Colonoscopies tax health industry. Since medical specialists recommended widespread testing of healthy adults for colon cancer, hundreds of thousands have queued up for colonoscopies. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
Author: Vince Kimball
Delegates saw, spent little, says survey
Delegates saw, spent little, says survey. They're gone now, scattered back to tiny villages in Kentucky and Alabama and the glass-and-chrome canyons of New York and Chicago. And they've taken with them a slender memory of Boston, a city most did not explore. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
9/11 Report Iffy on Tech
9/11 Report Iffy on Tech. The 9/11 Commission made recommendations for technology solutions in its final report — some specific, some fuzzy — to bring government into the information age. By Michael Myser. [Wired News]
The Campaign Institute trains
The Campaign Institute trains people to be paid campaign staffers. They're doing trainings in Cambridge in August. [Scripting News]
New Republic
New Republic: “The national press corps spent the better part of 1999 and 2000 insisting that George W. Bush was a centrist, because he kept repeating slogans that suggested as much. Reporters could have avoided this misinterpretation had they spent less time following Bush around the country and more time sitting at their desks doing… Continue reading New Republic
Optimizing for Broadband
Optimizing for Broadband. LPS 2.0 can freeze-dry an application for rapid startup, saving whatever initialization state doesn't depend on the environment. [Oliver Steele]
Carmen bin Ladin's New Book on our Saudi “Allies”
Carmen bin Ladin's New Book on our Saudi “Allies”. Danielle Crittenden's review of Carmen bin Ladin's new book, Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia, makes a very compelling case that this is a very important book for anyone interested in understanding the roots of the War on Terror. Equally important, however, bin Laden's… Continue reading Carmen bin Ladin's New Book on our Saudi “Allies”
Bailout Feared if Airlines Shed Their Pensions
Bailout Feared if Airlines Shed Their Pensions. The federal agency that insures company pensions is facing a possible cascade of bankruptcies and pension defaults that could lead to a multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailout. By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH. [The New York Times > Home Page]
Cyberattacks Increase
Cyberattacks Increase. A Deloitte & Touche study found that cyberattacks on large financial institutions have doubled in the past year. Though 43% of the survey respondents who had been attacked suffered financial losses, over 25% of respondents said their security budgets remained flat this year. Almost 10% said their budgets were cut from the previous… Continue reading Cyberattacks Increase
observations about house design
observations about house design. PhilG has some interesting observations about house design. As someone who has lived in various apartments and keeps getting urged to buy a house, I've noticed some of the same things. A one-room apartment/house isn't attractive to me since I like the idea of a separate bedroom, but I don't want… Continue reading observations about house design