Links for 14-06-2008
Sleep optimisation; food crisis and fertilizer research; Asus Eee as music machine …
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“As a freelance writer, your pitch is your greeting card, your foot in the door, and, hopefully, your meal ticket.” Yarp.
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“I think we can speculate [about why people who sleep from 6.5 to 7.5 hr. live longer], but we have to admit that we don’t really understand the reasons. We don’t really know yet what is cause and what is effect.”
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“Why are the Chinese using so much energy?” Tyler asks. “It’s making ammonia [fertilizer] plants.”
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“Now several groups want to measure exactly how the Earth will pull on antimatter. The tests would create a horizontal beam of the stuff and measure how much gravity deflects it.”
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“If you’ve been a solo freelancer for any significant stretch of time, you’ve probably learned the hard way that a work project can go horribly wrong. They turn out to be life lessons in the long run, but there are ways to protect yourself.”
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“Assuming entering the vacuum wasn’t a total surprise, which would you be more likely to do?” A wee questionnaire for ya.
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The Asus Eee PC is unlikely to be your first choice of laptops for music. But it’s small, it’s cute, and it’s ridiculously cheap.
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