Month: January 2013
January 16, 2013
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Opinions are non-contemporary | booktwo.org
I gave a quick lunchtime talk at Lighthouse today, as part of a Happenstance open day. It was essentially a quotedump of what’s in my head at the moment, but several people asked for the links mentioned, so here goes. The collective false memory syndrome that the UK is being implanted with, in…
January 15, 2013
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“You want a toe? I can get you a toe.”
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The wonderful Tegan & Sara do a wonderful cover version of The Rolling Stones’ wonderful “Fool To Cry”:
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GIRLS
January 14, 2013
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@NPsteve Keep a small notebook and Ikea pencil in a pocket to record names throughout the day.
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Hack the Cover — by Craig Mod
Hack th e Cover Covers, covers — everywhere — Craig Mod , May 2012 The covers are dead! Dead! Dead like the record jacket! Dead like the laser disc sleeve! Dead like the 8-track cartridge sticker! Dead like the squishy Disney VHS container! Dead like the cassette tape insert! Dead like those damned…
January 13, 2013
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Warren Buffett’s Newspaper Purchase « Clay Shirky
Last week, Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, purchased two dozen small newspapers and their related online properties from Media General, a conglomerate with holdings mainly concentrated in the southeast Unites States. After finalizing the deal, Buffett issued a memo on his view of the…
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January 12, 2013
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Bill Drummond: ‘The creative urge is in us all’ | Music | The Guardian
Bill Drummond standing in the Penkiln Burn, Minnigaff, Dumfries and Galloway, 2009. Photograph: Tracey Moberly H ow do you go about interviewing someone when you have only got four questions to play with? Especially someone like Bill Drummond, whose life is hardly uneventful. From managing Echo and…
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I’m stunned by Aaron Swartz’ death. So sad.
January 11, 2013
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DD18 trolls DD17 pic.twitter.com/dAI1qtZW
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Studying the Brain Can Help Us Understand Our Unscientific Beliefs : The New Yorker
Editors’ Note: Portions of this post appeared in similar form in a December, 2009, piece by Jonah Lehrer for Wired magazine. We regret the duplication of material. Last week, Gallup announced the results of their latest survey on Americans and evolution. The numbers were a stark blow to high-school…
January 10, 2013
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I’m guessing “Lolita” is not a popular girl’s name with new parents these days.
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♫ “Look out honey ‘cause I’m using technology.” ♫
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Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing — HBS Working Knowledge
When planning new products, companies often start by segmenting their markets and positioning their merchandise accordingly. This segmentation involves either dividing the market into product categories, such as function or price, or dividing the customer base into target demographics, such as age,…
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@NPsteve @HertzBarry All I see is a vase.
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I’d have to give #bestbeard to Christoph Waltz.
RT @MichaelThorner: No one nominated Ben Affleck’s beard in Argo. #oscars
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Me too! Just downloaded it.
RT @chrismessina: Really psyched to try out Cesar Kuriyama’s One Second Everyday app!
http://itun.es/us/8MxcJ.i
January 9, 2013
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If you’re having trouble with Rogers’ DNS, try Google’s:
8.8.8.8 and/or
8.8.4.4Or OpenDNS:
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German Credit Agency Plans to Analyze Individual Facebook Pages – SPIEGEL ONLINE
DPA A leading German credit agency wants to mine Facebook for information on people’s creditworthiness. A leading German credit agency plans to mine Facebook and other social networking sites in search of information that could have a bearing on a person’s creditworthiness, according to media…
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I’ve been on Twitter for exactly six years now. I’m user 617,353.
I’ve sure learned a lot from all of you in that six years!
January 8, 2013
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I’m being totally serious here. The new Bowie album cover is one of the best ever.
http://virusfonts.com/news/2013/01/david-bowie-the-next-day-that-album-cover-design/
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Long-distance running and evolution: Why humans can outrun horses but can’t jump higher than cats. – Slate Magazine
The women’s marathon at the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships on Aug. 27, 2011, in Daegu, South Korea. By Chris McGrath/Getty Images. At first glance the annual Man vs. Horse Marathon , set for June 9 in Wales, seems like a joke sport brought to us by the same brilliant minds behind dwarf…
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I tried using “synopsized” in an email fully expecting spell-check to reprimand me, but apparently it’s a real word.
January 7, 2013
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Well, there was this:
http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm
RT @benlucier: I’ve been on the ‘net for more than 20 years… #WhatElseHaveIMissed?