February 2012
16 posts
FAZ Wirtschaftsblog: Immer Ärger mit der Geldmenge →
Rubber ducks explain the Greek negotiations →
from Felix Salmon
The Scale of the Universe 2 →
The scale of the Universe →
from kottke.org
The Value of Making Reading Hard →
from Technology : The Atlantic
Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
Earth Station: The Afterlife of Technology at the... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
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“This all makes you realize something that has been a longtime thematic...”
– Stephen Colbert Stirs Up Political Campaign and Media - NYTimes.com
“Colbert has spent the past few months making every part of Justice Anthony...”
– Stephen Colbert is winning the war against the Supreme Court and Citizens United. - Slate Magazine
“You made me swallow my gum. It’s going to be in my digestive tract for...”
Germany, Greece, and the conspiracy of the... →
from Felix Salmon
Super Bowl preview for non-football fans →
from kottke.org
January 2012
54 posts
Happiness Takes (A Little) Magic | The Wirecutter →
Via Jason Kottke.
“Keenly aware that youth unemployment has been a driving factor in revolutions...”
– Saudis Push Young People, Including Women, Into Jobs - WSJ.com
The Love Box is an analog video mixer, house of... →
from Engadget
The thing about 998,001 is... →
from kottke.org
Apple's Secrecy Extends to Putting New Employees... →
from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page
Doonesbury for Saturday, January 28, 2012 →
from Doonesbury
Right on: @smalera: Twitter’s censorship is a gray...
@nimi on Twitter
“[The Mercedes S-Class] is, in short, a stealthily semiautonomous computer on...”
– Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here | Magazine
Australian Open final game
What It's Like to Photograph the Northern Lights →
from Technology : The Atlantic
“It’s weird that Summers, who loves debate, generally refuses to sit down in some...”
– Summers: “Inside Job had essentially all its facts wrong” | Felix Salmon
In the Developing World, Solar Is Cheaper than... →
Picture of the Day: Europe at Night →
from Technology : The Atlantic
“Chunyun, or Spring Festival travel rush, is a period in which Chinese people...”
– Homesick: Why Chinese Migrants Will Take 3.2 Billion Trips Over 40 Days - The Atlantic
“Parenting is just one part of a French mother’s life, alongside stilettos and a...”
– Ever since “French Women Don’t Get Fat” became a bestseller in America a few years ago, a new genre has emerged devoted to the failings that French women don’t possess. Now a new book turns attention to the impossibly well-mannered offspring of these impossibly chic women. (via theeconomist)
Assetblasen, Boom-Bust-Zyklen, und Patrick Bernaus... →
from Kantoos Economics
Esther Dyson’s hopes for Russia →
from Felix Salmon
‘Take Your Medicine’ →
from Daring Fireball
Use Google? Time to Get Real About Protecting Your... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
“I have never written an advertisement in the office. Too many interruptions. I...”
– David Ogilvy, cited by Letters of Note (via Jason Kottke)
Tracking Pyongyang →
jstn:
A new tumblr about North Korea from my brother Julien, who speaks Korean and tells me that lots of interesting stories slip through the cracks if you only read western sources.
Felix Salmon: Fear in Davos →
“Some have suggested eurobonds or bigger funds. Consider a more targeted idea,...”
– Robert Zoellick, writing in the FT
Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem →
from Monday Note
RT @felixsalmon: I'm not sure what just happened...
@nimi on Twitter
Internet 2011 in numbers →
Sh!t New Yorkers say: http://t.co/g4pBX0TM
@nimi on Twitter
BBC News - Strathclyde University scientists end... →