Random links
- The boy who came back from the dead: Experts said car crash teen was beyond hope. His parents disagreed
- They were apparently trying to get his parents' approval to donate his organs partway through this.
- Generation X Report: Men Spend More Time in the Kitchen
- The byline: "Gen Xers are a lot more conscious about their food than their parents were — especially the men, who are cooking and shopping more and watching food TV as much as women."
- Thieves Make off with 10-Ton Bridge, Railroad Track
- Don't think this would fit in Darren's basement.
- Granny army helps India's school children via the cloud
- Reminds me a bit of Amazon's Mechanical Turk, although here it seems to be UK retirees volunteering to help Indian schoolchildren learn.
- How I Made Sleep a Priority—And Got More Productive
- "I began sifting through studies, articles, and anecdotes about programmers and sleep. I spent some time reading a Reddit thread on polyphasic sleep, where an alleged sleep scientist recommended a regular bedtime and no alarm clock. I was convinced after reading this Harvard Business Review piece and this New York Times Magazine article that sleep deficits impair work performance." I've been trying to adjust my sleeping habits lately with what I'd call some moderate success. Will have to see if it lasts though.
- The Digital (Gender) Divide: Women Are More Likely Than Men to Have a Blog (and a Facebook Profile)
- I wonder whether this does more to break or to defend gender stereotypes. Compare the nerdy-male stereotype of online users vs. "women, globally, spend more time online than men" - versus the chatty, in-control-of-most-consumer-spending female (being more likely to blog, or that "women are the more active gender when it comes to digital brands and online purchasing").