After complaining on Twitter about how I found information in Amtrak’s timetables difficult to decipher, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and do a quick little redesign to prove my point. The brief to myself: it had to contain all the same information, use the same typeface (Frutiger), and fit in the same space as the original. Everything else was fair…
Emily Blunt hid her pregnancy until it was unsafe to do so during filming of Edge of Tomorrow and instead of throwing a tantrum or punishing Emily, Tom Cruise, from her own mouth, immediately began “protecting” her and making sure she was comfortable, even running to help her with stairs even though she wasn’t super far in her pregnancy.
Both Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders got pregnant midway through shooting a season of HIMYM and they weren’t punished or subjected to the producer’s wrath, production adjusted to the sudden change.
What Joss did wasn’t acceptable under any circumstance. As a professional, you adapt where you need to. Punishing an actress for getting pregnant is never “right,” what the fuck is wrong with you.
While recent rumors suggested Yahoo might not renew its search partnership with Microsoft, both companies are announcing today that the deal will continue with some changes. The alterations to the original 2009 deal give Yahoo some flexibility to alter its search results on any platform as the partnership is now non-exclusive for desktop and mobile. It appears that Yahoo wants to customize its search experience in future, but it’s still going to rely on some of Microsoft’s Bing technology to help it do so. “Yahoo will continue to serve Bing ads and search results for a majority of its desktop search traffic,” says a company spokesperson.
Yahoo and Microsoft are also tweaking the way ads are delivered and managed. Microsoft will own the ads delivered from its own Bing Ads platform, while Yahoo will continue with its own Gemini ads platform. Both companies are planning to transition their sales responsibilities over the summer. In reality, this allows Yahoo to own and manage the its own ads platform and Microsoft to serve Bing ads alongside its search results on Yahoo.
“Over the past few months, Satya [Microsoft CEO] and I have worked closely together to establish a revised search agreement that allows us to enhance our user experience and innovate more in our search business,” says Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. “This renewed agreement opens up significant opportunities in our partnership that I’m very excited to explore.”
Clinton Foundation to Drop Saudi Donations After Firestorm Rejoice Magazine The Clinton Foundation will continue to accept donations from foreign countries – but not from Saudi Arabia. The Clinton Foundation will continue to accept donations from foreign countries – but not from Saudi Arabia, donations from which have set off an ...
New submitter Robertgilberts writes with word that Google is dropping the old version of Maps. The new version of Google Maps came out of preview back in February 2014 and was in beta for several months before that. The only way to access the old version of Google Maps was via a special URL or if you had a very old browser that did not support the new version of Google Maps. Consolation prize: There will still be a lighter-weight version, which "drops out many of the neat Google Maps features in exchange for speed and compatibility."
This is a mid-career/experienced position. New guy or gal would be working with these winners. You have to apply online via Harvard’s clunky jobs site.
Senior Editor for Science and Technology
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press seeks an entrepreneurial, experienced Senior Editor to acquire 15–20 new books each year in science and technology, across a wide range of basic and applied sciences, with particular focus on the physical sciences and technology. The successful candidate will present a detailed strategy for signing books written for both professionals and the general public. His or her previous experience will demonstrate an ability to collaborate with the Press’s internal departments and faculty board to publish books that reflect original thought and adventurous research, take full advantage of evolving technologies, and engage readers in scientific scholarship of the highest quality, consistent with the standards of one of the world’s great universities.
Working from the Press’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, office and reporting to the Editor-in-Chief, the Senior Editor will maintain a network of prospective authors, agents, and other experts, solicit and evaluate proposals for professional books and cutting-edge research monographs, and commission new works of broad appeal and significance. The Senior Editor will send manuscripts and proposals for independent review; coordinate contract negotiations and licenses with HUP’s Intellectual Property department; work closely with authors to ensure that manuscripts are well written and contractual obligations are met; consult with colleagues in Editorial and other departments to achieve efficient editing and production in print and digital formats and to ensure awareness and reception of books by their intended readers. The Senior Editor will present new projects to the Press’s internal Editorial Committee, its university-wide faculty board, and its sales representatives. She or he will prepare assessments of seasonal lists to assist managers in establishing the future direction of HUP’s publishing program.
Basic Qualifications: Undergraduate degree required, with advanced degree in any field strongly preferred, and five years of publishing experience, including book-acquisition experience, preferably in the sciences, technology, engineering, or medicine.
Application should be made to Harvard University, which is an equal opportunity employer.
On the request of NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey has prepared two highly detailed maps of the Moon. Fortunately, they've also been made available to the public, so check 'em out in all their lunar glory.
