This week’s poem of the week Nothing is Beyond You from Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker, and Tom Boothe.
Poem of the Week: 7/19/09-7/25/09
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Rant of the Week: 7/19/09-7/25/09
The rant of the week is Corrie Ten Boom’s complaint about false teachers.
Essay of the Week: 7/19/09-7/25/09
This week’s essay of the week is part of a ridiculously long essay that the Chieftain of Seir has been working on. Technically, it is still in the draft stage. But he has been taking his sweet time finishing the thing, so we thought we would throw this out to put pressure on him to hurry up and finish the thing.
Links For Today
Interesting set of links on Toxoplasma gondii.
They were very fearful. Funny how they worry that fear will cause us to make bad decisions but they never seem to wonder if fear drove them to make some very bad decisions.
From sand to packaging
Intel has put an awesome pictorial tour of how modern computer processors are made—from sand to packaging. It is somewhat simplified so anyone non-technical can understand, but it is still a great education. I highly recommend you check it out.
Now see if you can do it
Apparently there are at least some moths that can jam bat sonar. (And apparently there are scientists who still like torturing little bugs.) I wonder if people can effectively jam bat sonar, with practice?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/medicalrecords/
Technology Can Fix That!
Warning: Digital snake oil has not been shown to be more effective at preventing or treating disease than physical snake oil.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/medicalrecords/
Links For Today
You know a bank is to big when it starts suing itself.
Secret program no big deal after all. Somehow, that is not a surprise.
An interesting angle on California’s IOUs. Note that just because states are barred from creating their own currency does not mean that no one else can. That distinction seems to be lost on some people.
Tribute is always easiest way of dealing with barbarians. Even Rome understood that.
Poem of the Week: 7/12/09-7/18/09
Do you know how the word albatross (which is the name of a bird) became associated with a wearisome burden? If you don’t, you need to read this poem from beginning to end for your own education.
Rant of the Week: 7/12/09-7/18/09
“Why can’t the regular U.S. military organizations do anything?” is this week’s rant of the week.