Entries from March 2007 ↓

I just learned that the New York Times is offering free access to its TimesSelect service to anyone who registers with an .edu email address.  Doing so will save you $50 a year, or at least the headache of using Lexis-Nexis to reach premium content.
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This American Life premieres on Showtime tomorrow.  The trailers look cool, there was a NY Times story about it today, and last week’s program was all about television.* Makes me wish I had Showtime.
The highlight of last week’s show was Ira Glass talking about how much he liked watching the O.C. and singing along [...]

I’m from Iowa, so I perked up when I saw this headline about alternative energy in the latest Pew Research Center newsletter.  Here’s the gist:
The proposed project, known as the Iowa Stored Energy Park (IESP), will use low-cost, off-peak electricity — and wind energy that is not being sold on the grid at that time [...]

About $3000.
That’s how much law professor Brian Tamanaha estimates he has made for each of three books he has published.  He says he gets about $5 for every hardcover that’s sold, and $2 for every paperback.  Needless to say, he wasn’t interested in figuring the hourly rate of return for his labor.
I never thought people [...]

For crying out loud.  What good does it do to ban YouTube in Turkey for hosting videos that reportedly insult Atatürk, the founder of the country?  Everyone else in the world can still watch them, right?
Well, apparently you can’t, because the videos have been removed.  And since the videos are no longer there, the Turkish [...]

I just learned of a video series of Ira Glass, host of This American Life, giving advice on how to tell good stories.  Many of you know I’m a huge fan of TAL, so naturally I eat this stuff up.
Garr at Presentation Zen does a great job summarizing the videos and applies the main point [...]

I suggested you take a look at David Seah’s blog as part of my how to wake up early roundup, but if you only read the post I linked to, then you’re missing out on a lot.  For one thing, David updates us after a two-week trial of waking up early and his reflections are [...]