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Mashable recently posted on France’s pending legislation intended to curb the manipulation of photographs in magazines toward unrealistic body images. As French MP Valerie Boyer is quoted in the article: Many young people, particularly girls, do not know the difference between the virtual and reality, and can develop complexes from a very young age. In [...] Wired.com recently reported on something that may be considered atypical fare by most of its readers: pharmaceutical companies running into problems outperforming the placebo effect. But technology geeks or not, this is a very interesting story for all of us. The story starts with Merck and the story of MK-869, an experimental antidepressant (the same [...] I really haven’t been in the mood to blog much lately. I have at least a good five things to write about that I need to clear out of the queue, but various personal and health issues have made it really difficult to focus on blogging. A page on americaswronglyconvicted.com details the rather upsetting tale [...] A bit dated, but I didn’t come across it until now. A law.com article details a very unusual settlement. Settlement of the case Klein v. Amtrak, during the appeal phase after a $24 million judgment in favor of the plaintiff was handed down, included a provision for the trial judge to vacate his published opinions. [...] I don’t have a separate blog for fundraising efforts yet. Maybe I should. For those who haven’t seen it yet, check out my Extra Life fundraising page. The goal may seem a bit high, but yes, I’m for real. $2,520. That’s 105 people pledging $1/hour for the 24-hour event. If you’re not familiar with Extra [...] Two recent posts I’ve read, this one from Jeff Balke and this one from TicketStumbler, got me curious about the fees that Ticketmaster charges. Very telling indeed are quotes like these from Jeff: But, $8.60 PER TICKET for “convenience charges???” What the hell is convenient about that? and this one from the TicketStumbler article: But, [...] Found this article from one of the people I follow on Twitter. The Telegraph ran a story about an office worker fired for using all caps in e-mail. Vicki Walker, a New Zealand native, was let go from a job at a health care company after complaints from co-workers about “shouty” and confrontational e-mails, including [...] |
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