Weathering the Perfect Storm
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A Perfect Storm for Milk
A Perfect Storm for Milk
04/27/2004 10:09 AMThe cost of milk will be going up soon -- for lots of reasons.
Perfect Solar Storm Brewing?
Perfect Solar Storm Brewing?
11/14/2003 01:21 AMWhat's up with the Sun? Scientists are usually fairly reliable with
predicting solar activity. We're supposed to be in the second waning
period of an 11-year solar cycle. Instead of decreasing, though, the
activity on the gaseous giant around a million times the size of
planet Earth is increasing. Solar flares are currently measured
with three classes using a logarithmic scale; C-class (little no no
effect on Earth), M-class (medium strength) and X-class. The latter
and strongest class of solar flare ranges in intensity from X1 to X20.
One of the biggest solar flares occured in 1859. An X18 class in March
of 1989 was the second largest. That is, until the last couple of
months. After building up in October with an X18 magnitude solar
flare, on November 4, we witnessed the largest solar flare since we've
been studying them closely. The coronal ejection temporarily blinded
the machines taking the images. Using the amount of time that the
satellites were out of commission, scientists are now estimating a
magnitude anywhere from X27 to X40+.
Perfect Storm Brewing For Microsoft?
Perfect Storm Brewing For Microsoft?
04/09/2004 04:09 PMWhy is Microsoft in this position? It's not about bad product, but
rather poor marketing and evangelism. By Michael Gartenberg,
Computerworld (via MyAppleMenu)
See Also :
Microsoft
Headed For Tough Times, Gartenberg Says
by Robert Scoble
We'll have more to say on [the evangelism and
marketing] front soon.
Astronomers Track "Perfect Cosmic Storm"
Astronomers Track "Perfect Cosmic Storm"
09/27/2004 12:40 AMAchieving a Perfect Storm of Blogging
Tools for Civil Society
Achieving a Perfect Storm of Blogging
Tools for Civil Society
07/25/2004 05:51 AMAchieving a Perfect Storm of Blogging Tools for Civil
Societyhttp://edwebproje
ct.org/andy/blog/000575.htmlAcross the blogosphere
this week, folks have been talking about a
recent post on Susan Mernit's Blog in which
Susan lays out her thoughts on what she'd like to see news
organizations do to enhance their coverage of the political
conventions this summer. Susan, a media consultant and veteran of the
US edtech wars, notes that media outlets appear to have done little to
creatively embrace tools like blogs, rss feeds, and social networks
such as Orkut.com to make their convention coverage more meaningful
for voters.[
Andy
Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth
The Bird Flu: Is a perfect storm
brewing? Fools rush in where angels fear
to tread
The Bird Flu: Is a perfect storm
brewing? Fools rush in where angels fear
to tread
12/17/2004 06:40 PMOne of the side effects of running SARS Watch Org during the 2003 SARS
outbreak, was seeing some wild predictions of epidemics. Every time
there is news of a potential infectious disease threat, everybody who
is the least bit handy with a spreadsheet starts creating a model
showing that doom is upon the earth, or that there is nothing to worry
about, and that public health officials are crying wolf. I came upon
one of those posts tonight on BoingBoing, which annoyed me enough to
take the time to write this up. Epidemiologists have been studying
infectious diseases for a little while, and they have some pretty good
models. I'm not an epidemiologist, but I've studied the topic a bit.
The standard model (PDF) is something like this: r(0)= The average
number of secondary infectious cases that are produced by a single
index case in a susceptible population = number of contacts per unit
of time * transmission probability * duration of infectiousness. If R
> 1, you have an epidemic, with how fast the disease is transmitted
depending on how much greater R is than one. And public health
measures seek to reduce R to < 1. As I have written before, The
bird flu is *potentially* very scary if it crosses the species
barrier, as it has already done once, because: Transmission
probability is much higher than it was with SARS. SARS usually
required close personal contact to spread -- you had to be coughed on
by a very sick person in a hospital, in most cases. The flu? It
doesn't require large droplets to spread, and you can even get it from
touching something with the virus on it. Duration of infectiousness
and number of contacts per unit of time are both much higher as well.
