Yostivanich

Another prob­lem with url short­en­ers, what hap­pens when they get hacked.

“Twit­ter has dis­tanced itself from State Depart­ment rev­e­la­tions that it asked the com­pany to delay main­te­nance so Ira­ni­ans could con­tinue to com­mu­ni­cate.” I’m sure it was part of their deci­sion mak­ing process.

“A new dinosaur unearthed in west­ern China has shed light on the evo­lu­tion from dinosaur hands to the wing bones in today’s birds. The fos­sil, from about 160 mil­lion years ago, has been named Limusaurus inex­tri­ca­bilis. The find con­tributes to a debate over how an ances­tral hand with five dig­its evolved to one with three in birds. The work, pub­lished in Nature, sug­gests that the mid­dle three dig­its, rather than the inside three, remain.” I love this sort of science.

“Fox News hosts and guests have crit­i­cized a sched­uled ABC exclu­sive broad­cast from the White House, but they failed to men­tion the extra­or­di­nary access Fox News had to Pres­i­dent Bush and other offi­cials, using those oppor­tu­ni­ties to lob soft­ball ques­tions and pro­vide a plat­form for Bush admin­is­tra­tion talk­ing points.” It’s only right when Fox News gets exclu­sive access and lobs easy questions.

“Syso­mos, a Toronto-based Web ana­lyt­ics com­pany that researches social media, says there are only about 8,600 Twit­ter users whose pro­files indi­cate they are from Iran.” But how many peo­ple are those peo­ple in con­tact with, the point of social media is that it’s effects are far greater than you can ever mea­sure in terms of direct contact.

“But crit­ics have described the planes, which cost $200 mil­lion each and have not been used in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, as cold war relics that are no longer afford­able.” Way to go politi­cians, com­plain about open­ing up that pock­et­book for every­thing except the military.

So con­fused by the arc weld­ing android.

“The Vat­i­can has banned a small group of break­away tra­di­tion­al­ist Catholics from ordain­ing more priests and dea­cons. The Soci­ety of St Pius X (SSPX), which split from the Vat­i­can in 1970, plans to ordain more than 30 men in June.” Oh fund days.

“Eddie Bauer, the outdoor-clothing chain that sold goose-down coats to Mount Ever­est moun­taineers and col­lege stu­dents alike, filed for Chap­ter 11 bank­ruptcy pro­tec­tion on Wednes­day and said it planned to sell itself for $202 mil­lion to CCMP Cap­i­tal, a pri­vate equity firm.” Good busi­ness when peo­ple can spend money on that sort of high end mer­chan­dise that is designed around leisure, bad today.

“Again, I don’t think this proves much of any­thing in and of itself; both expla­na­tions I out­lined above are entirely plau­si­ble. But if you’re going to steal votes, it is prob­a­bly advis­able to do so peo­ple who are less likely to notice that you’re steal­ing them. In Iran, that means peo­ple in rural areas.” Inter­est­ing data regard­ing rural vot­ing in Iran.

Good for Bing and good for the web.

“Experts say there is only a tiny chance of it hap­pen­ing and it would be unlikely to hap­pen for bil­lions of years.” Oh senas­ta­tional news.

What’s in a period?

What’s your ratio?

Will you kneel?

“Less than two weeks after legal­iz­ing gay mar­riage in the state, New Hamp­shire leg­is­la­tors enacted a new law Tues­day mak­ing it manda­tory for per­sons over the age of 60 to attend three same-sex wed­dings every year for the rest of their lives.” Some peo­ple would believe this.

“Con­cen­trat­ing on the artist’s musi­cal rebel­lion, trav­el­ing with him to influ­en­tial loca­tions, pro­vok­ing rare dis­cus­sion as to how and why he writes and plays, this film lets you wit­ness inti­mate moments and hear new music from each artist. The movie revolves around a day when Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge first met and sat down together to share their sto­ries, teach and play.” Can you say awesome.