Grab bag of links

[eveglass]

1. Ben Goldacre talks bad science (18-minute video) -- I really liked Goldacre's book, but I had no idea he was so hyper (and so funny!) in person.

2. Senior moment, a 98-year-old woman writes to her bank -- this woman is great. I want to be this with-it when I'm nearly a centenarian.

3. Global warming (1-minute video) -- a parody commercial detailing the difference between "climate" and "weather." Know it, love it.

4. How to hack a marathon if you aren't a runner -- I admit, I'm probably never going to run a marathon. Still, I wonder whether this would actually work.

5. Mama merit badges and Nerd merit badges -- why should boy scouts have all the fun?

6. Learning to cook (xkcd comic) -- as someone teaching myself to cook, this comic hit way too close to home.

7. The poverty line in China (pictures) -- an interesting photo set showing what you could buy on 3.28 yuan (49 cents) a day in China. (Entire series here.)

Comments

[akitrom.livejournal.com]

Number 7 plays holy hell with my browser. It links to itself about 30 or 40 times.

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

How odd. It works perfectly fine for me, and I don't see any obvious bits of the URL that might be causing problems. What browser are you using? (I'm on a Mac, using Firefox.)

[hotspurre.livejournal.com]

#2 is a cute article, but sadly it appears to be a humorous piece that people have taken and run with:

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/takethat.asp