Links for Sunday, June 7, 2009
- New York Times: The Economy Is Still at the Brink – “Why is the morphine drip still in the veins of the financial system? These trillions in profligate federal spending are intended to make us feel better again even though feeling pain, and dealing with it responsibly, would be healthier in the long run. It is time to stop rescuing the banks that got us into this mess.“
- Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: Tiny portable AVR projects: Business Card Breakout Boards – “*The circuit board is 2″ x 3.5″ (Standard business card size of course). It is designed so that all of the copper traces are on the bottom side, meaning that it can be built single-sided, either to keep the cost down, or to make it an easy design to fabricate yourself if you like to etch your own boards. *“
- Second Life Blog: Stroll Through ThinkBalm’s Garden While the Data is Fresh – “Today, Sam and Erica Driver unveiled the ThinkBalm Data Garden on their blog. When you teleport to the region, you’re led along a path—a journey—that visualizes the study findings in engaging and interactive ways.“
- National Geographic: Particles Larger Than Galaxies Fill the Universe? – “*The oldest of the subatomic particles called neutrinos might each encompass a space larger than thousands of galaxies, new simulations suggest. *“