links for 2009-10-29

• Minimalist Gmail by Matt Constantine
• Swine flu: Eight myths that could endanger your life – New Scientist
  (tags: health pandemics)
• YouTube – VentriloChoir on Hungarian TV
  (tags: music amusements)
• Can We Talk About Religion, Please? – The Moral of the Story Blog – NYTimes.com
  Yet despite the risk of provoking the ire of believers, we should discuss the actions of religious institutions as we would those of all others — courteously and vigorously. This is a mark of respect, an indication that we take such ideas seriously. To slip on the kid gloves is condescending, akin to the way you would treat children or the frail or cats.
  (tags: religion ethics)
• Apocalypse Then. Next One, When? – Dot Earth Blog – NYTimes.com
  (tags: astronomy)
• pretweeting data
  (tags: twitter datamining visualization)
• Quick-R: Home Page
  (tags: statistics tutorial)
• How To Write Badly Well
  (tags: writing amusements)
• CourseWiki – cs448b – Data Visualization
  Stanford course in data visualization
  (tags: education statistics visualization datamining)
• Workflow in R | Research tips
  (tags: statistics tips)
• R Tutorial
  (tags: statistics tutorials)
• Data Mashups in R – O'Reilly Media
  (tags: statistics computer_languages)
• Thematic, A WordPress Theme Framework
  Thematic is a free, open-source, highly extensible, search-engine optimized WordPress Theme Framework featuring 13 widget-ready areas, grid-based layout samples, styling for popular plugins, and a whole community behind it. It's perfect for beginner bloggers and WordPress development professionals.
  (tags: wp themes framework)
• @font-face made easy with Font Squirrel — Wynn Netherland
  (tags: typography)
• YouTube – Ferguson Speaks From The Heart
  (tags: videos alcoholism)
• Lost limb leads to flexible new body image – health – 27 October 2009 – New Scientist
  (tags: neuroscience health)
• Genetic evidence for human-Neanderthal hanky panky? – Short Sharp Science – New Scientist
  (tags: sex genetics neanderthals)
• Deploying JRuby on Google App Engine – igvita.com
  (tags: rails ruby java jruby gae md)
• Rails Primer for Google App Engine with JRuby
  (tags: java ruby jruby gae md rails)
• JRuby on Rails on Google App Engine | Ola Bini: Programming Language Synchronicity
  (tags: ruby java jruby gae md rails)
• MacRuby » Home
  (tags: mac software ruby)
• Cholesterol-lowering Medicines May Be Effective Against Cancer
  (tags: health medicine)