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• I Like It. NY Times indulges academics with an article on the role of beer in the decline o research.
  

  In spite of his study, Dr. Grim, who said he would on occasion enjoy more than 12 beers in a night, is not on a campaign to decrease beer drinking among scientists. Why not? His answer: “I like it.”
  

• Crypto in the backyard. Things one discovers in the backyard: 5th theory of cryptography conference (TCC), 2008, at New York University, March 19--21.

• Green. In NY, St Patrick's day becomes a month. Guiness wants the day to be a national holiday. Bass has joined in.