Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Thomas Edison never jumped the shark for a soda!

- How Thomas Edison tried to dominate the movie industry:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/thomas-edisons-plot-to-destroy-the-movies.ars




- An explanation of the term "jumped the shark" and why Happy Days shouldn't be at fault (although it really should be.)
http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/happy-days-writer-breaks-silence-show-did-not-jump-the-shark--1513




- Microbiology explained, via legos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ArusOqt8EM&feature=player_embedded




- When you want a soft-drink, do you say pop, soda, coke, or something else?  Largely depends on where you live:
http://popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html




- You have never met Galileo, Thomas Jefferson or Joan of Arc, but you have at least one thing in common with them...you are inhaling the exact same air they inhaled:
http://io9.com/5635391/youve-probably-shared-the-same-air-with-galileo




- The Texas Sharpshooter fallacy.  In other words, why we try to make coincidences seem like something more than they are:
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/09/11/the-texas-sharpshooter-fallacy/




- Nice piece about Republican presidential maneuvering for the 2012 campaign.  My opinion on why the republican hopefuls are playing coy?  Despite Obama's horrible poll numbers and the economy being in the toilet, at some point the economy will improve.  No one wants to run against Obama if the economy is improving:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42017.html