Eubie's notes

NY Times: In God?s Name: Religious Programs Expand, So Do Tax Breaks — As religious organizations extend their scope beyond traditional worship, government at all levels is increasingly extending their tax exemptions.

Wired News: Honey Remedy Could Save Limbs — Modern, drug-resistant bacteria are meeting their match in an ancient medicine: honey. Sweeeeeet.

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Most tantalizingly, honey seems capable of combating the growing scourge of drug-resistant wound infections, especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, the infamous flesh-eating strain. These have become alarmingly more common in recent years, with MRSA alone responsible for half of all skin infections treated in U.S. emergency rooms. So-called superbugs cause thousands of deaths and disfigurements every year, and public health officials are alarmed.

NT Times: Advertising: Not Getting Older, Just More Scrutinized  — As baby boomers age out of the prime 18-49 demographic, their sheer numbers and spending power dictate that companies keep them in their sights.

One of the best sites for tips and news about Moveable Type is Learning Moveable Type. The editor of the site is Elsie Bauer. It’s been around awhile, but is full of lots of good info. One of the best things it does is help with instructions on upgrading, such as A Safe Way to Upgrade to MT 3.3. It was my prime instruction for upgrading.

Of course, the site Six Apart, which makes Moveable Type, Type Pad and other blogging tools is a good source too. For specific issues, I go there.

New Scientist: Imagine Earth Without People — Looks at how dominant humans are on earth and what happens if you could all whisk 6.5 billion them off. Article focuses on the recover of the atmosphere and the deterioration of our buildings, bridges and roads. For example, rural road overgrown in 20 years, urbran streets and buildings overgrown in 100 years and bridge collapse within 200 years. Blackouts occur with 48 hours as many power plants run out of fuel.

From the article, The London Times wrote: 200,000 years for all trace of Man to vanish from the Earth and built this time line here, as shown below:

NY Times: American Wins Nobel in Economics — Edmund S. Phelps? work contributed to an explanation of how wages, unemployment and inflation interact with one another. I remember teaching those.

NY Times:With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again — Jawed Karim, one of YouTube?s three founders, hit the equivalent of the Powerball when Google bought the site. Karim was also involved early with PayPal. He’s 27 and lives in a dorm on Stanford’s campus.

The BBC sets up a honeypot PC running XP Pro to see what would happen.It was hit within 15 minutes and for the next seven hours. The four-day series starts here.

rexblog: Sorry, ‘content is king’ has no clothes — The ability to attract an audience is king. The ability to create a foundation (a platform, a brand, a community, or whatever you want to call it) that attracts readers and visitors and users who are inspiredinto creating with you, an entire (since I’m using buzzwords) ecosystem to which they all belong to, add to and gain identity from, is king.

NY Times: Square Feet: Meet Me in Revitalized Downtown St. Louis —
The sale and redevelopment of St. Louis Centre is one more reminder of an urban planning scheme that never quite lived up to its promise.

NY Times: Across Nation, Housing Costs Rise as Burden — New census data illustrate the crushing impact of escalating real estate prices and stagnant incomes. Census — New Census Bureau Data Highlight Changes in Housing Values Through 2005

IEEE Spectrum Online: Backyard wind turbines turn energy consumers into suppliers– Think wind power and you probably imagine multimegawatt-scale wind farms featuring gigantic turbines ­producing power for a few thousand homes. But a handful of companies in the United States would prefer to have each home powered by its own wind turbine. Comments on article on Slashdot: Is Backyard Wind Power Worth It? Skystream web site and Southwest Windpower.

Wired News: The Best: Public Domain Movies — Wired’s list of must-see movies you don’t have to pay a cent for.

Macworld: Back up photos on the road — There’s no point in lugging along a laptop on your vacation just so you can archive or organize your digital pictures. A laptop not only adds weight and heft, but is also vulnerable to theft and damage. Luckily, you have other options. Our recommendations will help ensure that all your photos come home safely with you.

CNet: Taking passwords to the grave — What happens after you’re gone.

Boston Globe: Deferring your Social Security benefits can yield a big gain — If you’re male, healthy, and married, you’ve got an investment opportunity few will discuss with you. Over the next 12 months the “investment” could provide an effective return of 50 percent.