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... →
A Radical Plan for Keeping Iran Nukeless Without... →
from International : The Atlantic
Just foolin’ around with GarageBand.
Brief Interpolation on the Contrasting Company... →
from Daring Fireball
Remember, stealing from MIT is a bad idea. →
Shock as Barroso misses rent-a-quote opportunity →
from Berlaymonster
The World's Cutest Surveillance Robot Videographer →
from Technology : The Atlantic
The Party Is Ending in Super-Rich Abu Dhabi →
from International : The Atlantic
“An average sentence, in a German newspaper, is a sublime and impressive...”
– “The Awful German Language” by Mark Twain
Wonkbook: The two generals of Obamaland →
from Wonkblog
“And as of yesterday, Jack Lew, the mild-mannered budget wonk, is running the...”
– Wonkbook: The two generals of Obamaland - The Washington Post
Choices, choices, choices
I’m always slightly overwhelmed at the zillions of choices that are required to get anything done in America. Paper or plastic? Black beans or pinto beans? Cheese or sour cream? How would you like your eggs? Toast or pancakes? Receipt in the bag okay? Inevitably, these questions are delivered in a half-mumbled monotone. That doesn’t matter to the locals who anticipate the questions and...
