Random links
- As Asians Flock to Northern Virginia, Laws and Palates Collide
- The Asian-focused supermarkets - at least around where I live - do seem to stock a much greater variety of tasty animals than the more generic grocery stores. Not sure if those in Canada face the same obstacles as those mentioned in this New York Times piece: "The bullfrogs, turtles and eels that Northern Virginia’s booming Asian population used to buy at the counter and take home to cook are nowhere to be found, seized last year by state agents who leveled criminal charges against two managers of the store accusing them of illegally selling wildlife."
- CMAP #5: Why books are the length they are
- "[Science Fiction] novels from the period 1923 to roughly 1952 ... are typically very short — 45,000 to 60,000 words. .... A typical SF novel of the 1960s was 70,000 words long. By the 1980s, 80,000 words was the norm; by the 1990s it had bloated to 100-120,000 words. Why?"
- Creative Dad Takes Crazy Photos Of Daughters
- An alternative to boring family photos...
- Hypothesis, not a fact
- Dean Maki of Barclays Capital: "Our analysis indicates that the single biggest factor dragging the labour force participation rate down has been the retirements of the baby-boomers" - not everyone seems to agree though