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Here are some youtube videos, or articles that caught my eye - from the New York Times, Consumer Reports, Popular Science etc.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

In One Hour, For Less Than a Buck, a Sensor Made of Jell-O and Foil Detects Acute Pancreatitis | Popular Science

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http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/less-buck-sensor-made-jell-o-and-foil-detects-acute-pancreatitis-one-hour Now that's the ...
Monday, April 25, 2011

An entertaining X-factor audition - what a difference from beginning to end

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An entertaining audition for X-factor, and another one: And here's a great before --> after comparison:
Friday, April 22, 2011

Caper berries

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Delicious - all the flavor of capers and more. I had them with snapper and broccolini, and they complimented each other perfectly. TE http:...
Monday, April 18, 2011

NYTimes: Distilling the Wisdom of C.E.O.’s

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" There was a time when simply having certain information was a competitive advantage. Now, in the Internet era, most people have easy ...

How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With?

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"  after just a few days, the four- and six-hour group reported that, yes, they were slightly sleepy. But they insisted they had adjust...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

NYTimes: Keep Your Thumbs Still When I’m Talking to You

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Mea culp - I'm guilty of this. In the digital revolution, it's become fashionable to be rude. http://nyti.ms/fMrVwG
Saturday, April 16, 2011

NYTimes: How to Fix (0r Kill) Web Data About You

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" For a glimpse of your mosaic, type your name into  Spokeo.com . Prepare to see estimates of your age, home value, marital status, pho...

NYTimes: Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?

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"Sitting is a lethal activity...This is your body on chairs: Electrical activity in the muscles drops — "the muscles go as silent ...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Is Sugar Toxic?

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That the sweet stuff makes us fat is something we take for granted. That it might also be making us sick is harder to accept. http://nyti.ms...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

How accurate are weather forecasts?

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I've often wondered how accurate a forecast is, especially when they forecast 10 days out.  Who tracks these numbers to see if they'...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

Primero Hay Que Aprender EspaƱol. Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen. - NYTimes.com

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Why are all these parents making their kids learn Mandarin? Spanish is so much more useful in America. TE http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

BBQ pork recipe for the oven: Ribs Without Smoke

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Chefs can work wonders with pork ribs by braising them in the oven, instead of cooking them outdoors the way it's done in barbecue count...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

A table that's a computer screen

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The entire table surface is the computer screen. A business can sit with their client over the table and view stuff together. I'd live t...
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Friday, April 1, 2011

3D No glasses by Jonathan Post

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I really thought thus was an April fool's joke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uef17zOCDb8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Saturday, March 26, 2011

NYTimes: 36 Hours in Seattle

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Seemingly overnight, whole swaths of downtown and nearby neighborhoods — notably South Lake Union and the Pike-Pine Corridor — have transfor...
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