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Analysis of Blog graph by CMU researchers : Interesting observations Temporal patterns: For the two months of observation,we found that blog posts do not have a bursty behavior;they only have a weekly periodicity. Most surprisingly,the popularity of posts drops with a power law, instead of exponentially, that one may have expected. Surprisingly, the exponent of the power law is -1.5, agreeing very well with Barabasi’s theory of heavy tails in human behavior .

Vial Pragmatic Programmer : A tourist visiting England’s Eton College asked the gardener how he got the lawns so perfect. “That’s easy,” he replied, “You just brush off the dew every morning, mow them every other day, and roll them once a week.” “Is that all?” asked the tourist. “Absolutely,” replied the gardener. “Do that for 500 years and you’ll have a nice lawn, too.” Great lawns need small amounts of daily care, and so do great programmers.

Via Read Write Web : 36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More!

A few months ago Chitika was hailed as a super service. But checked it to see how it is doing now..I am surprised their reputation has taken a beating . Link : Chitika publishers see drastically reduced earnings in audited reports