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Academic Autonomy: How Much Freedom Do Post-Docs Have? : Uncertain Principles...
Jun 30, 4:07am    (1 review)  politics, science, university, innovation, research  http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2009/...
How academic politics effects research. It seems it was better to speculate to accumulate.
The Play Ethic: The Man in Our Mirror: Michael Jackson
Jun 28, 3:22am    (1 review)  pop-music, micheal-jackson, psychology, usa, race, motown  http://www.theplayethic.com/2009/06/mich...
Well-written thoughts on the death of the self-anointed, King of Pop.
Lauren Milroy
Jun 19, 4:01am    (1 review)  fashion, recycling, shoes, reuse  http://www.laurenmilroy.com/design/wear3...

Shoes made from coloured pencils.
Bailout Costs vs Big Historical Events | The Big Picture
Jun 18, 6:18am    (5 reviews)  economics, capitalism, usa  http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/bai...
Label of love: Big Dada | Music | guardian.co.uk
Jun 11, 2:58am    (1 review)  music  http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun...
Profile of Big Dada record label. The home of the mighty Roots Manuva.
Deny This, Last.fm
May 23, 12:58pm    (7 reviews)  music, privacy, data-mining  http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/den...
If this is true it's not going to go well for last.fm from here.
Amazon Claims Glitch Caused Site To Strip Sales Rankings From Gay/Lesbian...
Apr 13, 9:33am    (1 review)  books, amazon, censorship, public-relations, homophobia  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/13...
'A "glitch" on Amazon.com has caused the sales rank to be removed from gay- and/or lesbian-themed books by James Baldwin, Gore Vidal and others.'
Hmmm...
Chord Diagrams & The Everything Seminar
Apr 8, 3:00am    (1 review)  mathematics, knot-theory, isotropy  http://cornellmath.wordpress.com/2007/12...
Sometimes complex solutions to simple problems are useful too.
Paid To Do It 72 Times | Just Whatever
Apr 1, 4:45pm    (132 reviews)  law, sexuality, bizarre, fraud  http://www.just-whatever.com/2009/03/30/...