It seems a foregone conclusion that RSS marketing is poised to take off. I remain a bit skeptical about the uptake rate of Joe User to a brand new “not browsing, not email” medium.
Nonetheless, I believe it’s inevitable. Some fun approaches are surfacing, but perhaps more important are the more mundane applications that […]
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Push, schmush
A sad day for primates
The Zoo had to euthanize my adopted animal on Tuesday. Kristan gave me parentship of Junior at Christmas with a plush orangutan that looks strikingly like him and hangs in my office.
I’ve decided to celebrate Junior’s life by joining the Orangutan Foundation International.
Billiken hauntings
I’ve spent most of my academic life surrounded by Billikens, at University and high school. It’s easy to consider the fellow a Saint Louis phenomenon, but then he pops up in underground Seattle.
Researching a new digital camera, I was quite surprised to find him (even labeled) the centerpiece of a demonstration picture in Japan. […]
Reconnecting to the Church
Quote of the week: “f*ck it. i’ll just go to church.”
Healthy starving
A researcher from the National Institute on Aging has demonstrated that a low-calorie diet is good for brain health, specifically keeping neurons healthy against disease. An article in Science News focuses on the reduction of glucose-triggered oxidation, but also mentions that simply reducing cellular energy has benefits:
This mild stress makes brain cells more active […]