September 2011
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May 2011
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March 2011
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Philip Greenspun's Weblog » How did the New York... →
futuramb:
Aside from wondering who will pay more than the cost of a Wall Street Journal subscription in order to subscribe to the New York Times, my biggest question right now is how the NY Times spent a reported $40-50 million writing the code (Bloomberg; other sources are consistent). […] What am I missing?
This is really an important question, where the answer has huge implications for the...
January 2011
1 post
Caterpillar Cowboy: Mark Suster's ideas on... →
likesandlaunch:
“I’m sure everybody has their own definition of the attributes of an entrepreneur. Some of the ones I would identify are:
* Not very status-oriented * Doesn’t follow rules very well and questions authority * Can handle high degrees of ambiguity or uncertainty * Can handle…
November 2010
2 posts
A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory →
romeviharo:
Imagine if you could look at something once and remember it forever. You would never have to ask for directions again. Now a group of scientists has isolated a protein that mega-boosts your ability to remember what you see.
Read more @ Mad Science.
October 2010
2 posts
“Researchers have found several reasons to believe that bacteria affect the...”
– Bacteria ‘R’ Us | Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. Miller-McCune.
So apparently you talk to your poop. (via ninakix)
“today anyone who is incapable of talking in the prescribed fashion, that is of...”
– theodor w. adorno, the schema of mass culture, collected in the culture industry (1991)
September 2010
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August 2010
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“Somewhere in the evolution of a growing company, meetings take over. At the...”
– Rands In Repose: How to Run a Meeting
I love everything this guy writes. (via caterpillarcowboy)
Ryan Freitas: 35 Lessons in 35 Years →
My father always told me that the day we stop learning is the day we die. I wrote this as a sort of preparation for my 35th birthday last week. Some of these are poignant, others are simply trite; I attribute the latter to my growing sense of sentimentality as I age. That, and I need an editor.
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July 2010
2 posts
Cockney to disappear from London 'within 30 years' →
infoneer-pulse:
The Cockney accent will disappear from London’s streets within 30 years, according to new research.
A study by Paul Kerswill, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Lancaster University shows the Cockney accent will move further east.
In London, Cockney will be replaced by Multicultural London English - a mixture of Cockney, Bangladeshi and West Indian accents - the study shows.
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June 2010
4 posts
Every Google search to be logged and saved for 2... →
infoneer-pulse:
Every Google web search could be stored for up to two years under a controversial new EU plan that has the backing of more than 300 Euro-MEPs.
‘Written Declaration 29’ is intended to be used as an early warning system to stop paedophiles by logging what they look for using search engines.
But civil liberty groups have hit out at the proposal which they say is a ‘completely...
“it is estimated that 50 percent of the population [in China] will live in urban...”
– futuramb (via emergentfutures)
Modern Nerd: The Curse of the 30-Second News Cycle →
While some delight in having been first to learn of Michael Jackson’s death or hear about the man who married his pillow, I’ve never seen the appeal. For me, news websites often seem optimised to distract the bored, not to inform the healthily curious. A rapid news cycle coupled with perceived…
March 2010
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January 2010
4 posts
Dear France, Haiti could use their money back.
notentirely:
“So Pat Robertson, to whom the media are still inexplicably willing to pay attention, is saying that Haiti is being punished for an alleged pact with the devil? This might be a reasonable time to point out that, when Haiti threw out the French, it was the latter who were on the side of evil – first, as slaveowners (Haiti was the only modern nation created by a slave revolt). And...
Gandhi's Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the...
notational:
Nice list….but did Gandhi really do “Top 10s”?
iheartmyart:
dirtyhumans:
1. Change yourself. “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” “As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.” 2. You are in control. “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” 3....
December 2009
4 posts
New social networking rule
stevekinney:
mrgan:
dwineman:
No one, under any circumstances, for any reason, is ever obligated to defend his or her “following” list to anybody.*
*Especially people who aren’t on it.
I don’t know what people expect to hear when they ask me why I don’t follow them on whatever website. The answer is simple and obvious: I don’t find what they’re saying interesting.
November 2009
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September 2009
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July 2009
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Rolex and the Great Escape
On 10 March 1943 Corporal Clive James Nutting, one of the organizers of the Great Escape, ordered a stainless steel Rolex Oyster 3525 Chronograph valued at a current equivalent of £1200 by mail directly from Hans Wilsdorf in Geneva, intending to pay for it with money he saved working as a shoemaker at the camp.[25][26][27] The watch, (Rolex watch no. 185983),[25][28] was delivered to Stalag Luft...
March 2009
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Craig Davids crib for sale £6.25m
Craig Davids house is for sale for £6.25m ($9m usd).
Those of you that watch MTV cribs will recognise it. Pictures from cribs here.
Picture from the estate agents site.
Picture form MTV cribs.