Category Archives: Aside
Human bite infections can be nasty – Get it checked out, even if it is embarrassing.
Mapping the sexual network of a high school – 58% are sexually active, most with only one or two partners over 18 months, but remarkably the pairings result in a chain of connections linking 288 students, up to 37 steps apart.
Mobile SpeedPass has been cracked – Fascinating.
Scalia tries to win chief justice – Indeed, quite the consensus-maker. Obvious once you’ve read, oh, I dunno, any of his opinions…
Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university – Remember when something along these lines happened at Brandeis? No, you don’t, because it was kept secret.
Yanna is running a marathon! – Track her training progress and donate some money to a good cause.
Boston Globe: Harvard “loophole” allowed viewing of student prescriptions, grades – And a random Berkman shout-out.
Confidential records, including FERPA- and HIPAA-protected information, wide open due to complete idiocy by Harvard staff and contractors – When I read things like this, it makes me so angry I just want to throw the person responsible up against a wall and ask them what they were possibly thinking. Also, the Crimson should be commended — now that is student journalism.
How textbooks are constructed – In short, don’t mess with Texas. And, to a lesser extent, California.
It’s snowing outside and I’m sick inside.
Why some movies don’t win awards – It’s not the content, its the anti-piracy measures that make watching screener copies a bad experience.
Hooting. Lots and lots of Hooting. Oh, also, classes have started.
Comments on my shirt – Actually, I found his deadpan delivery hilarious.