Monday, February 09, 2004

Research on Day Care Finds Few Timeouts. Children from low-income families who spend long hours in child care may be better off than children left in a home environment. By Melissa P. Mcnamara. [New York Times: Science] 6:45:04 PM    comment []

Technorati adds text search (thanks, Cory!) 1:55:45 PM    comment []

How to teach basics of social networks?. Yesterday, I did a class on designing for social networks. It's the first time I've taught specifically on this, and of course two hours isn't enough. There is a caveat: I'm not a sociologist, nor am a computer scientist or... [social beasts] 12:50:06 PM    comment []

This Is Huge. Calpundit brings the truth to Bush - and fries him with it. AWOL proof, baby. Go. Now. Read. I'll pull copies of all the images in question down here and mirror them - links'll be up shortly. Ok, got 'em.... [Andrew Bayer is Dreaming of China] It is beginning to look a lot like smoking guns. 11:11:10 AM    comment []

How did I miss learning of The Leiter Reports: Editorials, News, Updates blog until approximately now? Reflections on Blogging After 6 Months and 100,000+ Visits. Evolution and Religion. Characteristically direct and sensible observations from Pharyngula on the subject: "Evolution is compatible with many religions. However, if your religion... 11:01:14 AM    comment []

Monday's must-reads from The War Room, and The Fix, with Janet doesn't show, but she dominates Grammy talk anyway. Plus: Historic Beatles rerun tonight, and "Sex and The City" to hit the big screen? Both, of course, only at Salon.com. 10:41:03 AM    comment []

Reuters Takes Outsourcing to a New Level With Journalists. Reuters plans to hire six journalists in Bangalore, India, to do basic financial reporting on 3,000 small to medium-size American companies. By Jacques Steinberg. [New York Times: Business] 6:55:56 AM    comment []

Social Networks: Will Users Pay to Get Friends?. Despite impressive recent growth, social networking Web sites like Friendster face a challenge: how to make money. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: Technology] 6:51:50 AM    comment []

Will the election be hacked?. A Salon special report reveals how new voting machines could result in a rigged presidential race -- and we'd never know. [Salon.com] 6:49:11 AM    comment []

DNC Research Special Report: Meet the Truth about President Bush's deceptions in today's Meet the Press interview. [Kicking Ass] 6:43:26 AM    comment []