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links for 2009-11-27

• Colin Powell's Leadership Presentation
  PG: Beyond inspiring...
  (tags: inspiration politics lifehacks leadership presentations powerpoint management)

links for 2009-11-25

• "It's like twitter. Except we charge people to use it."
  PG: Dedicated to anyone who has ever had someone presume to get free work out of you.
  (tags: humor design business work consulting)

links for 2009-11-24

• Gaufres de Liege
  LET: YUM!
  (tags: Gaufres+de+Liege receita recipe recipes food dessert Waffle waffles sugar bake)

links for 2009-11-21

• The sci-fi legends who shaped today's tech
  "Science fiction has long inspired real-world technology, but have the authors of sci-fi stories finally run out of steam? Stuart Andrews investigates."
  (tags: scifi opinion technology)

links for 2009-11-19

• Making of the Computer Graphics for Star Wars (Episode IV)
  PG: Keep in mind that this took some genius in 1977.
  (tags: videos movies documentary graphics star+wars)

Zara Blue Born Today

I'm writing from the mercifully provided WiFi connection at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago.

At 8:58 a.m. CST today, Leticia and I welcomed little Zara Blue into the world. 8 lbs 13 oz, 21" long, and with a prodigious pair of lungs. 

At this moment, Zara is napping peacefully on Mommy's lap while Bones reruns mewl in the background. 

From here on out, everything changes. And it's going to be wonderful. 

links for 2009-11-09

• Engineered Rabbit Penises Raise Human Hopes
  "Using tissue grown in a laboratory, researchers have engineered fully functional replacement penises. The organs were made for rabbits, but the technique may someday be useful for people."
  (tags: science)
• Cheap, Money-Saving Winterizing Moves Worth the Hassle - Winterize - Lifehacker
  LET: Gostei da ideia de uso so plástico de bolhas. || I like the bubble wrap idea.

links for 2009-11-08

• Venezuela bans violent video games: a first-person guest essay
  "Now, thanks to the tiny horizons of the cast of morons who govern me, thanks to the stupidity and ham-fisted authoritarianism of the local authorities, so beloved of so many liberals, my 7 year old brother's chances to do the same could be greatly impacted."
  (tags: politics law venezuela videogames censorship)
• Comic books are good for children's learning
  PG: Thirty years later and only now has developmental science caught up with my mom.
  (tags: science comics education literacy)

links for 2009-11-07

• Sapatos feito de pão. | Shoes made of bread.
  (tags: art arte bread pão)

links for 2009-11-04

• Trivial Pursuit experiment - Who's smarter than who?
  PG: All of you Kennedy Meadows folks better represent...
  (tags: humor games trivia trivial+pursuit)