Stuff Mike Likes: May 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Dodgers fans are going, going . . .

With fans presented with a host of reasons to stay home or tune out — unpopular ownership, a brutal beating in the parking lot, the Dodgers' lackluster performance — one of baseball's most storied franchises faces an uncertain future....

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-dodger-fans-20110531,0,1986849.story

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Sheriff Provides Proposed Alternative Budget Plan for Next Fiscal Year

heriff Sniff met with senior county staff on Tuesday afternoon, 5-24-11, and proposed a budget option for the Sheriff's Department for FY 11/12 in stark contrast to the county Chief Executive Officer-proposed budget that would force the department to lay off at least 500 fulltime staff, dismantling special teams and task forces, mothballing sheriff's stations, and gutting jail capacity.

http://www.riversidesheriff.org/press/admin11-0525.asp

Thursday, May 19, 2011

2011-2012 TV season scorecard

a quick reference guide to what's in, what's out & what's left to air:

Guide | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America

Netflix video streaming is now the single largest source of peak downstream Internet traffic in the U.S., according to a new report by Sandvine. The streaming video service now accounts for 29.7 percent of peak downstream traffic, up from 21 percent last fall.

Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Month child conceived, autism risk linked

Month child conceived, autism risk linked: "A study involving 6.6 million California children in the 1990s and 2000s linked the month a child is conceived and the risk of autism, researchers say. The study, published in the journal Epidemiology, found children conceived during winter -- for the study considered to be the months of December, January and February -- had a significantly greater risk of autism."

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Truth in Advertising: Toilet Paper

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YouTube Blog: Get more into movies on YouTube

YouTube Blog: Get more into movies on YouTube: "Here at YouTube, we can’t get enough video. When it comes to movies, we’re just as excited: YouTube hosts a great selection of movie trailer..."