Urban Onramps

Stuff I’ve seen around the web lately:

• Freshman 15 theory takes a pounding
• When Tech Innovation has a Social Mission: The article is about TechSoup. Harambee is a TechSoup member.
• UrbanFaith.com is coming soon
• Behold Wordpress, Destroyer of CPUs: geeky. informative comment thread. I’m off to install the wp-cache plugin. not that i get that much traffic.
• Many LA Students Frightened and Depressed, Study Finds: This one is a subject of conversation around LA
• Scientists located Super-Mum: biochemical evidence of the awesomeness of mothers: “SCIENCE has finally caught up with what mothers have been saying for years: they are super-women with super-powers thanks to an influx of hormones during pregnancy and labour to enable them to cope with the demands of child rearing.”
• A Columnist’s Parting Advice: “Lesson No. 1: The numbers don’t lie. They can be stir-fried, oven-fried or convection-baked, but in the end they always hold the keys to the kingdom. Lesson No. 5: Risk isn’t a four-letter word. A good rule of thumb is that before you buy, instead of asking how much you can make, first ask how much you can lose. That is what the smart guys do.”