Schneier on Security: Preventing Cell Phone Theft through Benefit Denial

Schneier on Security: Preventing Cell Phone Theft through Benefit Denial

Inequality Is

Inequality Is:

A powerfully interactive analysis of economic inequality in the U.S.  Data-rich and yet very accessible.

'Superbugs' push effort to approve new antibiotics

'Superbugs' push effort to approve new antibiotics:

It’s embarrassing that we’re willing to give drug companies more money for antibiotics when we really need to stop feeding them to pigs day and night.

Obamacare’s Other Surprise

Obamacare’s Other Surprise:

Interesting ways that open data will improve health care

The Excel Depression - NYTimes.com

The Excel Depression - NYTimes.com:

I think it’s what psychologists call confirmation bias.  We like to believe in research/data that defends our own point of view.  Governments have slashed spending to cut deficits because politicians wanted to, but the economists that defended that position were actually wrong.  Sigh.

The case of the poison potato - Boing Boing

The case of the poison potato - Boing Boing:

Fascinating look at potato hybrids and how GM crops can actually result in fewer unexpected side effects than traditional cross breeding (since you know which genes you’re messing with).

Soaring Bee Deaths in 2012 Sound Alarm on Malady - NYTimes.com

Soaring Bee Deaths in 2012 Sound Alarm on Malady - NYTimes.com

Government and Medical Costs, Continued - NYTimes.com

Government and Medical Costs, Continued - NYTimes.com

Adding (Multiple) File Attachments to iPad or iPhone emails

For a device that replaces a computer for many (iPad) or that can use cloud-based file syncing (both), it’s amazing that you can’t attach files easily to email in iOS.  But with this $0.99 app – iAttachment – and Dropbox, it’s actually pretty easy.

I’d imagine it also works with apps from other cloud syncing services where you can choose “Open In…” with your files.  If so, leave a comment!

Once you have iAttachment and a cloud file app (Dropbox in this example), here’s what you do:
1) go to Dropbox and find the file you want to attach.  The bottom right option is a little icon with an arrow going into a box.  Tap that and pick “Open In…” and select iAttachment.

Do this for each file you want to send.  It’ll take you to iAttachment after each one, so you’ll have to go back to Dropbox for each additional file.

2) Once you’ve imported all the files you want, open iAttachment.  The files will be in the Imported Files folder. Tap the folder to open it, then check each file you want to attach. 

3) Tap the “attach & mail” icon along the bottom.  It will open a Mail compose window with those files in there.  You can delete the text that says they were attached with iAttachment.

Is Vegetarianism Worth It? - Sierra Daily

Is Vegetarianism Worth It? - Sierra Daily

The inside story of Aaron Swartz’s campaign to liberate court filings | Ars Technica

The inside story of Aaron Swartz’s campaign to liberate court filings | Ars Technica:

Should Americans have to pay to access public court records?  A compelling case made by a man who may have been driven to suicide by a government focused on secrecy.

Electoral College Changes Would Pose Danger for Democrats - NYTimes.com

Electoral College Changes Would Pose Danger for Democrats - NYTimes.com:

I really don’t see how this kind of policy proposal can seem like anything less than election fraud.  It deliberately skews presidential election results AWAY from reflecting the national popular vote.

The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men

The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men

(via A Politician Loses It On The State House Floor, Says What...

(via A Politician Loses It On The State House Floor, Says What All Of Us Are Thinking)

'Lincoln': Injustice did not end when credits rolled

'Lincoln': Injustice did not end when credits rolled

Choose your own fiscal cliff adventure!

Choose your own fiscal cliff adventure!

No amendment allowed: A constitutional problem we’re stuck with | MinnPost

No amendment allowed: A constitutional problem we’re stuck with | MinnPost:

Do you know the one part of the U.S. Constitution that cannot be amended?  I didn’t.  And what a problem it has become!

Klobuchar, Franken cheer potential filibuster reform | MinnPost

Klobuchar, Franken cheer potential filibuster reform | MinnPost:

The minor changes on the table could have monumental changes in the ability of the federal government to solve public problems.

This one image comparing Google and Apple Maps provides a pretty...

This one image comparing Google and Apple Maps provides a pretty compelling reason why NOT to use iOS 6 if you like good mapping. 

Seriously, different colors for highways and surface streets is so 1960 map tech.

Skills Don’t Pay the Bills - NYTimes.com

Skills Don’t Pay the Bills - NYTimes.com:

Training for a manufacturing job doesn’t help much if it’s starting wage is lower than McDonald’s.