links for 2008-09-19

"So was this mistake odd? Not really. But it tells us a lot more about how lawyers work than it tells us about Google, Chrome, and privacy."

an interesting resource. anyone have experience with it?

"Bill James, a baseball writer (and Boston Red Sox advisor) who has spent much of his life knocking down baseball myths, believes that Manny Ramirez is such a good hitter, he will purposely get into full-counts when there is a runner on first base. The reason? With a full-count, that runner will be running on the pitch and, as such, will become an RBI when Ramirez hits a double into the gap. 'I've seen it too many times to doubt it,' Bill says." – and this is tragedy of the trade, that surrendering this became both a good idea and a necessity

what to do when you visit Acadia. and you will visit Acadia, trust me.

"Truthfully, it's a crapshoot that we'll even listen to it at all. It may sit in a box for two years, or it might only get noticed because of an obscure reference to Raising Arizona in the bio. Just the other day I opened a package that had nothing but a CD and a hand written note on a torn scrap of paper that said "Rocks" and a myspace address. Turns out it was just some Iowa Doom Metal, but still, I listened. Again, the maddening and endearing vagaries of the indie world. Don't let it get you down."

"Most plants contain some level of toxins (like alkaloids) for defense. After all, they’re plants. They can’t go anywhere. Through millennia of trial and error, both animals and human beings have figured out which plants are safe, which are lethal, and which are somewhere in between." – creepy