the natural evolution of twitter.- March 17, 2007 for the life of me, i can't remember how it's exactly worded, but there's an old software development axiom that any piece of software will gradually evolve to send email. over the years, i've come to believe that a corollary exists for messagingstatus software and services that states that any such service will eventually serve status reports from home automation systems. a case in point, twittering your home.http://snowdeal.org/2007/03/natural-evolution-of-twitter.html linkage: Tuesday 13th of March- March 14, 2007 Chemicals May Play Role in Rise in Obesity - washingtonpost.com"The chemicals under scrutiny are used in products from marine paints and pesticides to food and beverage containers. "tags: conflux health science Mike Whitney: Is Cheney Betting on Economic Collapse"Well, as it turns out, Kiplinger Magazine ran an article based on Cheney&039;s financial disclosure statement and, sure enough, found out that the VP is lying to the American people for the umpteenth time. Deficits do...http://snowdeal.org/2007/03/linkage-tuesday-13th-of-march.html a twitter confession.- March 13, 2007 i don't know why i feel the need to fess up to this in public, but i'm going to do it anyway. i don't get twitter. i mean, conceptually i think i understand it but the more i read about it - and there's certainly no shortage of stuff to read lately - the less i understand why it has become such a phenomenon. clearly i must be missing something obvious and should probably just kick the tires so i can have a more informed opinion.http://snowdeal.org/2007/03/twitter-confession.html update on the linkage.- March 11, 2007 i finally got around to getting del.icio.us and blogger working together ( easy as pie with simplepie, but still it's more difficult that it needs to be ) and i'm working on cleaning out my google reader "starred items" which means that over the next few days you'll be seeing a firehose of linkage that i've found interesting. i do plan on posting original content, but for now maybe one or two people will be interested in what i've been reading. update: i hacked in the ability to show...http://snowdeal.org/2007/03/update-on-linkage.html linkage: Sunday 11th of March- March 11, 2007 BBC NEWS Health Early man 'couldn't stomach milk'""Although the benefits of milk tolerance are not fully understood, they probably include the advantage of a continuous supply compared with the 'boom and bust' of seasonal crops, its nourishing qualities, and the fact that, unlike stream water, it's uncotags: conflux When 1st Life Meets 2nd Life: The 1685 Pound Avatar and the 99 Ton Acre"Every year, every Avatar in Second Life produces CO2 emissions equivalent to a typical, honking, bloated,...http://snowdeal.org/2007/03/linkage-sunday-11th-of-march_9216.html |