...extreme subdividing and the installation of a platform, shed and safe within 22 feet of the lake’s normal high-water line are in violation of Liberty’s subdivision and shoreland zoning ordinances, according to Liberty Code Enforcement Officer Donald Harriman.
Late last month, Harriman wrote to three legal entities involved with Cards Against Humanity and Hawaii 2 and gave them until April 15 to cease all commercial activity on the island, revoke the 250,000 “licenses” that grant the exclusive use of 1 square foot of land and remove the shed and platform from its present location. If this does not happen, he wrote, the town could levy fines of no less than $100 per day per violation and up to $2,500 per day per violation.
“While it is unlikely that the court would order penalties of $625,000,000 per day (250,000 multiplied by $2,500), the town will seek the maximum fines, penalties and legal fees as may be awarded by the court,” Harriman wrote in the letter dated March 31. “A remedial plan acceptable to the town must be in place on or before April 15, 2015, to avoid the filing of a land use enforcement action in court.”
There's no need to wait for the red light to come on at Krispy Kreme when you can make your own fresh batch of old-fashioneds, Long Johns, and 'nut holes.
Last week, New York Times columnist Nick Bilton took to Twitter to let the world know that two kids broke into his car before his very eyes. What made the break-in a little more remarkable was the fact that, according to Bilton, the perps used an electronic device to simply unlock his Toyota Prius, rather than doing things the old-fashioned way with a slim jim, coat hanger, or brick.
Bilton has elaborated on the event in his column, where he postulates that the young miscreants gained entry to his car (and those of several of his neighbors) by amplifying the signal between his keyless entry fob and car. Keyless entry systems typically only communicate with their remote fobs over the distance of a few feet, but he thinks that the gadget is capable of extending this range, fooling the car into thinking that the remote is within range even though it was actually in Bilton's House, about 50 feet away. He arrived at this theory after he consulted with Boris Danev, a Swiss-based security expert:
"It's a bit like a loudspeaker, so when you say hello over it, people who are 100 meters away can hear the word, 'hello,'" Mr. Danev said. "You can buy these devices anywhere for under $100." He said some of the lower-range devices cost as little as $17 and can be bought online on sites like eBay, Amazon and Craigslist.
This isn't the first time that signal repeaters have been linked to car burglaries in California. In 2013, we reported on a similar spate of thefts in Long Beach, California, that left local police 'stumped.' And it’s not the only way of gaining entry to a supposedly secure car; The Register has previously covered devices that can eavesdrop on the signal between a BMW and its remote, allowing miscreants to program a blank remote for later use.
Phillip Buchanon says his mom charged him for the cost of raising him.
After finally becoming a professional, it's not uncommon for athletes to have family members and friends try to dip into the players' newly lucrative bank accounts. Many parents of athletes end up receiving new houses or expensive cars as gifts. However, it's less common for a parent of a professional athlete to show up with a bill for services rendered, but that's exactly what happened to former NFL cornerback Phillip Buchanon, according to CBS Sports' John Breech.
Buchanon was drafted 17th overall in the 2002 NFL Draft to the Oakland Raiders. He says his mother was one of the first people to contact him after being selected, though it wasn't to congratulate her son. Instead, Buchanon's mom demanded $1 million, her estimation of how much it cost her to raise him.
Buchanon wrote about the story in his new book, New Money: Staying Rich. Here's an excerpt:
Soon after the draft, she told me that I owed her a million dollars for raising me for the past 18 years. Well, that was news to me. If my mother taught me anything, it's that this is the most desperate demand that a parent can make on a child. The covenant of having a child is simply that you give your child everything possible, and they owe you nothing beyond a normal amount of love and respect. There is no financial arrangement. If you get old and infirm, and your kids are around to help you out at that point, then you're lucky. It's not written in the social contract. The mothers and fathers of the world have been rearing their kids for generations -- in every culture imaginable -- and it's a one-way street when it comes to money. If they pay you back someday, and you really are going through hard times, then that's just a bonus, a gratuity for being a great mother or father.
Buchanon goes on to explain that while he didn't pay the $1 million, he still bought his mother a house and agreed to cover maintenance costs. When that proved too burdensome, Buchanon offered to buy his mother a smaller house or give her $15,000 in cash.
The experience proved to be an important lesson for Buchanon. While professional sports offers near instant riches, the money can disappear just as quickly. Buchanon hopes to relay that knowledge to young athletes facing similar situations today.
