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The Case Against Thimerosal
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 18, 2005  |  0 comments
In 1987, one out of every 10,000 children was diagnosed with autism; in 2003, it was one out of every 166. How well has the press handled the story of a vaccine's potential involvement? Not so well, argues CJR.
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This Monkey Means Business!
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 18, 2005  |  0 comments
Kong, King Kong.
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Albert Camus' Lost PowerPoint Slides
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 18, 2005  |  0 comments
Camus was a scorpio.
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This Could Change Everything
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 17, 2005  |  0 comments
Well, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project could change the world, which is pretty much the same thing.
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The Worst Record Covers of All Time?
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 17, 2005  |  2 comments
A lot of these are fugly, but I bet any Stereophile reader worth his (or her) salt has seen much worse flipping through yard sales.
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Is DRM the Grinch Who Stole Christmas?
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 17, 2005  |  0 comments
David Berlind makes the case.
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R&J R Gr8
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 17, 2005  |  0 comments
Romeo and Juliet told completely in emoticons. L33T!
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Another Top 10 List.
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 17, 2005  |  0 comments
The Guardian on books on cults and religious extremists. I love any list that calls The DaVinci Code "literary crack cocaine—reading it does you no good at all, but you just can't stop." Actually, I found it easy to put down and hard to pick back up.
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Too Much Sony to Keep Up With
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 17, 2005  |  0 comments
The story that just won't stop. Over at Boing-Boing, they've posted a timeline of just this week's developments—and it's only Thursday.
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Music Cylinders Digitized
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 17, 2005  |  0 comments
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has digitized over 5000 early recordings and posted some of them, including the Edison Blue Amberol of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic."
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Social Blimps
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 16, 2005  |  0 comments
Self-reconfiguring cubic blimps—you've gotta love 'em.
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Not Quite the Jetpack I Had in Mind
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 16, 2005  |  0 comments
But this seems to be a legit product for "situational awareness in small unmanned platforms."
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What's Even Better Than Turkey-And-Gravy Soda?
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 16, 2005  |  0 comments
Why smoked salmon flavor, of course.
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Make Mine a Venti!
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 16, 2005  |  0 comments
How much caffeine would it take to overdose?
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I See Paris, I See France, I See Sony's Underpants!
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 15, 2005  |  2 comments
Dan Kaminsky has mapped 568,200 servers that have received DNS queries related to Sony's root kit incursion. Check the maps of the USA, Europe, and Asia to see how quickly this "virus" has invaded the World Wide Web. Scary pictures indeed.
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