mostly research stuff
(oddball tool alert) …say goodbye to the talking heads and tv popinjays…for you social superhero wannabe’s: “armed with only a tiny keyfob, dave disabled every television within eye’s reach, disporting himself amongst the screaming red sox fans“…read about this new tv-b-gone device over at wired and i was floored by the simple elegance of [...]
i was rolling on the floor reading about the specialized work performed by real-life anal wart inspectors…popular science magazine has just run their follow-up to their hit “worst jobs in science” feature…probably the most interesting thing that i’ve read all year, if you exclude subtitled films…this year’s listing includes these plum jobs… so prep that [...]
what’s going on with my life? i’m walking my dog in the woods on sunday morning and my treo is suddenly jammed with unsolicited instaurations…emails from unknown people telling me research stories…job inquiries…dozens of resumes…i could not put it together until i was sent this article on msn …done as a sorta halloween item, ‘mysterious [...]
when exactly do ads go bad? if you’re at all interested in the more far reaching social and economic implications of advertising, media abuse of the public sector (e.g schools) - or generally interesting ad factoids - then take a look at badads ….the badads volunteers have put together a solid resource site [...]
what the shit? …got an email the other day from somebody informing me that my site for and about research wonks is not available at many libraries because of some crapola filtering software that’s tagged my site poorly…who knows - maybe it’s the ‘farging’ swears…a nasty little lett-ah is already en route to the company’s [...]
this blog is mostly safe for work, though i sometimes throw around a 'fuck' or two. you'll find a bunch of my articles from CI Magazine, SCIP online, other research pieces and some other crap. enjoy. there's lost of content here related to getting information about, around, from and through people and organizations...