The psychology of a failed president- March 26, 2008 One of things that&039;s been most puzzling about Bush is his reaction to failure, that maddening wacky grin and jaunty manner as the entire country, if not the entire planet, careens towards the abyss - Iraq, climate change, torture, Katrina, warrantless surveillance, and two recessions - just to name a few issues. This article, "Bush and the Psychology of Incompetent Decisions", does a great job of explaining the psychology behind his behavior. As his decisions go awry, he exudes a..http://bitworking.org/news/313/The-psychology-of-a-failed-president Sci-fi science- March 26, 2008 So let me get this straight, you can use hydrogen sulfide (the toxic part of sewer gas) to induce suspended animation in mice, and someone&039;s actually regrown a fingertip after applying extracellular matrix made from pig bladders. That&039;s just so Harry Potter.http://bitworking.org/news/312/Sci-fi-science Getting information out of Google Reader- March 24, 2008 DeWitt Clinton: ...a number of interesting relationships were still hidden inside my private Google Reader subscription list. This short guide demonstrates how I extract that information and publish it publicly via plain HTML decorated with XFN markup. Sweet, I didn&039;t know you could do that. The secret sauce is the new options that appear once you&039;ve tagged a bunch of feeds and then made that group of tagged items &039;public&039;. I&039;ve now used the same technique to add yet...http://bitworking.org/news/311/Getting-information-out-of-Google-Reader Update for AppClientTest- March 22, 2008 AppClientTest has been updated again. Every warning or error generated now contains a link to the section of the specification that is being violated. I also have incorporated Mike Samuel&039;s Javascript Code Prettifier so that all the XML requests and responses are easier to read. Finally, the request method and URI are also present in the report for every request. Here is an example report if you want to see these enhancements in action.http://bitworking.org/news/310/Update-for-AppClientTest Henri on Joel on IE8- March 20, 2008 Of all the responses to Joel Spolsky&039;s tortured pantomime of impartiality, Henri&039;s is the best, and Mark&039;s is the funniest.http://bitworking.org/news/309/Henri-on-Joel-on-IE8 George W. Bush - The Torture President- March 11, 2008 AP: President Bush is poised to veto legislation that would bar the CIA from using waterboarding a technique that simulates drowning and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects. Now we know what the W stands for.http://bitworking.org/news/308/George-W-Bush-The-Torture-President The price of gas- March 9, 2008 Brad Fitzpatrick: I&039;m enjoying this rise. The sooner it gets to $5 or $10, the sooner people might care Agreed. A doubling or tripling of the relative price of gas is inevitable, and is probably the best long-term thing that could happen to the country, fully realizing that in the short term it&039;s going to be painful.http://bitworking.org/news/307/The-price-of-gas |