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You designed the home page? - Skyler Call

So I suppose this means I shouldn't complain about it too loudly if it sucks? ;) Just kidding Dan, congrats on the release! - Brian Chang

"In the early 20th century, she said — in the absence of any medical evidence — doctors blamed candy for the spread of polio. In the 1970s, refined sugar approached the top of the food counterculture’s list of enemies, spurred by international best sellers like “Sugar Blues” and “Sweet and Dangerous.” Tooth decay was the longtime threat; more recently, the global spread of obesity has prompted fears of the “empty calories” in candy. " - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"Can we, in this day and age, set out to write a story about the science and spirituality of suffering and not include a serious perspective on the lived culture of a huge number of the world's inhabitants? Are we still writing as if our narrative is the narrative of Judeo-Christian tradition? (Mostly the latter). But is it her fault? Where would she turn? Should she know to do so? I see the fault, but do not know where it begins." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"The Nielsen Company finds that the use of phone voice and text communication varies quite tremendously by age" - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"The Anthology Film Archive has some silent film footage (16mm, black & white) of Astor Place; while no date is posted, some are guessing it's from the early 1960s" - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"In an episode of 'Mythbusters' on the Discovery Channel to be shown on Dec. 8, President Obama will help determine whether the Greek scientist Archimedes really set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"For The Social Network completist, we’ve located every Crimson piece mentioned in the film." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

Band plays music using iPhone instruments - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

source: http://www.tuaw.com/2010... - fshamsi

"Microsoft/Xbox Live is offering a free download of full version of Fable II game for Xbox 360. " - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

1.21 Gigawatts! - Dan Hsiao

This is getting heavy! - fshamsi

"....back in 1930, the Senate came close to banning dial telephones (where you dialed them yourself), preferring to have an operator do the connection instead. To the anti-dial Senators, it was seen as inappropriate to do the work of operators themselves...." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert is slated to testify at a congressional hearing Friday on immigration titled 'Protecting America’s Harvest.'" - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"...Using U.S. Census data from 2000, he created a map where one dot equals 25 people. The dots are then color-coded based on race: White is pink; Black is blue; Hispanic is orange, and Asian is green. The results for various cities are fascinating: Just like every city is different, every city is integrated (or segregated) in different ways....." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

I'm skeptical of the NYC map showing that no people of any race reside in Central Park :P - Brian Chang

"Even a simple opener of "Hello, how are you? Hey, I've been meaning to talk to you about X," from anyone can challenge an introvert. Rather than bypassing the first question or interrupting the flow to answer it, the introvert holds onto the question: Hmm, how am I? (An internal dialogue begins, in which the introvert "hears" herself talking internally as the other person speaks.) " - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"...Muons, neutrinos, supersymmetric partners, the infamous Higgs boson - with so many different subatomic particles flying about, it's no wonder theoretical physics can be so confusing. That's why we made this (reasonably) simple guide to all the different elementary particles...." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"...if you care at all about how your computer performs, solid state hard drives remain a life changing experience..." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"Imposing roughly the same cautionary standards for cellphones as for fatty food or sugary soda, this city — never shy about its opinions — voted on Tuesday to require all retailers to display the amount of radiation each phone emits." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way— and its vast cultural consequences" - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"If it Was My Home is a simple but effective concept. Enter your location, and the oil spill is overlayed on top. It's gotten to the point where the area the spill covers is greater than the area of some states. Scared? You should be." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

Wow, I hadn't heard of that before, Jim. I found an article from last year that briefly touches on the subject: http://www.livescience.com/environ... - fshamsi

"Popular online business review site Yelp announced an updated iPhone app today which expands upon its recent addition of check-in capabilities, placing them in direct competition with the likes of Foursquare." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

'A woman has been fined for driving while wearing a burka because the garment "reduced her field of vision".' - fshamsi

"More than 700 players went to the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan to try to set the record for the largest game of dodge ball." - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

'Shopsins is known for both its extensive (900-item) menu of unusual dishes concocted by chef/owner Kenny Shopsin...and for Kenny Shopsin himself, described by Time Out New York as "the foul-mouthed middle-aged chef and owner".' - fshamsi from Bookmarklet

"In an example of stealth marketing, Julia Royter, 26, of Brooklyn, hands a New Yorker on the street her Blackberry device and asks for them to take her photo." - fshamsi

""I was with a bunch of hot girls and we would just walk into bars, whip out our BlackBerries and try to get guys to look at them by flirting," says Royter. "We'd say, ‘Put your number in my phone and I'll totally call you. We'll go out on a date!' But we just wanted them to try the BlackBerry. I definitely didn't call anyone." - Dan Hsiao

"Wall Street firms aren't the only banks that had a banner year. The Federal Reserve made record profits in 2009, as its unconventional efforts to prop up the economy created a windfall for the government." - fshamsi

"Russian authorities say a 7-year-old boy named Artyom arrived all alone in Moscow after an overnight flight from Washington, D.C. - with cookies and coloring pens in his backpack, and a letter from his adoptive American mother. " - fshamsi

An article about where women stand in Muslim congregational prayers. - fshamsi

"A new U.S. court decision gives the government even more rights to use your invention" - fshamsi

Free documentaries. - fshamsi

"...I do have one complaint: the iPad does not pay my bills for me, nor could it help me stop hiccoughing..." - fshamsi