With SARS, you got sick very fast, and were very sick in the hospital
within 24-48 hours of being contagious. So you didn't get that much of
a chance to spread it to the general populace. With the flu, "adults
may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before getting symptoms
and up to 7 days after getting sick. That means that you can give
someone the flu before you know you're sick as well as while you are
sick." The onset is less sudden, and less clearly something very
dangerous. (And now that the amount of vaccine in the...
Weathering Storms for Retail Profits
Weathering Storms for Retail Profits
12/30/2004 09:50 AMA small Pennsylvania group of meteorologists is helping Bloomingdales,
7-Eleven, Kmart, JCPenney and The Home Depot beat the weather
forecasters at their own game.
The Perfect Pop-Up
The Perfect Pop-Up
12/04/2002 11:12 AMWebmasterBase Dec 4 2002 10:04AM ET
ALA 168: The Perfect 404
ALA 168: The Perfect 404
01/17/2004 10:42 PMNo matter how carefully you design and structure your site, visitors
will sometimes request missing, moved, or non-existent pages. A well
tempered 404 error page will plunge these visitors back into the flow
of your site.
A perfect day
A perfect day
03/11/2003 01:59 PMAn extremely rare personal entry. Politics and the state of the
economy were getting me down, and the kid was out of school, so we
decided to take the day off. I spent most of today on a gorgeous hike
in
Wildcat
Canyon, only 20 minutes away by car from my house. Up and down a
thousand feet a couple of times on a six mile loop trail, with
beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Mt. Tamalpais, Carquinez
Straits, and the San Pablo reservoir, as well as not so beautiful
views of the Richmond refineries. The plum and cherry trees on the
approaches were blossoming, and the hillsides were Irish green and
dotted with orange California poppies. Hawks were floating over the
hills, trying to catch the ground squirrels scurrying from burrow to
burrow. The kid got to get up close to cows starting to shed their
winter coats, and had the joy of taking a short cut all by himself
(hopefully not noticing dad keeping an eye on him from the rear
quarter). It was beautiful, and just what my soul needed. A perfect
spring day, a perfect way to spend a day. This is why I live in the
Bay Area, and put up with the incredibly expensive housing, jammed
traffic, and lousy public schools.
Then spent the evening blogging hour(s) playing with my weblogs. Read
some great stories at the
preacher's place. Spiffied
up my linklog and turned it into its own separate weblog,
The Midnight Blog. Added Meg's
cool yellow background for links. Played with the stylesheets,
messed things up and backed out of my changes. Bought a new domain
name (more on that later). Didn't check my email, which I am behind
on. Tried not to read any political news (failed). Except for the
latter, and for the hour the day is ending at, a perfect day.
The Perfect 404
The Perfect 404
01/17/2004 11:14 PMNo matter how carefully you design and structure your site, visitors
will sometimes request missing, moved, or non-existent pages. A well
tempered 404 error page will plunge these visitors back into the flow
of your site. Ian Lloyd shares strategies for crafting the perfect
404.
The Perfect 404
The Perfect 404
02/10/2004 02:35 AMNo matter how carefully you design and structure your site, visitors
will sometimes request missing, moved, or non-existent pages. A well
tempered 404 error page will plunge these visitors back into the flow
of your site. Ian Lloyd shares strategies for crafting the perfect
404.
"Towards the perfect 404"
"Towards the perfect 404"
01/18/2004 04:52 AMThe Perfect Pancake
The Perfect Pancake
02/10/2004 02:36 AMIs Rain Man flipping out because Judge Wapner retired? Toss him into
the Squeeze Machine, a human pancake press that provides "deep touch
stimulation and produces a calming effect on hyperactive and autistic
individuals." (02-07)
Where is the perfect phone UI?
Where is the perfect phone UI?
12/03/2003 12:41 AMKeeping Clippy the Paper Clip at bay
Perfect Helper
Perfect Helper
06/30/2004 02:14 PMUser don't really want a good knowledge base to consult when things go
wrong -- they want the problem to be instantly diagnosed and fixed for
them. By Sandy McMurray (via MyAppleMenu)
Searching for the Perfect OS
Searching for the Perfect OS
07/02/2004 05:09 AMPutting digital files into folders on your hard drive is old hat,
Apple CEO Steve Jobs declares this week. The future is search, not
sort. By Leander Kahney.
