Monday, January 30, 2006

autism Scientific brain linked to autism. Highly analytical people who fall for each other may be more likely to produce children with autism, an expert argues. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 2:05:30 PM    comment

service composition Further adventures in lightweight service composition. I normally avoid posting and dissecting code here, but I broke the rule last Thursday and will again today because my latest round of LibraryLookup work highlights interesting opportunities for service composition at the tolerant end of the tolerance continuum. Last week's adventure was a lightweight service orchestration that connects Amazon's wishlist to RSS, by way of the OCLC xISBN service and a local library catalog. Among other things, that composite solved a longstanding problem with LibraryLookup: an ISBN identifies just one manifestation of a work -- e.g., paperback versus hardcover -- not all of them. ... [Jon's Radio] 9:54:55 AM    comment

video Fear of Girls, a D&D Documentary. [Slashdot] the beginning of what will be the perfasiveness of short video clips via Google -- BL 8:07:45 AM    comment

IQ Loss of Applied IQ Among UK Youth?. [Slashdot] contrary to Flynn Effect findings 8:03:15 AM    comment

wiki Wikipedia Entries 'Cleaned' By Political Staffers. [Slashdot] 7:59:50 AM    comment

health Source of crucial immune cell in the skin discovered. Researchers have identified the precursors of cells in the skin that are part of the first line of defense against invading pathogens. A tight network of cells covering the entire body is formed in the skin by a group of cells known as Langerhans cells. These cells ingest antigens present in the skin and transport them to lymph nodes, activating the immune system to protect the body against pathogens. [Science Blog -] 7:56:56 AM    comment