March 2009
February 2009
Troubles With Redeeming Quiznos Free Sandwich... →
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Newspaper industry officially on deathbed |... →
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has anyone sucessfully redeemed a quiznos coupon...
if so, where?
Google Puts Small Ads on Pages of News Site, ... →
Google began running small text ads on the pages of its Google News service this week, reviving a debate between the company and some struggling newspaper publishers, who have seen their businesses devastated by the shift of advertising to the Internet.
For more than six years, Google refrained from placing ads on Google News, in part to blunt criticism from newspaper publishers who were...
Snuggie Rode Silly Ads to Stardom Over Rivals →
I can’t say this enough: Slanket > Snuggie.
Politico's Patrick Gavin: What’s a common and accepted practice for Americans nowadays that you think we’ll look back on with regret?
John Kerry: Up until this November, it was voting Republican.
The Impossible Project - Save the Polaroid! →
Polaroid is transforming itself from an analog Instant Film Production Company to a global Consumer Electronics and Digital Imaging company.
Production of analog Instant Film stopped in June 2008, closing the factories in Mexico (Instant Packfilm production) and the Netherlands (Instant Integral production).
Impossible b.v. has been founded with the concrete aim to re-invent and re-start...
“Miracle? There are no miracles.”
– The German Way to Recovery
"In short, Google could not afford to NOT own... →
If High Taxes Led to Growth, the Most-Taxed... →
soupsoup:chuckmore:
For the record, however, the most-taxed countries on Earth (i.e., the countries where revenue is the highest percent of GDP) are in order:
Denmark
Sweden
Belgium
France
Norway
In terms of per capita GDP these are, respectively, the 4th, 9th, 14th, 15th, and 3rd richest countries on earth while the United States is 17th. Of course in part that’s an exchange...
“Indeed, in this downturn, Mr. de Velasco’s printing shop doesn’t seem to be...”
– When The Next Wave Wipes Out by Scott Timberg, NY Times Feb. 25 (via theitis)
“On Wednesday in Paris, two rare Qing dynasty bronze sculptures were sold for...”
– The Crying of Lots 677 and 678
In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their... →
Blink-182 Revisited. →
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YES.
It is so nice to head home with some sunlight still in the sky.
“The perennial debate about whether fun technology is actually terrible for us...”
– Oxford Scientist: Facebook Might Ruin Minds
Are you old? Scare of that which you don’t fully understand? Disdainful of that which is popular? Then come on down to “The Internet Is Satan,” the new game show where we speculate wildly about the future and blame current problems on a...
http://oneder.tumblr.com/ →
Programming reminder:
NERD ALERT.
I have a recurring fascination with the Wonders of The World. There are dozens of half-way legitimate lists (as well as the original seven). This blog will chronicle my fascination with history. The first post – predictably The Great Pyramid of Giza – is a bit boring. But things should liven up when we get in to The Hagia Sophia, Delta Works, Chichen Itza and...
Well put. →
squashed:
I don’t know of actual problems with conservative speakers being welcomed. My New England liberal arts college welcomed Pat Buchannan—and the student group that brought him paid a pretty hefty speaker’s fee. Other groups brought other conservative speakers. A student group brought The Regurgitator. Twice. We welcomed anybody, regardless of political affiliation.
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It's Time for Cities to Favor People, Not Cars -... →
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EMI Suing More Music Sites For Offering 'Playable... →
GOOD IDEA…
“Procrastination may be the mark of a master, an essay says. Only “a complete...”
– The Da Vinci Code of Leaving Things Undone
“The bad old days are the good old days in our memories because they were...”
– The Science of Nostalgia
In a car crash involving a modern vehicle,... →
1 ms - The car’s door pressure sensor detects a pressure wave.
5 ms - Car’s crash computer checks for insignificant crash events, such as a shopping trolley impact or incidental contact. It is still working out the severity of the crash. Door intrusion structure begins to absorb energy.
20 ms - Door and B-pillar begin to push on front seat. Airbag begins to push...
“The progress of ants from this relatively primitive state to the complexity of...”
– Superorganisms
“When commentators warn that a failure by the latest US rescue plan would lead to...”
– FT’s Murrow Moment