New tablet PCs: Better--but still not
perfect
New tablet PCs: Better--but still not
perfect
11/18/2003 10:14 PMZDNet Nov 18 2003 9:16PM ET
Ford Perfect
Ford Perfect
07/21/2004 05:55 AMFord Perfect MP3 tool version 0.1.9 (alpha) released
Buy or Build Your Perfect PC
Buy or Build Your Perfect PC
06/18/2004 08:00 AMPC Magazine Jun 18 2004 11:53AM GMT
" What State Is Perfect For You? "
" What State Is Perfect For You? "
12/06/2003 10:14 PMPerfect Weather on the Net
Perfect Weather on the Net
12/07/2003 02:59 PMperfect system
perfect system
12/10/2003 05:25 PMHome from San Francisco. Had a fantastic time up there. It's one of my
favorite cities in the world. Arrived...
"How to get that perfect shave"
"How to get that perfect shave"
04/05/2005 09:51 PMThe Perfect 404: A List Apart
The Perfect 404: A List Apart
01/17/2004 11:09 PMA List Apart's guide to making a good 404 page .. ALA: The Perfect 404
.. latest article
alistapart.com/articles/perfect404
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Perfect For MetaTalk!
Perfect For MetaTalk!
01/06/2005 10:35 PM
Some computer
peripherals are better then others.
Is this the perfect profession or what?
Is this the perfect profession or what?
02/10/2004 08:56 AMJohnathan Wendel, 22, plays computer games for a living--along the way
racking up five-figure prize packages and quite a name for himself.
Catwoman far from perfect
Catwoman far from perfect
08/12/2004 07:27 AMThe Catwoman game is a major disappointment that feels like a
pointless tie-in with the film.
The Perfect Job - Part 1
The Perfect Job - Part 1
08/27/2002 09:56 PMBuild a complete job listing and resume management system from
scratch! Icarus shows us how easy it is to match qualified
applications to open positions, with a little help from PHP and
MySQL...
Perfect Information
Perfect Information
08/17/2004 04:09 AMPerfect Informationhttp://www.perfectinfo.com/Perfect Information, established in 1991, is the premier
online global provider of financial information. Investment banks,
brokerage firms, consultancies and law firms use Perfect Information
solutions. Perfect Information has offices in London, New York and
Hong Kong and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centaur Holdings plc,
one of the U.K.'s largest independent business publishing and
information companies. This has been added to
Financial Sources Subject
Tracer™ Information Blog.
The Perfect Job - Part 2
The Perfect Job - Part 2
09/04/2002 01:45 AMWebmasterBase Sep 4 2002 0:47AM ET
What Makes the Perfect SEO Firm?
What Makes the Perfect SEO Firm?
06/17/2005 07:22 PMBuilding the Perfect Portfolio
Building the Perfect Portfolio
05/11/2004 01:44 PMSmart asset allocation is critical to successful fund investing.
20 Perfect Days in Argentina
20 Perfect Days in Argentina
01/07/2004 03:33 PMArgentina is a fabulous place for people from the northern
hemisphere to enjoy a vacation from our cruel dark winter. Here
are some good reasons to visit Argentina:
- 15-17.5 hours per day of sunlight in December and January
- incredibly friendly people, enough of whom speak English that you
can get around reasonably well without Spanish skills
- beautiful unspoiled scenery, one of the only parts of South
America that still has some wilderness
- less rain and wind than Chile--Argentina is on the eastern side of
the Andes and therefore in their "rain shadow"
- ridiculously low prices ever since the 2001 devaluation; hotels
and restaurant meals are 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of comparable services in
the U.S.
- families traveling with children will find the little ones
welcomed everywhere
Days 1-3: Buenos Aires. Most of the domestic flights
within Argentina leave from the downtown airport. You, on the
other hand, will be arriving at Ezeiza, a 45-minute trip from the
center of town. If you've already got your luggage and are in a
taxi you might as well spend a few days exploring B.A. rather
than attempting to catch a flight somewhere else. B.A. is a
lifestyle city more than a tourist city so try to get some
introductions to friends or relatives of friends.
