Links for May 23rd through May 27th
May 27th, 2008These are a few sites I thought were interesting from May 23rd through May 27th:
- De-emphasis on Race in Adoption Is Criticized - NYTimes.com - In a nutshell: “… social workers and state agencies fear litigation and stiff penalties under the law for even discussing race with adopting couples. As a result, families often do not get the counseling they need.”
- Artist Says He Used GPS, DHL to Create ‘Biggest Drawing in the World’ | Gadget Lab from Wired.com - Looks like complete bollocks, however.
- SF-SV Marathon Training - I’m going to train for the San Francisco half marathon on 8/3 and the Silicon Valley full marathon on 10/26. Here’s my training schedule, which starts June 2.
- Furman Institute of Running & Scientific Training - Training schedules for various races from 5K to marathon
- Chip Company Unveils Open Source PC Design - Chipmaker VIA is releasing the CAD files for its mini notebook design under a Creative Commons license.
- MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU on Vimeo - Amazing, bizarre animation. Each frame was painted on a public wall somewhere in Buenos Aires
- Technology Review: Where Are They? Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing. - Based on the fact that we’re not finding any signs of spacefaring civilizations in the galaxy, the author argues that most forms of life don’t make it that far. Thus, either we’ve already survived the “great filter” — or we have yet to face it.
- Is mobile Internet really such a good thing? - Joi Ito’s Web - Although all of us are experimenting with advertising … the overwhelming percentage of money spent on mobile devices goes to … a small number of not so innovative products from a small number of providers.