links for 2010-02-28
Anatoliy Gruzd » Research (tags: visualization research) US Presidential Speeches Tag Cloud (tags: visualization politics usa) Web Seer comparing Google Suggest results (tags: visualization) Wordle –...
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Unboxed – Rethinking the Protection of Online Privacy (NYTimes) (tags: article privacy internet policy)
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When tweets can make you a jailbird (tags: socialmedia facebook twitter law legal article)
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Gephi, graph exploration and manipulation software (tags: software open-source freeware visualization) Career Advice: Does Wikipedia Suck? (Inside Higher Ed) – getting students to think critically...
View ArticleA fresh look at the left and right political blogospheres
It’s exciting to see a paper about blogs across the political spectrum that goes beyond the by-now rather common practice of looking at who talks to whom among bloggers (e.g., whether there are any...
View ArticleNeat visualization of World-Cup-related tweets
The Guardian’s replay of Twitter posts during various World Cup games is great! Pick a game by clicking on one of the colorful dots – as opposed to the gray ones that signal games not yet played – and...
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I Can Has Cheezburger Blog Leads to a Web Empire (NYTimes) – Northwestern alum behind the LOLCATS empire (tags: article bio northwestern-alum lolcats) If It Was My Home – Visualizing the BP Oil Spill...
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Career Advice: Shut Up and Write (IHE) discusses different types of writing groups (tags: writing research productivity support)
View ArticleMore coming soon…
I’m shocked by how long it’s been since I’ve posted on here. I’ve put up a few posts over at Crooked Timber since I stopped posting here, but not many. I’m posting this to say that I’ll soon be back! I...
View ArticleDave Berry’s 2014 recap
Dave Berry does a nice job reviewing some of the events of 2014.
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Here’s a sweet little video to wish you the best for 2015. Post by Kevin "K.O." Olusola.
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31 days of garlic
I like garlic and I’m also convinced that it has health benefits. I’d like to make fresh garlic a regular part of my diet. I realized that I’m not traveling at all in January so I will have more say...
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Chicken with garlic sauce – 31 days of garlic
As I mentioned earlier, I am consciously trying to add more garlic to my diet. I’ve gotten some great suggestions on both Facebook and on Crooked Timber. Restricted by snow, I wanted to find something...
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Shakshuka for breakfast for one – 31 days of garlic
As I kicked off my 31 Days of Garlic challenge, I knew there would be days when work would only allow me to get creative for breakfast so I started looking for recipes that went beyond the usual...
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Apple garlic mushroom potatoes – 31 days of garlic, vegan edition
At the end of a long day, I found myself hungry, but explicitly not craving any type of meat or dairy products. That almost never happens to me so I must have been unwell. Fortunately, I was still...
View ArticleSome social science links of interest
Nature has an editorial about why investment in the social sciences must accompany investments in the sciences. If you want science to deliver for society, through commerce, government or...
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Chocolate garlic banana shake – 31 days of garlic, vegan edition continued
The easiest way to include fresh garlic in your diet seems to be to add it to a drink. But it’s not obvious how to do that without ending up with a rather horrifying drink (depending on your level of...
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Travel photo blogging: MLK Memorial in DC
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the US, I am posting some photos I took at the MLK Memorial in DC when I visited there last Fall. There is no shortage of critical commentary about the...
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Travel blogging: Zürichberg
I was in Zurich last week where my hosts kindly took me to a very nice restaurant on Zürichberg, a hill that offers pretty views and a peaceful environment of fields and forests. In addition to the...
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