Monthly Archives: October 2009

NYT Discussion – Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger? – Room for Debate Blog

The different options for increasing food production that can read in a few minutes: Quote Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger? – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com

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Mole Rats May Hold Key to Human Longevity – NYTimes.com

 Here’s an interesting article from the NYT talking about how mole rats never seem to get cancer. Quote Mole Rats May Hold Key to Human Longevity – NYTimes.com While we are talking about health (sort of), here’s another interesting article … Continue reading

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Prairie Pioneer Seeks To Reinvent The Way We Farm : NPR

Two interesting links from NPR – Prarie Pioneer tries to breed perennial crops so that soil losses due to tilling are minimal (like the native prarie grasses)  Quote Prairie Pioneer Seeks To Reinvent The Way We Farm : NPR and then an experiment … Continue reading

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Insider’s Guide to Tech-Job Hunting – BusinessWeek

 In case you’re looking for some job hunting tips some of them which are a little out there, this article has some useful ideas. Quote Insider’s Guide to Tech-Job Hunting – BusinessWeek

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Popular Mechanics – 10 Most Brilliant Products of 2009 – MSN Tech & Gadgets

  Quote 10 Most Brilliant Products of 2009 – MSN Tech & Gadgets – Slide Shows – Products – 1

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The company that turned ‘disability’ into an asset – Health News, Health & Families – The Independen

 This company employs people who are Autistic to do software testing Quote The company that turned ‘disability’ into an asset – Health News, Health & Families – The Independen

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IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide – Microsoft

  If you’re not familiar with threat modelling this is a good document to read. Building secure software also uses a lot of the same principles and there’s probably some place on MSDN to get more details on that. Quote … Continue reading

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‘Leopard Behind You!’ – Olivia Judson Blog – NYTimes.com

Fascinating how the hunted all react to each others calls. If you have been to Jungle Lodges especially Kabini chances are you’ve heard the alarm calls from the Langurs and probably also the Chital almost immediately. I remember how the birds and squirrels used … Continue reading

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