December 2011
73 posts
RT @Queen_UK: Alright Australia, don't get carried...
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RT @Queen_UK: Bit bored of 2011 now. One'll give...
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Our Most-Read Stories of the Year (And a Few... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
A Single Boeing 777 Engine Delivers Twice the... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
TOP SECRET: Your Briefing on the CIA's Cold-War... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
“Brussels has decided to play hardball with Orbán. No change in the legislation,...”
– Hungary: playing chicken | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
The Future Needs an Attitude Adjustment →
from Do the Math
People Who Didn’t Get What They Wanted for... →
from Daring Fireball
canticle: Dictionary.com Word of the Day →
from Dictionary.com Word of the Day
Kremlinology is back:
Gen. Ri Yong Ho, who stood on Kim Jong Eun’s right in the weekend photo, went to school with his father Kim Jong Il and was the same age. As well, Mr. Ri’s father fought alongside Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il’s father and Kim Jong Eun’s grandfather, against the Japanese in World War II. Mr. Ri’s father later became the Kim family doctor. Standing...
Dear Congress, please don't break the Internet →
from Counterparties
What it was like to run a bar in Baghdad during... →
from Counterparties
The Early Days of E-Cards →
from Technology : The Atlantic
Happy Xmas! at Lampertheim
Die Kerninflation hat einen wahren Kern →
from Kantoos Economics
How the punks of Portland turned to disco →
The Case Against Alleged WikiLeaks Supplier... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
Get Ready for Land Grabs at 5, 60 GHz →
from News
“By the time Box is talking to an IT buyer about replacing SharePoint or another...”
– When the Price Is Free(mium) - Technology Review
RA Poll: Top 50 tracks of 2011 →
RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2011 →
2011: Shift Happens →
from Monday Note
What Would the Iron Lady Do? →
London Court Rules U.S. Must Release Pakistani... →
from International : The Atlantic
“The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad...”
– Picture of Dorian Gray - Chapter 4 - Oscar Wilde
Connecting the Dots: Finding Patterns in Large... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
The rise of the NBA nerd →
from kottke.org
ProPublica Unveils a New Web-Journalism Feature →
from Technology : The Atlantic
HTTP status cats by GirlieMac: classic server... →
from Boing Boing
Fiction of the EU Summit's Accepted 'Facts' -... →
All such meetings are surrounded by hyperbole, for which my own trade shares its responsibility, disingenuousness and even dishonesty. But last week’s was an object lesson in how in subsequent discussions of things that aren’t true, or are half true, are accepted as facts. Here are a few.
Why Quantum of Solace wasn't so good →
from kottke.org
How to Properly Use Apple’s Guidance to Accurately... →
from Daring Fireball
Researchers: Carbon better than copper for TSVs →
from Blog
Column: Obama’s last-chapter problem — and ours →
from Wonkblog
Mo methane, mo problems →
from kottke.org
“Now consider average current account deficits over 1999-2007. On this measure,...”
– Merkozy failed to save the eurozone - FT.com
“The eurozone deal will fail because it offers no explanation of how, precisely,...”
– Why the eurozone deal will fail - FT.com
Are Europe’s new debt rules impossible? →
from Wonkblog
“The fundamental problem for Kodak was that its management misdefined the...”
– A commenter on Technology Review
The Perfect Speaker for the Hi-Fi-Turned-Wi-Fi... →
from Technology : The Atlantic
iPad 3 Expected to Launch in Around March-April →
from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page