In what is as much a promotional video as it is an interview, Couric recently lobbed serial batterer Floyd Mayweather a series of pitches so fat it would make a Juggs Machine blush. After introducing the topic of his history of domestic battery by referring to “reduced misdemeanor charges” of an “alleged” assault against his “ex-girlfriend,” Couric allowed Mayweather to provide the following explanations for his actions without interjection:
"I’m black. I’m rich. And I’m outspoken. Those are three strikes right there. So, you know, when someone says, ‘I got pushed or hit, I’m a fighter. So I may not really hit a person.’ But guess what? I got to fight the case because I’m already guilty. They don’t know if I really did it or not. But since I’m a fighter, they’re gonna say, ‘You know what? He did it.’
Did I kick, stomp and beat someone? No, that didn’t happen. I look in your face and say, “No, that didn’t happen.” Did I restrain a woman that was on drugs? Yes, I did. So if they say that’s domestic violence, then, you know what? I’m guilty. I’m guilty of restraining someone."
Damyean Dotson is expected to be eligible for the 2015-16 season.
Kelvin Sampson and the Houston Cougars signed shooting guard Damyean Dotson on Wednesday. If that name rings a bell, you know why this is a controversial move.
Dotson was one of three players booted from Oregon a year ago after being named in a rape investigation. Dotson was the only player of the three to be charged following the investigation, but the charges were dropped two weeks later for insufficient evidence. Dotson is expected to be eligible to play for the upcoming season.
Dotson, who is a Houston native, had been taking classes at Houston Community College, but wasn't playing basketball. He was once a highly-touted recruit who averaged 11.4 points per game for the Ducks as a freshman, and then 9.4 points per game as a sophomore.
The Cougars finished 13-16 in their first season under Sampson last year. Dotson will be one of six new players eligible to play in 2015-16.
- PUT FAT ON BREAD - use fresh, crisp vegetables - use at least one crunchy filling - heat the fucking sandwich, nobody wants a cold sandwich. fuck cold sandwiches - mayo and/or spicy sauces
It is one of life’s nagging mysteries: Why is a sandwich you order at a restaurant so invariably and intensely better than a sandwich you make at home?
This is the best image we have of the dwarf planet Ceres.
It’s a mysterious place that we know little about. A year ago, however the Herschel Space Observatory discovered that it’s got a tenuous atmosphere of water vapor.
It’s now believed that there are cryovolcanoes blasting liquid water up out of the surface.
Could Ceres host an entire liquid ocean of water? What’s more - if there is liquid water, could there be life?
NASA’s Dawn mission will arrive soon. On January 20th they will release it’s first image of Ceres.
Dawn has now begun the approach to Ceres. It will enter orbit on March 6th.
By the end of the month Dawn’s images will be better than those of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Presently, there’s a large amount of speculation about what the “white spot’ on Ceres actually is. The Herschel Space Observatory’s cryovolcano may in fact be the white spot. If so this will be a prime location to search for some form of astrobiological activity.
The mission is getting more exciting - March can’t arrive soon enough.
This is officially the best image we’ve ever gotten of Ceres. From now on every image Dawn takes will then be the best image of Ceres ever taken until it’s finally in orbit. (Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
Here’s the newest release of images compiled by NASA. We can now see that the mysterious white spot isn’t alone: there are many white spots on Ceres!
This is remarkable. Could these spots be ice deposits? Impact sites that resulted in interior material getting exposed?
We’re only going to continue learning more as Dawn gets closer to this alien world.
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
The images are growing sharper as NASA’s Dawn mission makes its final approach to Ceres. These images were taken from 52,000 miles away. Soon Dawn will arrive - March 6th.
(Image credit: NASA)
The images of Ceres continue to get better. The mysterious white spot is still too small to resolve exactly its nature but despite that, it’s by far the brightest thing on Ceres (and it has a sibling!).
“The brightest spot continues to be too small to resolve with our camera, but despite its size it is brighter than anything else on Ceres.
This is truly unexpected and still a mystery to us.” said Andreas
Nathues, lead investigator for the framing camera team at the Max Planck
Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen, Germany.
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
Unfortunately Tumblr won’t support this file size but NASA just released a great gif of a rotating Ceres. Here it is!
In *unofficial* news, it’s being discussed as a possibility that the bright spots may in fact be some sort of plumes. Scientists can see the bright spots rising above the rims of their respective craters when Ceres rotates so that they’re seen from the side of its silhouette.
Again, this is unconfirmed and I’ll update once that status changes.
Dawn will continue to orbit closer to Ceres, increasing the quality of its images (the next set of which shall be released in April).
NASA’s released a full color spread image of Ceres. Now that Dawn’s been orbiting for a little while, the fantastic imagery is beginning to come out.
Ceres appears to have fewer large craters than previously expected.
Scientists have also identified ten “bright spot” regions. They’re still too elusive to make out in current imagery. On April 23rd Dawn will drop to a closer orbit in search of answers.
Super Opinionated.
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