Monthly Archives: March 2012

YouTube: How to break habits (from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg)

How to break habits (from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg) rhpubgroup

The Empty Stomach: Fasting to Beat Jet Lag—By Steve Hendricks (Harper’s Magazine)

The Empty Stomach: Fasting to Beat Jet Lag—By Steve Hendricks (Harper’s Magazine)

Blog: Letters of Note: Butt-Head Astronomer

Butt-Head Astronomer Shaun Usher, Letters of Note

Twitter: @paleofuture

paleofuture What if the most vital skill of the 21st c. is knowing when to shut up, improving our signal-to-noise ratio in an age of infinite soapboxes?

Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: The Scale Of The Universe

The Scale Of The Universe Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

The Brain: The Troublesome Bloom of Autism | Mental Health | DISCOVER Magazine

The Brain: The Troublesome Bloom of Autism | Mental Health | DISCOVER Magazine That time zone rules out the old bad-mothering theory of autism, and also the notion that vaccines trigger autism in toddlers. Courchesne suspects that fetal brains become autistic due to a combination of genetic and environmental influences that strike during the second […]

Quote from Tumblr

Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. E.O. Wilson kenarneson.tumblr.com

Blog: Jared Bernstein | On the Economy: The Science Behind “We’re-in-This-Together”

The Science Behind “We’re-in-This-Together” Jared Bernstein, Jared Bernstein | On the Economy

Blog: THE BOOK–Playing The Percentages In Baseball: Why Pecota is not deadly accurate…

Why Pecota is not deadly accurate… mgl, THE BOOK–Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Quote from Tumblr

I feel like money makes you more of who you already are. If you’re an asshole, you become a bigger asshole. If you’re nice, you become nicer. Sara Blakely kenarneson.tumblr.com

Blog: Ezra Klein: Software patents are impractical — unless we’ve got 2 million extra lawyers

Software patents are impractical — unless we’ve got 2 million extra lawyers Brad Plumer, Ezra Klein

Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Can 99¢ Journalism Sustain Itself?

Can 99¢ Journalism Sustain Itself? Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story

Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story Pixar

Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: What can we learn about self-control from successful dieters?

What can we learn about self-control from successful dieters? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree

The problem with investing based on pattern recognition – Chris Dixon

The problem with investing based on pattern recognition – Chris Dixon

Blog: The Body Odd: Get kids to believe you by pointing at something

Get kids to believe you by pointing at something (author unknown), The Body Odd

Places It’s Tempting To Use Display: None; But Don’t | CSS-Tricks

Places It’s Tempting To Use Display: None; But Don’t | CSS-Tricks

Blog: The Body Odd: The curious case of a numb tongue

The curious case of a numb tongue Cari Nierenberg, The Body Odd

Twitter: @SamMillerOCR

SamMillerOCR “It’s a cliche because it’s true” is a cliche because it’s true.

Twitter: @injuryexpert

injuryexpert I’ll be VERY curious to see how this works. Not sure who will adopt this. http://t.co/4IeLl0rq