I wonder what part of my Facebook profile gets me “Bedwetting Help” ads. For the record, I think I have corrected bedwetting for 39 years.
Steve Jobs presenting to Cupertino City Council Apple’s plans for a new campus. It’s vintage Steve Jobs keynote introducing the new Apple mothership. And mothership is probably the best description of this new building.
This building is the culmination of everything Steve Jobs, with all the attention to design and detail that Apple is known for. It’s going to be spectacular.
NYTimes.com: Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird’s No. 1 Enemy
The American Bird Conservancy estimates that up to 500 million birds are killed each year by cats — about half by pets and half by feral felines. “I hope we can now stop minimizing and trivializing the impacts that outdoor cats have on the environment and start addressing the serious problem of cat predation,” said Darin Schroeder, the group’s vice president for conservation advocacy.
By contrast, 440,000 birds are killed by wind turbines each year, according to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, although that number is expected to exceed one million by 2030 as the number of wind farms grows to meet increased demand.
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Household cats were introduced in North America by European colonists; they are regarded as an invasive species and have few natural enemies to check their numbers. “They are like gypsy moths and kudzu — they cause major ecological disruption,” Dr. Marra said.
You always here about the number of birds killed by turbines but not the amount killed by cats. I wonder how they came up with the number 500 million.
Time.com: Your Mouse Is Doomed
There was so much stuff announced at Apple’s WWDC keynote yesterday, it’s hard to know where to start.
But one thing was abundantly clear: The humble mouse you’ve got plugged into your computer is living on borrowed time. There are Lions prowling, and they’re hungry for mouse-sized snacks.
That was one of my first thoughts watching the Apple’s keynote yesterday. Apple popularized the mouse with the original Macintosh, but it’s clear that the mouse is clearly going to be a second class citizen going forward. Touch gestures are the future.
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Parentdish.com: Created for Her Bone Marrow, Marissa Ayala, Now 21, Has a Living Sister to Show for It
Parentdish.com: Created for Her Bone Marrow, Marissa Ayala, Now 21, Has a Living Sister to Show for It
A lot of people ponder why they are on this planet and spend their lives looking for a purpose. Marissa knows why she’s here. She was born to save her sister’s life.
Marissa Ayala was conceived because her older sister needed a bone marrow donor to save her life, so her parents created one. Her.
A breakout month for Cincinnati Reds’ Jay Bruce wins him the awkwardly named player of the month award.
This video looks like something you’d see if there was a Darwin Awards video show, but the guy lives to laugh about it.
NYTimes.com: Imagining Detroit
In an interesting op ed piece on how growing food may be key to recovery in Detroit.
Don Gorske has eaten 25,000 Big Macs and is still alive at 59! At one point he was eating 9 a day.