If you are awake on Thursday…
- Collective beer snob gasp: Obama drinks PBR
- In scientific studies relevant to my life, Scientific American asks, “Can you catch up on lost sleep?” But it sounds like I’m screwed, seeing as my Dad is a robot and requires two hours of sleep and a bran muffin to operate:
Sleep researchers believe that genes—although the precise ones have yet to be discovered—determine our individual sleeping patterns.
- Myanmar’s junta resisted large-scale aid efforts at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. Ridiculous.
- Susan Edgerley, Assistant Managing Editor of the New York Times, has been answering questions about the evolution of journalism. Interesting:
Journalists who used to worry about one deadline a day now have a deadline every minute. They are telling stories not only through words and pictures but also through audio and video and interactive maps and graphics.
- Zeer is the Yelp of food products. From a review of Bird’s Eye Baby Peas:
I will never go “adult” peas again.
- 3G iPhone: looks like June 15 - July 12.
- Facebook is up for redesign. Expect another “please love me” apology letter from Marky Mark when it reports what color your underwear is.