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DavidRodeback

  1. TNR book review: epidemiology meets history and geography. bit.ly/MKSQug
  2. A hymn to the organist. bit.ly/K7Tbmx
  3. Six Reasons a Non-Computer Nerd Might Want to Learn to Code bit.ly/IYr7jP
  4. @dannyherald Sorry, didn't see this b4. Wifi there bad. Yes, real, 1 of 6 signs for Utah County. Other 5 OK. Popular photo spot. B-)
  5. Robert Kirby: "I’m a writer. This means I spend most of my time looking out of my face rather than back at it." bit.ly/IgvQm8
  6. Fun and a valuable perspective: "How many gallons of gasoline would it take to charge an iPhone?" bit.ly/HhpnGN
  7. Backlog: Deseret News on the growing educational disparity between girls and boys, at the boys' expense. bit.ly/I2w4fE
  8. From the Cornell Alumni Magazine, an account of four Cornellians on the Titanic. bit.ly/HKT5DE
  9. Fun: "ice cream science" bit.ly/zsfJsB
  10. Another good day at #RootsTech. Especially enjoyed James Tanner on US copyright law.
  11. @RootsTechConf What's the Chrome extension Jay Verkler mentioned in connection with HTML5 microdata and historical-data.org?
  12. Overhead at #RootsTech, from a teacher of teenagers: Kids aren't learning to read cursive any more, let alone write it. Implications ...
  13. At #RootsTech in SLC. Imagining the potential of HTML5 microdata for genealogy pages.
  14. Great essay last week on Joe #Paterno by #ESPN's Rick Reilly. Admirable mercy in remember people for their best. es.pn/xWLzQQ
  15. Gotta love #sltrib's Robert Kirby. Memory, not horror, is his reaction to a juvenile plot to bomb a school. bit.ly/w5kLNy
  16. Old news, but good if you missed it: a recent article on Bigelow & Co. Organ Builder in American Fork. bit.ly/xk4eNC
  17. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach asks, Are Mormons Any Weirder than the Rest of Us? Kind words, good insight, BTW not a cult. huff.to/rDXE6G
  18. Utah Pastor Moves, Admits Preaching to Mormons Drained Passion. Too bad, sounds like a good guy to have around. bit.ly/syRgSL
  19. @ShirlLeBaron @dancrivello Great idea! Can I moderate?