November 2011
50 posts
Why You Can't Read a Kindle During Take-Off—4... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
“It can be very for difficult the most knowledgeable observers to tell where the...”
– Wonkbook: Is Europe finally at the endgame? - The Washington Post
Chart of the day, Apple valuation edition →
from Felix Salmon
“Surely if electronic gadgets could bring down an airplane, you can be sure that...”
– Fliers Still Must Turn Off Devices, but It’s Not Clear Why - NYTimes.com
Hack your monitor and 3D glasses, ensure ultimate... →
from Engadget
Canon EOS 1000D washes ashore in BC, Canada, SD... →
from Engadget
“If you want to carry on being paid in euros: if governed under English or New...”
– FT Alphaville » The legal aspects and abstractions of a euro redenomination
The rise and fall of Bitcoin - how a digital... →
from Counterparties
How Germany could save the Euro →
from Counterparties
“The German Ministry of Finance could offer a two-year loan to the Italian...”
– How Germany could save the euro | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists
CIA Outsmarted by Hezbollah: Is This the Cost of... →
from International : The Atlantic
The Life of a Photo: The Pepper-Spraying Policeman →
from Technology : The Atlantic
WatchReinventing the Leaf: Future Sources of Fuel
“Dass wir in einer Diplomarbeit und mit Materialkosten von etwa 200 Euro unser...”
– Tim Güneysu, zitiert in Kopierschutz: HDCP ist endgültig geknackt
Susan Kare's sketchbook →
from kottke.org
“SIR – Thanks for the story nine years ago on the benefits of office clutter (“In...”
– A letter from Australia. (via theeconomist)
Die unteren Klassen haben Griechenland... →
from Kantoos Economics
Forging art like no one is buying →
from kottke.org
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“We have crossed the Rubicon in this crisis,” said Richard McGuire, senior fixed...”
– Spain pushed to frontline of euro crisis - FT.com
Closure Tools - Google Code →
6th grade iPhone app developer speaks at TEDx →
Remote control helicopter coverage of Warsaw riots →
from kottke.org
The Manhattan grid extended worldwide →
from kottke.org
“The plain fact is that Mr Obama prefers to campaign than govern.”
– Mr President, it’s time to panic - FT.com
“These are the unfortunate facts: a number of governments will need to...”
– Sever the death spiral link of banks and governments - FT.com
“How do I decide if my cubicle mate is a friend, acquaintance or just a contact?...”
– The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)
Pinboard Site Tour — Better Online Bookmarking! →
Will Facebook Be the Next CompuServe? →
from Technology : The Atlantic
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The world's largest digital camera...
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FT: scenarios for Italy http://t.co/NdFymyx
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RT @Reuters: Exclusive: French, Germans explore...
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“The eurozone’s leadership has disposed of George Papandreou’s disruptive desire...”
– Martin Wolf, on that pesky thing called democracy.
“Europe’s centrist politicians have committed themselves to a strategy of “more...”
– Europe’s Next Nightmare - Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
FORA.tv - Growth Has an Expiration Date →
Do we deserve to use the word ‘sustainable’?
“Steve Jobs, Isaacson’s biography makes clear, was a complicated and exhausting...”
– Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker
The Village Voice: Emergency Alert System to... →
villagevoice:
This Wednesday, a day after we narrowly avoid being hit by an asteroid, America will face yet another threat: television interruption. On November 9th, the FCC, FEMA, Homeland Security, and the National Weather Service will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. Mediaite…
“Last week’s European summit was supposed to be the game-changer, but the...”
– BBC News - Greece and the euro: A game-changing summit after all
Yield Thought: I swapped my MacBook for an... →
yieldthought:
On September 19th, I said goodbye to my trusty MacBook Pro and started developing exclusively on an iPad + Linode 512. This is the surprising story of a month spent working in the cloud.
“The modern equivalent of the band widening of 1993 would be to maintain the euro...”
– Striking Euro Gold (and Silver) - Harold James - Project Syndicate