week Preview
2007-12-01 07:21:00 Missouri and West Virginia are on a collision course for the title game. Hawaii is also looking to sneak into the BCS. BC Tailgate is the official home on Blogcritics for college football news, rants, and riffs. Every conference is covered — we don't play favorites to the big boys.ACC by GeevesBig East by Dan McGowanBig XII by Ben MiraskiConference USA by Matt SussmanIndependents by Benjamin CosselMAC by Zach BakerMountain West by Matt SussmanPac 10 by… Original post by http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/sports /~3/193317219/232159.php More About: Championship , Football , Preview , Week , Champ
YouTube Leads, But No Sign Of Vimeo
2007-12-01 04:52:00 New figures released by comScore show that YouTube remains the outright leader in online video. Based on videos viewed, Google owned sites (YouTube + Google Video, but mostly YouTube) commanded a 28.3% market share in the United States in September with Fox Interactive Media (FIM) sites (MySpace and others) on 4.2%. The figures (see chart) demonstrate that YouTube doesn’t dominate video viewing as much as would be expected, suggesting that the long tail is alive and well in the sector given the top ten video sites only hold 45.2% of all videos viewed online. The unique viewer numbers for video destinations also show Google leading, but by a smaller margin of 39.4% vs 22.6% for FIM sites. These figures are for people visiting the actual video sites themselves suggesting that much of YouTube’s dominance comes not from YouTube.com itself, but from people embedding YouTube videos (28.3% of all videos viewed vs 4.2% for FIM). Notable in its absence from both top ten charts is... More About: Youtube , Leads , Sign , Vimeo
Vimeo Founder Fired, Does A Bong Hit
2007-12-01 04:49:00 Jakob Lodwick, the co-founder of IAC owned video site Vimeo , left the company today. The reason? Apparently Lodwick didn’t see eye to eye with they IAC brass on creative issues, and specifically had a run in with IAC chief Barry Diller three weeks ago. A source says he was fired. That’s not surprising, given the picture Lodwick chose to include with his goodbye post. Lodwick’s girlfriend, Julia Allison (who made a scandal at our August Capital party last summer), wrote a blog post saying “Dear Jakob, I wish I hadn’t found out you left the company you’ve been with for the last seven years from your blog. Love, Julia.” Lots of drama out in NYC this evening. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0 Can’t see the video? Click here Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch /~3/193257929/ More About: Founder , Fired
BibliOdyssey: Must-have blog book [Neurophilosophy]
2007-12-01 04:40:00 This brain map comes from The Book of Life: The Spiritual and Physical Constitution of Man (1912), by the obscure mystical philosopher Alesha Sivartha, who is sometimes referred to as a “grandfather of the new-age movement”. The map is of particular interest, as it approaches modern neurology but still retains a few elements of phrenology, and is therefore a transition between the two. (Click on the image for a larger version.) It is based the experiments of the pioneering Scottish neurologist David Ferrier, who functionally mapped the sensory and motor cortices by lesion studies and direct electrical stimulation of the brains of monkeys and dogs. Anatomically, the map is therefore more realistic than the phrenological maps being produced just a few decades earlier: the gyri and sulci (the brain’s bumps and fissures) are depicted; the pons has been labelled correctly; the cerebellum is easily distinguished; and “reason”, a higher cognitive function, has... More About: Blog
Key to Somewhere
2007-12-01 04:40:00 Original post by http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?e ntry=28118&only&rss More About: Some , Somewhere
Savage vs. CAIR
2007-12-01 04:26:00 Now it’s getting interesting, as radio host Michael Sava ge files a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Council on American Islamic Relations: Savage_CAIR_suit. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Original post by http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?e ntry=28117&only&rss
Clinton Campaign Office Held Hostage
2007-12-01 04:11:00 Here’s a thread for the hostage situation at a Clinton campaign office in new Hampshire: Man takes hostages at Clinton office. ROCHESTER, N.H. - A deranged man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday, took several hostages and demanded to speak to the candidate, authorities said. The man released at least three hostages as the afternoon wore on, but nearly four hours after the standoff began, police said they were still dealing with a hostage situation and the man had not been taken into custody. “We’re confident we have the resources available to end this safely,” Capt. Paul Callaghan said at a briefing. He repeatedly refused to say how many hostages were taken and how many remained. Clinton was in the Washington area at the time, and extra security precautions were taken to protect the former first lady, who still has a Secret Service detail, said a law-enforcement official, who sp... More About: Office , Campaign , Hostage , Held
Images: Fanboys
2007-12-01 03:43:00 Check out pictures of Star Wars fans - no, not you! Original post by http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ignfeeds/movies/~ 3/193247095/imgs_1.html More About: Images , Ages
Images: Awake
2007-12-01 03:41:00 Check out these eye-opening images of Jessica Alba. Original post by http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ignfeeds/movies/~ 3/193247096/imgs_1.html More About: Images , Awake , Ages
The Torture Debate Continues…
2007-12-01 03:24:00 Lots of credit to John McCain who eloquently articulated his objection to torture in a testy exchange with Mitt Romney at the recent presidential debate. Romney’s ambivalence on this issue is disturbing, and we can only imagine the kind of administration that he would lead. As Steve Benen points out, Romney’s top counterterrorism advisor is Cofer Black, the man at the CIA responsible for setting up the chain of “secret prisons” in Eastern Europe. Black famously told Congress that “there was a before 9/11, and there was an after 9/11. After 9/11, the gloves come off.” Oh, and in case that’s not enough to frighten you, Black’s also vicechairman of Blackwater USA. Can you imagine what it would be like if he were directing counterterrorism policy at the White House? Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themoderat evoice/~3/193231342/ More About: Debate , Torture , Conti
