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Moderation as the Sweet Spot for Exercise
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/moderation-as-the-sweet-spot-for-exercise/
So, what would you give for an extra 6 years of healthy life (if you are a guy, ‘only’ 5.6 for women)? Would you get up off your ass and go for …
Probing Obama’s secrecy games
Will high-level Obama officials who leak for political gain be punished on equal terms with actual whistleblowers?
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/07/probing_obamas_secrecy_games/
Another in a long series of complaints about our police state. I know that it is pointless to …
I will be slow to post for a while. I got authorisation from my beautiful wife to cut my regular hours to part-time so I could work on some research for a while. Initially I thought I would have several …
After much dilly dallying I finally got motivated to update the web site for our greenhouse / pool construction project:
http://sol-system.com/koxenrider/property/greenhousepool/spring12update/index.html
I am way more motivated now that I can see progress from each weekend’s worth of effort. There was …
Stuxnet, Flamer, Flame, Whatever Name: There’s no good malware
http://blog.eset.com/2012/06/03/stuxnet-flamer-flame-whatever-name-there-is-no-good-malware
I commented on my feelings on Stuxnet before, but thought I would post the above article as it does an excellent job of stating what I was attempting to …
It is sad that our country has got to this point, and somehow I doubt this petition will do a damn bit of good, but please read this article and then consider signing the petition:
Please don’t kill me, Obama…
Why We Lie
We like to believe that a few bad apples spoil the virtuous bunch. But research shows that everyone cheats a little—right up to the point where they lose their sense of integrity.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304840904577422090013997320.html
This is a really …