Okonomibloggy

High res image of earth

Tom Arrison — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:39:18 +0000

From the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, NASA’s latest earth-observing satellite.

The earth, taken by the Suomi NPP satellite.

Snow leopard cub makes off with camera trap

Tom Arrison — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:30:41 +0000

Camera traps are allowing scientists to better follow elusive animals. Wired has a picture of a snow leopard cup about to make off with a trap in Afghanistan

Japanese making things better

Tom Arrison — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:19:52 +0000

Tom Downey in the Wall Street Journal magazine describes the obsession with perfection behind all those Michelin star restaurants in Tokyo, as well as great jeans, drinks, hotels, and other products.

Happy Saturday!

Tom Arrison — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:51:32 +0000

Happy Saturday!

Tom Arrison — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:07:26 +0000

Questioning impacts of health aid in Africa

Tom Arrison — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:47:01 +0000

Roger Cook argues that the large amount of aid provided to Africa since 2000 to improve public health, much of it targeting HIV, has not had the desired effect.

Thinking about status hierarchies

Tom Arrison — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:40:06 +0000

Back in June 2011, Michael Kraus wrote this interesting post about status hierarchies for the Psych Your Mind blog, with some readings.

DPUI: Dog purchasing under the influence

Tom Arrison — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:19:45 +0000

This New York Times story from back in July chronicles the problem of people purchasing puppies while drunk, and a couple Greenwich Village pet stores that bar “visibly intoxicated patrons from buying, playing with, or even cradling puppies.”

Steven Pinker and the decline of violence

Tom Arrison — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:08:05 +0000

The New York Times profiles evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker, whose most recent book, The Better Angels of Our Nature explores the decline in violence of various forms over recent centuries.

Early color photographs from the Musée Albert-Kahn

Tom Arrison — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:15:42 +0000

In the early part of the 20th century, French banker Albert Kahn embarked on a project to use the new technology of color photography to record the world and its people. This article in the Daily Mirror includes several interesting photos, including this one of New York’s Plaza Hotel, which had recently opened.

Manhattan's Plaza Hotel in the early 20th century