Miscellany
§ - Good to know! Thanks, Dave. - New York Times Archive and Weblogs - "Special coding tells the Times's server that the link is coming from a weblog, and now and in the future, this link will work without a fee to access the archive. So if you link into the Times archive through a link generated by the Radio UserLand aggregator, or compatible software, the link will continue to work in the future, as long as there is no substantial abuse to this system."
§ - This could be confusing! - Joanne Jacobs (US) and Joanne Jacobs (Australia) are not the same person but each has an interesting blog. I've come across other women who share my name but at least none of them seem to be active online.
§ - Daddy Fearest - "Small children are also a mood-altering substance with financial consequences. Their effect on the human mind is the opposite of Prozac."
§ - Ban Everything! - "No wonder so many of our kids can't read or write on a high school level when they graduate, no wonder so many of them come out of the school system so unprepared for the real world. They're given stripped down versions of life, minus words and concepts that are important if one wants to actually live in reality."
§ - Recipe worry landing on Mars - "We have already succeeded in removing hydrogenated fats from Mars and Snickers bar recipes."
§ - If Only the "Real World" Was Hyperlinked - "They've got to be crazy if they think you can see another planet from here. It's those damn North Koreans. I just know it."
§ - Doctors' ties 'spreading disease' - "Doctors may pick up bacteria if their ties brush against patients' skin or wounds when they are carrying out examinations. That bacteria may then be passed onto other patients in subsequent examinations. The doctors believe these risks are compounded by the fact that ties are often not washed regularly enough."
§ - Traffic pollution linked to severe asthma attacks - "Maybe we should be looking at controlling air pollution to perhaps reduce the number of severe attacks of asthma." - Ya think?
§ - Smokers More Likely to Develop Allergy to Earrings - "Smoking may increase the risk of developing allergies to a wide variety of materials, including metal found in earrings and in the buttons of blue jeans."
§ - Fined for falling pregnant - "The company provided for toilet breaks but had made a mistake in failing to adjust for Mrs Ivanovski's extra needs."
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