Month: September 2012
September 19, 2012
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My pirates: pic.twitter.com/NDSkjaRE
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Tim Berners-Lee: demand your data from Google and Facebook | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Tim Berners-Lee said personal data could help computers offer services such as telling you what to read in the morning. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian Tim Berners-Lee , the father of the world wide web, has urged internet users to demand their personal data from online giants such as…
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The fact that @ILoveMoldova retweeted my last tweet just confirms my suspicions.
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I’m pretty sure that “Moldova” is a part of the female anatomy that people forgot to tell me about when I hit puberty.
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Ting Include in GigaOM’s Mobile 15
https://ting.com/blog/ting-include-in-gigaoms-mobile-15/
via @tingFTW
September 18, 2012
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Alexandria 2.0: One Millionaire’s Quest to Build the Biggest Library on Earth | Threat Level |
http://Wired.com
http://j.mp/QjYBvt
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The Jig Is Up: Time to Get Past Facebook and Invent a New Future – Technology – The Atlantic
After five years pursuing the social-local-mobile dream, we need a fresh paradigm for technology startups. Finnish teenagers performing digital ennui in 1996 2006. Reuters. We’re there. The future that visionaries imagined in the late 1990s of phones in our pockets and high-speed Internet in the…
September 17, 2012
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Blue Zoo should have had a huge hit with “Somewhere In The World There’s A Cowboy Smiling”:
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I’m guessing this German band learned “Indian Reservation” phonetically. They clearly don’t get the lyrics.
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In Funkytown, you never have to wear a bra.
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This TOTP performance of “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” has many merits:
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Chess for Girls!
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Log for Girls!
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Pens for Girls!
http://www.amazon.com/BIC-Cristal-1-0mm-Black-MSLP101-Blk/dp/B004F9QBCS
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Cars for girls!
RT @JamesKoole Even my kids think this looks dumb.
http://instagr.am/p/PsQNkLx42d/
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Yes they are. Blackberrys are totally cool.
RT @brundle_fly thinking about moving up to a smart phone… Blackberry’s are cool, right?
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Ah crap, @Oatmeal just made me cry:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/dog_paradox
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Carriers Warn of Crisis in Mobile Spectrum – NYTimes.com
AT&T , Verizon , T-Mobile and Sprint say they need more radio spectrum, the government-rationed slices of radio waves that carry phone calls and wireless data. The wireless carriers say that in the next few years they may not have enough of it to meet the exploding demands for mobile data. The…
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Dripping ketchup on my tunic.
September 16, 2012
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In “Hackers” the 11 y/o hacker is banned from using phone system or computers until he’s 18. Would be considered cruel & unusual now.
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A lot of movie chase scenes end up on draw bridges. “The Net” has both draw bridge and a merry-go-round. And a parade. And Moscone Center!
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It’s amazing how many movie chase scenes end up on merry-go-rounds.
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Moving on to Sandra Bullock in “The Net”. Expecting major tech nostalgia and LOLs.
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I’m watching “Sneakers” for the first time. Much better than I expected. Lots of social hacking and B&E make it more realistic.
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Happy to see @hover make Lifehacker’s short-list for Best Domain Registrar.
http://lifehacker.com/5943452/five-best-domain-name-registrars
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Meet Kraftwerk’s Original 3-D Animator, Rebecca Allen | Underwire | Wired.com
Allen embraces the model of former Kraftwerk drummer Wolfgang Flur. Photo: Linda Law, courtesy Rebecca Allen Kraftwerk wireframe, created by Rebecca Allen and her team in the mid-1980s. Photo: Courtesy Rebecca Allen Kraftwerk inspect each other. Photo: Courtesy Rebecca Allen Close-up of Florian’s…
September 15, 2012
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Why Waiting in Line Is Torture –
http://NYTimes.com
http://j.mp/U7OaAY
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Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? –
http://NYTimes.com
http://j.mp/oNU34c
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Evan Williams | evhead: Ten Rules for Web Startups
Just re-read @ev’s ten rules for startups. Incredible to think it was written in 2005, especially wrt casual content http://t.co/psaBNtcz
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Warren Ellis » How To See The Future
http://j.mp/RNwQ3x
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