April 2010
91 posts
“In a few days, there might not be a eurozone for us to discuss.”
– Nouriel Roubini, quoted by Felix Salmon, who is hiding under the table together with Paul Krugman
“[T]he Greek government cannot announce a policy of leaving the euro — and I’m...”
– Paul Krugman on the feasibility of leaving the euro
The WSJ reports that the oil well spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico didn’t have a remote-control shut-off switch used in two other major oil-producing nations, Brazil and Norway, as last-resort protection against underwater spills.
* U.S. considered requiring it, but drilling companies questioned its cost and effectiveness.
* Device costs about $500,000. The Deepwater Horizon had a...
Homebrew CPU →
(via Scot)
If the hawk supremo says we should help out... →
A flowchart to decide what typeface to use →
Baseball Scout's Ordeal: 13 Years in Cuban Prison... →
“[T]here are really two ways to break news. A Type 1 scoop is a story that if you...”
– Matthew Yglesias » The Fifteen Minutes Problem
EFF: Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over... →
WSJ:
The Greek government is expected on Friday to formally request that it is seeking financial support under a joint European and International Monetary Fund loan package, a government official said Friday.
Greek 10-yr at 8.91 percent. Yikes.
“Zum ersten Mal hat eine europäische Luftfahrtbehörde einen Grenzwert für...”
– sueddeutsche.de
Dollar Redesign →
EETimes:
IBM Research has demonstrated a 3-D technique for patterning at the atomic scale that it says outperforms e-beam lithography in speed and resolution, at lower cost. For the demo, researchers fabricated a 22 x 11-micron map of Earth and a 25-micron-high 3-D rendering of the 14,692-foot-tall Matterhorn. The tiny images, representing a scale of 5 billion to 1, were created in less than 3...
Android – Now On The iPhone →
Akihabara : HTML5 is my Arcade →
Libraries, tools and presets to create pixelated indie-style 8/16-bit era games in Javascript that run in your browser without any Flash plugin.
Deutschlandfunk: 50 Jahre Brasilia →
Daring Fireball Linked List: Photograph of Steve... →
“Last night’s reopening of the skies over the UK followed intense lobbying...”
– Why airlines resisted setting safe dust level for flights – until now | World news | The Guardian
“Number of iPhones with Flash Player: 0. Number of competing phones with Flash...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Regarding Flash Player for Smartphones
Blowing up HTML5 video and mapping it into 3D... →
AWESOME!
Women to blame for earthquakes, says Iran cleric →
“I’m the developer of the Texts From Last Night app for the iPhone. Anyway, I...”
– Android Tries Harder - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
“The idea was that my readers and other bloggers would cheerfully provide me with...”
– Felix Salmon, after asking on his blog how companies are preparing for climate change
HTML5 presentation →
“Greece may require financial assistance of as much as €80 billion ($107.92...”
– WSJ.com
“Angela Merkel hat auch ein neues iPad: ein Geschenk Arnold Schwarzeneggers, des...”
– San Francisco - Berlin: Ende einer überlangen Dienstfahrt - Hintergründe - Politik - FAZ.NET
Volcanic ash relentless as tremors rock Iceland:
“We are all doing our utmost to make sure that the farming community in this area survives this disaster,” Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson told Reuters Television.
He said it was difficult to assess the impact on tourism in the country, which is only just emerging from a deep recession, but that recent events had put Iceland in...
“A previous document, RFC 1341, defines a format and general framework for the...”
– RFC 1437 (rfc1437) - The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium
“Suitable workaround is: apt-get install boats
Will take longer then by plane,...”
– Bug 23223 – Developers (and WMF Staff) need way out of Europe
http://www.aviaciondigitalglobal.com/ →
“Erst Lissabon, nun Rom: Der Irrflug von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel geht...”
– Aschewolke: Kanzlerin auf Irrflug durch Europa | tagesschau.de
Watch Air Traffic - LIVE! →
“Hopes that airports will be opened soon may be premature. Research from Aon...”
– Volcano Insurance, Anyone? - The Source - WSJ
