Fri, Feb. 5, 2010 - Pickup News

news toread - Fri, Feb. 5, 2010

392pts
• STEVEN STROGATZ - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
  
  STEVEN STROGATZ Steven Strogatz is a professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. In 2007 he received the Communications Award, a lifetime achievement award for the communication of mathematics ..
  http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/steven-strogatz/

183pts
• Bill Watterson, creator of beloved 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip looks back with no regrets | Living - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com
  
  This guy is the ultimate pragmatist, and clearly sees the comic in a different light than the fans do. I personally think C&H was so popular because it reminded people of their childhood, but Watterson's ..
  http://www.cleveland.com/living/index.ssf/2010/02/bill_watterson_creator_of_be..

182pts
• After the Deadline :: Add-ons for Firefox
  
  The After the Deadline Firefox add-on brings smart, contextual spelling and grammar checking to the browser. Once installed, click on the check icon displayed on text areas of web forms to check your grammar and spelling. Click again to finish proofreading. ..
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/58947

124pts
• Dynamic Dummy Image Generator - DummyImage.com
  
  Sometimes you just need a placeholder image right at your finger tips. Just enter the width + x + height at the end of this URL and off you go! How do I use it?Simply add the width, an 'x', and ..
  http://dummyimage.com/

76pts
• Apple - QuickTime - Apple Special Event January 2010
  
  Apple Store Mac iPod + iTunes iPhone Downloads Support Search Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil the revolutionary new iPad. See the video-on-demand event right here, exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4. 320 480 640 Home>Apple Special Event January 2010 ..
  http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1001q3f8hhr/event/index.html

64pts
• Buy a London Map - The Zoomable Map
  
  Home The Map Buy a London Map Tweet it   map2 : London Zoomable street map + Greater London map. Patented folding. Comes with an information leaflet, containing an index for streets, stations and ..
  http://www.thezoomablemap.com/buy-london-map.html

28pts
• Backupify :: Secure Online Backup and Archiving for Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, and Wordpress
  
  Your online accounts contain important information. Don’t risk losing any of it. Sign up for our online account backup and you will never have to worry about losing a thing. Why Should You Backup Your Online Accounts? ..
  http://www.backupify.com/index.php