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The (Ongoing) Vitality of Mythical Numbers – Does ID theft really cost $48 billion a year? By Jack Shafer

As it happens, my wife and I were just discussing the original “Mythical Numbers” paper over the weekend (in the context of predictions about effects of Avian Flu.

The article quotes one of the more egregious examples from [...]

CoolTool:DigitalLibraryCards. If I ever lose access to university systems, this could be a good resource. From Kevin Kelly’s “Cool Tools.”

Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow – New York Times

It’s “foggy” in Beijing again today…

I’m spending a few weeks in China, mostly shepherding a group of U of Michigan students around. It’s been a very interesting trip. They’ll go home the day after tomorrow, and I’ll stay about one more week and try to get some work done here. There’ve been a couple of adventures—a student lost her wallet [...]