Images: Harold & Kumar 2
2007-12-01 03:12:00 More pics, including Neil Patrick Harris. Original post by http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ignfeeds/movies/~ 3/193236701/imgs_1.html More About: Images , Harold , Kumar , Ages
To Save Its Bacon, Facebook Weakens Beacon
2007-11-30 10:01:00 A Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3 /192812338/ More About: Facebook , Save , Beacon , Bacon
To Save Its Bacon, Facebook’s Weakens Beacon
2007-11-30 10:01:00 A Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3 /192812338/ More About: Save , Beacon , Bacon
Google To Announce Wireless Spectrum Bid Friday
2007-11-30 09:35:00 The Wall Street Journal is quoting “people familiar with the matter” saying that Google will announce a bid for the 700 MHz wireless spectrum Friday . Google first expressed interesting in bidding in July, when it sent a letter to the FCC demanding that the new bandwidth have four requirements: open applications, open devices, open services and open networks. The FCC only adopted two of Google’s recommendations when it released the terms for the auction July 31, with support for open applications and open devices, but with no requirement for open services or open networks. With the auction due in January and bidders having to declare their intentions to bid by December 3, there has been no shortage of speculation as to whether Google would or wouldn’t participate. The ongoing mystery is exactly what Google plans to do with the spectrum. Since we last wrote about the auction Google has announced the Open Handset Alliance (Android) which includes T-Mobile and ... More About: Wireless , Spectrum , Anno
Would you die for your religion? part 2 (What about the children?) [Respect
2007-11-30 09:23:00 It looks as though the Jehovah’s Witnesses have claimed another life. This time, though, it wasn’t an adult, as it was recently. This time, though, through the indoctrination inherent in the Jehovah’s Witness religion and, incredibly and inexcusably, the acquiescence of our legal system to their irrational and dubious interpretation of a text written thousands of years before blood transfusion was ever contemplated, the life lost was that of an adolescent: A 14-year-old boy who refused blood transfusions in his fight against leukemia — based on religious beliefs — died Wednesday night in Seattle, hours after a Skagit County judge affirmed his right to reject the treatment. Dennis Lindberg, of Mount Vernon, died around 6 p.m. at Children ’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle, according to KING-5 television. As a Jehovah’s Witness, Lindberg objected to receiving blood. Doctors had said he needed it to survive his cancer treatment... More About: Religion , Respect , Part
Air Jordan 8 Playoffs OG vs. Retro Comparison
2007-11-30 09:18:00 Amazingly we are only three weeks from the release of the Retro Jordan 8 Playoffs . Many heads have been looking forward to the return of this colorway; however, we took some side by side comparison shots so you can see for yourself just how original of a colorway these are. Overall the shoes are great, but one can tell the shortcomings of the remake and that no matter what it is, nothing beats the original. There are over 30 photos after the jump that have side by side comparisons (OG on left, Retro on right), as well as larger images of both so you can get the next best thing to holding each pair in your hand. Overall, not too many differences and definitely not enough to justify passing. Model: Availability: Price: Product Code: Release Date: Color: Info: Air Jordan 8 General Release $140 305381-061 12/22/2007 Black/Varsity Red-White Jordan Release Dates Air Jordan 8 Playoffs OG vs. Retro Comparison Air Jordan 8 Playoffs - OG side shot Air Jordan 8 Playoffs - Retro si...
Never Gonna … [Stranger Fruit]
2007-11-30 09:14:00 Well, it made be laugh! Rickrolling 101. Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scienceblo gsCombinedFeed/~3/192811094/never_gonna.p hp More About: Fruit , Gonna , Tran , Ranger
Google Reader Gets Recommendations, Drag-and-Drop
2007-11-30 08:40:00 Google has released two new features for its RSS reading product, Recommendations and Drag -and-Drop . The Discovery recommendation feature suggests new sites a user may wish to read based on current subscriptions and (interestingly) browsing history. Google has previously offered feed bundles based on subjects, but this is the first time it has offered customized recommendations in this way. The drag-and-drop functionality allows users to re-order or move subscribed feeds within a folder or to another folder. This style of functionality isn’t unique, and as Google itself points out, RSS readers such as Bloglines and NewsGator already provide drag-and-drop functionality. Google thanks a number of interns and ex-interns for the new features, a nice thing to do. As a Google Reader user I know I’m certainly going to use the drag-and-drop functionality, and I’m even looking at some of the suggested feeds as well, but I’ve got to ask: how is it that we can get drag-... More About: Google , Google Reader
A CAIR Plant at the YouTube Debate
2007-11-30 08:34:00 Imagine my Surprise: Muslim YouTube questioner was former CAIR Intern. Original post by http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?e ntry=28107&only&rss More About: Youtube , Debate , Plant
Musical Bleg
More articles from this author:2007-11-30 08:16:00 One of the most annoying things in the world to me is knowing a song by tune but not title, and not being able to find it. Normally, I’ll just punch the lyrics in a search engine, but that doesn’t work for instrumentals. So, while I don’t like viewing TMV readers as my personal gophers, I’m enlisting the collective help of the blogosphere in my quest. Does anyone know what the song playing through most of this YouTube video is? (The song I’m talking about starts at 0:48): It’s a pretty well-known song, I’ve heard it before in many other contexts, but I have no idea how to figure out the title. Thanks in advance! Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themoderat evoice/~3/192778068/ More About: Musical 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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