Month: January 2009

  • Today’s Report – January 16th

    The New Yorker: The Obamas in 1996 (via Kottke). NY Times: The Voices of Psoriasis. I have a mild version of psoriasis, so this was quite interesting to me, both in terms of what these fellow sufferers had to say and also that the Times chose to focus some attention on this. It’s not the…

  • Today’s Report – January 15th

    NY Times: How to Choose a Doctor. Also includes an excellent list of favorite web sites that doctors themselves use to research health issues. Comics vs. Audience: Heavy Metal Band Name Chart (via Kottke). This is about as true a thing as you will ever see. Funny. (Although, come to think of it, there are…

  • Today’s Report – January 14th

    Crayon Physics Deluxe is out! Been waiting for this one for a while. It’s a great concept implemented pretty well. It’s fun to think of the simplest and also the most interesting ways to solve the levels. I’ve been getting into the “physics games” (as Ned calls them) lately. Making good progress on World of…

  • Tech Report – January 13th

    Chris Wolf: Microsoft Licensing Revisions for Virtualization are Imminent. There’s a glitch in the licensing model right now that if you use Hyper-V from inside Server 2008 for your hypervisor you need Server 2008 CALs for every device or user that connects to any of the virtualized servers on that box. (Yes, even if those…

  • Today’s Report – January 13th

    WKYC: Private schools, parents pinched in tough economy. I’m assuming this segment is based on this Associated Press article. As we go through the thought process of where to send Ned to high school, the economy is certainly on our minds. I wonder how many folks will pull their kids out of private schools. After…

  • Today’s Report – January 12th

    Wired: Detroit Auto Show a Leaner, Greener Affair Sounds like it’s going to be a lot quieter this year. It will be very interesting to see what this show looks like when it’s toned down. Maybe more like Cleveland’s huge, yet typically unexciting, show? But, still, 51 new cars vs. 58 last year. That’s not…

  • Why isn’t there a free alternative to Accelerated Reader?

    I totally understand and believe in the idea behind the Accelerated Reader (AR) program by Renaissance Learning. If you’re not familiar with AR, it’s an adjunct to standard school reading lists or other reading curriculum. Kids read books then take short quizzes about the books and earn scores based on the difficulty of the books…

  • Today’s Report – January 11th

    Microsoft: Kid’s Corner. Beginner Developer Learning Center. Kids Like. “Kids Like is dedicated to bringing you the best, and most fun, educational resources for free. Our main emphasis currently is on teaching computer programming, math, and science. Information about business and innovation will be coming in the future.” Tim Bray: Water Works. This is so…

  • Today’s Report – January 10th

    NY Times: The Plot Curdles. Is a bailout needed for the publishing industry? McSweeney’s: Elf Union Newsletter.

  • Today’s Report – January 9th

    Joe Posnanski: ShamPow. You’ve gotta skip down close to the bottom of the post for the funny stuff. And this is just an expansion of this great post on infomercials. Here’s a quote from that one: This has to be the single greatest moment in television history; this moment when an actress is attempting to…