So not only do salmon shark have to keep swimming so as to avoid sinking, they need to do so to avoid freezing as well.^[1] Apparently doing so (swimming) helps it maintain its temperature. Very cool.

1. The National Science Foundation. “How Hot Tuna (and Some Sharks) Stay Warm” Press Release 05-187, 2005-10-27. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104543&org=NSF&from=news

ARN brings word via the New York Times that

the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association have denied the Kansas Board of Education permission to use their copyrighted materials as part of the state’s proposed new science standards because of the standards’ critical approach to evolution.^[1]

1. Mr. Tom Magnuson. “Kansas Fight on Evolution Escalates” The ID Update 2005-10-31. http://www.arn.org/blogs/index.php/3/2005/10/29/kansas_fight_on_evolution_escalates

I was reading Joel On Software again today, and decided to follow some of the same advice that Joel is in his recent site revamp. I am not going quite so far as he has, nor fully implementing the usability guides he links to. But I am making a little more effort, and to that end, you will now see a blurb in the side bar about me and this site. You may also have noted that the links started to have tooltips a little while ago. I might implement a little more of this at some future point.