The Bullet List

He Must be an Expert, He's Wearing a Tie

via www.fastcompany.com

Congrats, Anil, on the launch of Expert Labs. You're the perfect person to bridge media, tech, politics and democracy. Even if you have to wear a tie once or twice a year.

PS. Beware the cufflinks. :)

ROSI: Return on Sleep Investment

But in another study, also at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, scientists found that people recovered much more quickly from a week of poor sleep when it was preceded by a “banking” week that included nights with 10 hours of shuteye. In other words, if you know you have a week of little sleep ahead of you, try loading up on sleep beforehand, not simply afterward.

via www.nytimes.com

Particularly interesting new for me. I'm trying to get 8 hours of sleep right now in preparation for some busy, sleepless nights ahead.

Basking Shark or Great White? Shark sighting off Martha's Vineyard means I won't be swimming off a boat any time soon

Ned Casey was fishing off the Brickyard last week when a guy fishing out of a 13-foot Boston Whaler began yelling and screaming excitedly about a shark.

Ned was able to capture a brief video clip of the shark. Greg Skomal, Division of Marine Fisheries biologist and shark expert, said the video clip was not long enough to allow for a positive identification. The large shark is either a basking shark (harmless) or a great white (not so harmless). "It is inconclusive," Greg said. "We needed about two more seconds."

via www.mvtimes.com

This is not helping my uncontrollable fear of sharks while swimming off the back of a boat in the ocean. I guess I won't be swimming near the Brickyard next week.

PS. Follow the link. You gotta check out the video.

[ UPDATE: Here's great coverage by the Dorsal Fin blog of a busy summer for Great White sightings off the Cape and Islands.]