Found on Web Between October 15th and October 23rd, 2009
Here are some links that I’ve tagged recently. This set is from October 15th through October 23rd:

- The United States Is a Food Wasteland | GOOD :: When it comes to food, Americans are the undisputed champions of one thing: trash. We waste food in volumes that it defies the imagination. New York City alone has an annual surplus of about 50 million pounds of food. Ten years ago, the United States Department of Agriculture estimated that more than 96 billion pounds of edible food went to waste. And, according to anthropologist Tim Jones, the United States throws away just about half of the food it produces.
- iKeepSafe — Faux Paw and the Dangerous Download :: In Faux Paw’s new adventure, the Web-surfing Techno Cat learns that downloading is a great way to get information … if it’s done the right way. When using a risky file sharing program to get a new song, Faux Paw learns the hard way that illegal downloading hurts everyone, including herself!
- iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Big Universe :: Big Universe lets you read, create, and share children’s books online.
- National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs :: Virtual Dinosaur Dig
- Scribblar.com — simple, effective online collaboration ::
- High Techpectations: Elmhurst College Presentations :: Lucy Gray’s recent presentations on the State of Teaching and LEarning in the 21st Century
- Lecture to assess quality of K-12 science programs | The University of Chicago :: “The State of Science Education” is free and open to the public. It will begin at 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, at Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior St., on Northwestern University’s Chicago Campus. Registration for the conference can be completed at: http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Centers/chppp/sts2009/
- Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights ::
- UofC Trains Teachers — Without An Ed School — District 299 ::
- The 27-Inch iMac Is the New Apple TV | Gadget Lab | Wired.com :: Add to this the iMac’s killer feature: The screen can be used as a display for another computer using an optional DisplayPort adapter (DisplayPort is a two-way interface). This means that, a few years down the line when you have convinced yourself your computer is too slow, you’ll still have a great TV.
- Canon S90 | Wired.com Product Reviews ::
- If These Ten Apps Don’t Convince You To Jailbreak Your iPhone, Nothing Will | Cult of Mac ::
- Ihnatko says Apple tablet could play hero to comic books ::
- Sid Meier bringing Civilization to Facebook | Webware — CNET ::
- AUSL :: Turnaround School Model :: SR: This is the group that’s spearheading the turnaround effort at Dulles
- metaquark » AppFresh :: SR: Appfresh is neat, it checks the version numbers on all the software on your mac, and links to places where you can download the updates (for many applications it’ll do the downloading for you). It a nice way to periodically get everything up to date.
- Next American City » URBANEXUS ::
- What This Year’s Nobel Prize in Economics Says About the Nobel Prize in Economics — Freakonomics Blog — NYTimes.com ::
- An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All | Magazine ::
- Volcker Has Obama’s Ear, but Not on Overhaul of Banks — NYTimes.com :: “The banks are there to serve the public,” Mr. Volcker said, “and that is what they should concentrate on. These other activities create conflicts of interest. They create risks, and if you try to control the risks with supervision, that just creates friction and difficulties” and ultimately fails.
- Wired 11.09: PowerPoint Is Evil ::
- Stealing Home | The Big Money :: Why are sports aggregators beloved while news aggregators are reviled?
- WordPress › Twitter LiveBlog « WordPress Plugins ::
- Top 10 Most Common Coding Mistakes in WordPress Plugins « planetOzh ::
- Op-Ed Guest Columnist — Rebranding America — NYTimes.com ::
- Welcome to BLAKROC ::
- Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and American Dad: Hyper Animation — TIME ::
- SuperDuper! 2.6.2 now even more so! ::
- Pitchfork: Watch Mos Def Record With Black Keys ::
- Woodlawn Collaborative ::
- In-house Radio.app in the works for iPhone and iPod touch | 9 to 5 Mac ::
- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: George W. Bush’s Retirement To-Do List Regarding the Gophers on Crawford Ranch. ::
- Gapers Block : Drive-Thru : Chicago Food — No Flaming Hots Week! ::
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