Day 4-6: Iguazu Falls. A 1.5-hour flight to the NE
brings you into subtropical jungle and the world's most powerful
waterfall. The falls are best explored from the Argentine
side. If you are a U.S. citizen you need to get a visa in
advance and fork over $140 to visit the Brazilian side, which really
isn't worth the trouble unless you're desperate to take a scenic
helicopter flight (banned in Argentine airspace). If you've got
the Brazilian visa it might be worth adding an extra day. Once
in Brazil you have the opportunity to proceed further across the
Paraguayan border and visit a big hydroelectric project upstream,
sadly one that inundated a waterfall of a similar size and beauty to
Iguazu.
Day 7-14: fly from Iguazu to San Martin de los Andes, in northern
Patagonia (might be a little tough to arrange, at least without
an overnight in B.A.). Try to find a rental car that you can drop off
in Bariloche and/or take a "Seven Lakes route" tour bus at the end of
your stay in San Martin. Be aware that even in the middle of
summer Patagonia can be a chilly 10-20 degrees C and windy. At
41 degrees south the latitude here is comparable to Boston in the
Northern Hemisphere. However, there isn't a big continental land
mass to generate hot summer temps. Patagonia is like a little
finger poked into the cold Southern Ocean.
Day 15-17: Calafate. Unless you've seen a lot of glaciars in
Alaska or New Zealand, the sight of a thick glaciar calving icebergs
into a lake should make Calafate worth the stop. You have to
stop here anyway if you're flying from Bariloche to Ushuaia so you
might as well get off the plane.
Day 18-20: Ushuaia. At 54 degrees south this is the
southernmost city it the world (comparable to Edmonton, Alberta or
Manchester, England).Go hiking in the Tierra del Fuego National
Park. Take the all-day Rumbo Sur cruise that visits the sea
lions, penguins, and Harberton ranch. Enjoy the snow-covered
mountains behind the city. Be prepared for cold temperatures, at
least a bit of rain most days, and some wind. A typical
mid-summer temperature here is 12C. Warning: Ushuaia is a
bit like Alaska in hospitality as well as scenery. People move
here because they don't really like other people... then they get jobs
in hotels and restaurants. On average the welcome you receive in
Ushuaia is better than in most parts of the U.S. but the quality of
services and friendliness is lower than in the rest of Argentina.
Day 21: You can get a direct flight from Ushuaia to Ezeiza
(EZE). Hang out at the airport Internet cafe and write to your
friends about what a fun trip you had. Then catch an overnight
flight to NY (10+ hours) or Miami (8 hours). The First Class
seats on the American Airlines 777s to Miami fold completely flat for
sleeping.
For the next trip....
- take the ferry to Colonia, Uruguay (tiny colonial town) or
Montevideo, Uruguay (the capital)
- visit the northwestern provinces, which have more colonial and
Indian influence
- tour the wine country of Mendoza and then head through a pass in
the Andes to Santiago, Chile
Making the perfect connection
Making the perfect connection
09/24/2004 09:16 AMExpress Computer India Sep 24 2004 1:42PM GMT
Perfect Circle: Chapter 4
Perfect Circle: Chapter 4
07/30/2004 08:17 AMLife is a firework, a burst of light in the sky.
When you die, it's like the rocket is falling.
But for a ghost, like the girl Hanlon killed, death is a bad
photograph, transfixing you.
Timesplitters is future perfect
Timesplitters is future perfect
04/08/2005 12:52 PMTimesplitters feels simplistic, cartoony and frivolous - all of which
prove to be hugely refreshing.
BlazingTools Perfect Keylogger v1.48
BlazingTools Perfect Keylogger v1.48
12/09/2003 06:08 PMPerfect Keylogger monitors keystrokes, what and when programs were
opened opened and more. [Shareware $20.00 21 Days 464 KB]
MSNBC - How to get that perfect shave
MSNBC - How to get that perfect shave
04/05/2005 04:07 AMmore than you ever wanted to know about shaving. (for men) (uh...for
men's faces) .. How to get that perfect
shave
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