links for 2009-08-11

• Health Benefits of Coffee – WebMD
  (tags: coffee health)
• You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again | Epicenter | Wired.com
  (tags: privacy)
• Flush.app – Flash Cookie Removal Tool For OS X | MacHacks.TV
  (tags: software scripts osx utilities privacy)
• Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby? – Gradon Tripp
  Is it okay to engage in major verbal battles with people in public channels because you feel the need to “call them out”?

  Is it okay to blast companies for the slightest infractions in customer service before you give their normal channels a chance to work?

  Is it okay to tweet publicly about your boredom during sessions or talks that you find less than interesting?

  Is it okay to leave diatribes in comments that, if delivered face to face on a street, would leave someone trembling in shock… or land you in the ER, needing stitches for your fat lip?

  Is it okay for you to reveal information about others in public channels that simply isn’t yours to share?

  Is it okay, in other words, to wade into social media like a toddler with Tourette’s?

• The lost art of reading – Los Angeles Times
• Schneier on Security: Password Advice
  (tags: security tips)
• Amazing X-ray photographs by Nick Veasey – Telegraph
  (tags: science photography images)