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Documentary update

Documentary film update:

  • “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” is an excellent film about the recording of Wilco’s fourth album, “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.”
  • “Sunshine Hotel” is a deeply depressing look at one of the last flop houses on New York’s Bowery.
  • “Grateful Dawg” is a fascinating film about the music Jerry Garcia and David Grisman created together.
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    Anti-malarial drugs

    In other news, here’s some interesting commentary on the risks and benefits of anti-malarial drugs.

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    Autism in Silicon Valley

    Could the increase in Silicon Valley autism cases be related to “geek genes”?

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    4.21 hot dogs per minute

    “You Have to Be in Good Shape To Eat 4.21 Hot Dogs a Minute.”

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    The U.S. and Rwanda

    “Bystanders to Genocide: Why the United States Let the Rwandan Tragedy Happen.”

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    Rocketinfo

    Rocketinfo is the best news search engine I’ve seen. (Regular search engines only index the Web periodically, but news search engines do so on a daily basis–often several times a day–and include links to newly-posted news items.) News.google.com, Daypop.com, and Pandia are good, but from what I can tell, Rocketinfo takes the cake.

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    “The Gulag Argumento”

    “The Gulag Argumento: Martin Amis swings at Stalin and hits his own best friend instead.”

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    Soccer news

    Soccer news: following a strong World Cup showing, the US men’s national team has been ranked ninth in the world. This marks the first time the American team has cracked the top ten.

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    Iraq attack?

    Here’s a visual demonstration of how an attack on Iraq might go down. With description in Spanish.

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    Misc. news

    NY Times (free registration required): “Across Africa, juju men…do a brisk business in the soccer season trying to influence the action on the field.”

    BBC News: “Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov has announced his intention to officially rename all 12 months of the year in commemoration of the country’s heroes and most potent national symbols.”