Links and sundry
September 5th, 2009
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In a recent Morning Coffee, we linked to a Wired article about the placebo effect. Today we link to a fantastic rebuttal of the information in the Wired article, which has convinced us that we did not know what we were talking about. |
| Ever wonder why there are still people out there using Firefox 2? After all, aren’t Firefox users the ones who tend to upgrade their software properly? One suspect: Fear that their porn-surfing habits will be revealed. |  |
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It appears that Neil Gaiman has the personal library I have always imagined I wanted, but will almost certainly never have. |
| Man wants to cash a cheque, so he goes to the bank to do so. He is told he needs to give a thumbprint to do so, no exceptions. There is a problem, though — the man has no arms, hence no thumbs. |  |
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I was going to try to summarize the greatest piece of writing I have read this past week, but instead I will just let the author do it for me: Put Thunderbirds back on, you bastards, and help grow a new generation of mad and frightening engineers. |
| Have bad vision? Then maybe you need a good stroke! |  |
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Good books don’t have to be hard to read. |
| The Bloggess gets lost. |  |
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