January 18, 2006
Some Students Use Net To Hire Experts to Do Their School Work
WSJ.com - Portals
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10:04 PM
January 15, 2006
The face of the future: Why Eurasians are changing the rules of attraction
"Sorry, pale blonds. People with mixed-race faces appear healthier and more appealing, so have evolutionary advantages, research reveals. By Steve Bloomfield"
Independent Online Edition > Science & Technology
Posted by Martin Sewell at
3:18 PM
January 13, 2006
Flash Earth
Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth in Macromedia Flash
Neave Lab › Flash Earth
Posted by Martin Sewell at
8:18 PM
The Song Tapper
"This site lets you search for a song, by tapping the rhythm of its words (lyrics)."
The Song Tapper
Posted by Martin Sewell at
7:33 PM
How to bullshit your essays
" During a wickely hard semester I finished up an essay for my criminal behavior class at 4AM. My Professor for that class was very strict about length requirements (I once got docked for being half a page short), so I had to add stuff. It was late. I improvised.
Badly. However, this is how I discovered that despite the fact that he stressed "good flow and essay structure" and "coherent points" as grading criteria, he didn't read very closely.
At all."
ericisgreat
Posted by Martin Sewell at
7:30 PM
January 11, 2006
Find Music You'll Love
Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask:
Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?
Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.
We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.
Pandora
Link thanks to Tristán
Posted by Martin Sewell at
10:28 PM
Hedge Fund Returns
Compare and Contrast:
Mon Jan 9, 2006 12:42 PM GMT
Stocks eclipsed hedge fund returns in 2005
Hedge fund returns averaged 3.75 percent last year compared with 13.74 percent for the MSCI index of world stocks and 6.78 percent for the Lehman global bond index, Edhec said in a research note last week.
Reuters.co.uk
Mon Jan 9, 2006 5:16 PM ET
Hedge funds deliver gains in 2005, beat stocks
The average hedge fund returned 9.18 percent last year, according to data published by Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc.
the funds handily beat the broader stock market where the Standard & Poor's 500 index returned 3 percent in 2005.
Reuters.com
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1:05 PM
Finding good research questions
'The most dangerous form of procrastination is unacknowledged type-B procrastination, because it doesn't feel like procrastination. You're "getting things done." Just the wrong things.'
Pub Sociology
Link thanks to Cliff
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:34 PM
January 9, 2006
retrievr - search by sketch
System One - Labs
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:34 AM
Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists
Applefritter
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:32 AM
dotsnotgoogle
Mad Merv
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:24 AM
What I Learned at MIT
Technicat
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:19 AM
Optical Mouse cam
"Are you using an optical mouse right now? Ever wanted to see your desktop through the eye on the bottom of it?"
Jeroen Domburg
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:15 AM
The Best UFO Pictures Ever Taken
UFO Casebook
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:11 AM
50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod
kottke.org
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12:09 AM
For a white man's execution, where are black protesters?
"Outcry on behalf of Tookie might be viewed as race-based"
SF Gate
Posted by Martin Sewell at
12:06 AM
January 8, 2006
Voting and the feminine mystique
"Parents of daughters are more likely to be left-wing, whatever the feminists claim"
Voting and the feminine mystique - Opinion Anjana Ahuja - Times Online
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11:58 PM