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Mar 10
Fri
American architect beats his own world record after creating the world’s largest house of cards (vid)   (0)
218,792 cards + 272kg + 44 days + no glue or tape = Venetian Macau in cards. Just mindblowing. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:06am
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Mar 10
Wed
Packing tips: Travel like a journalist (txt)   (0)
An Economist article that seems really cool for some reason. "Reading material: a photocopy of a good poem, preferably in Russian or some other foreign language that you have to think hard about, folded in the wallet just in case you are stuck with no electronic or other diversion." (Quicklink)  •  •  8:23pm
If you became the last person on Earth, what would you do? Realistically. (txt)   (0)
Epic comment from a Redditor. But since when was banana an exotic fruit? From Kottke. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:21pm
Activision is Truly Embroiled in Modern Warfare (txt)   (0)
A complaint submitted to court that really complains. If only all documents like that were that fun to read. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:19pm
Bill Murray lives out his Lost In Translation character’s life (txt)   (0)
This is old news, but it's still cool. "A few weeks before Halloween, on the night before the October 7 New York premiere of his film City of Ember, Bill popped up again, seemingly adrift, at the Half King, the West Chelsea pub co-owned by author Sebastian Junger. Sophie Ellis, a petite brunette 22-year-old in town from London for journalism work-study, and two pretty young friends were having a quiet drink, when the actor walked in and unexpectedly joined their table, buying them two bottles of champagne." And the last paragraph is great. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:17pm
PSA from Chopper Read (NSFW) (vid)   (0)
Harden up. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:15pm
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Mar 10
Tue
Canada: the country that pees together stays together (img)   (0)
A graph of water consumption in Edmonton during the Whistler Olympic Gold Medal Ice Hockey Game. Lots of people holding it until the end of the game. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:45pm
Wikipedia “Unusual Articles” entry (txt)   (0)
Prepare to spend a lot of time reading. This page is fantastic. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:37pm
Why do babies take so long to walk? (txt)   (0)
Compared to every other animal. Like, a foal can walk an hour after birth. Sci Am has an answer. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:11pm
Driver: My Prius took me for a ride (vid)   (0)
Car accelerates. And doesn't stop accelerating. There's no metal wire connecting the accelerator pedal to the engine anymore - it's all electronic, which is scary when things like this go wrong. This is more publicity that Toyota certainly doesn't need. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:05pm
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Mar 10
Mon
New Mercedes technology drives cars through traffic by themselves (txt)   (0)
It's called the "Distronic Plus Traffic Jam Assistant" and keeps cars in their lanes and a safe distance from the car in front at speeds of up to 40km/h. Freaky. At the moment it's only in the concept F 800 Style which will cost some unholy sum of money. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:18pm
WoW Facts (img)   (0)
North America + Europe annual revenue = $800m (39% of userbase). Asia makes up 48% of the userbase. WoW also has 62% of the global MMORPG market. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:05pm
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Mar 10
Thu
“Is this footage going to come back to haunt us or what?” (vid)   (0)
You better believe it. Good calls, Carl. (Channel 9 news anchors play curling on the Wii.) (Quicklink)  •  •  11:00pm
24 Secret Restaurant Menus Revealed (txt)   (0)
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Distribution of eight largest fast fooad chains in US (img)   (0)
Infographic. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:53pm
The Bible, seen from outer space (img)   (0)
Creative CGI. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:51pm
Business Cards for the Facebook Generation (a minimalist approach) (img)   (0)
Actually, that's more like a personal calling card. A business card would be "(name). I'm on LinkedIn." (Quicklink)  •  •  10:50pm
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Mar 10
Mon
Transcript of CNBC’s Three Hour Interview with Warren Buffett (txt)   (0)
Three hours is a lot of words. Strap in and enjoy. Buffett's mental stamina and acuity is amazing. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:31pm
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Feb 10
Sun
Auralization of what separates places at the Winter Olympics (aud)   (0)
The NY Times has a page which shows visual and audio representations of how just how little time separates rankings in alpine skiing, skeleton, bobsled, luge, and speedskating events. "At the Olympics, the blink of an eye can be all that separates the gold medalist from the 10th-place finisher. In some events, this is obvious. But in others, with athletes racing one by one, the closeness of the race is harder to perceive." (Quicklink)  •  •  5:04pm
Graphic showing relationship of all milk products and by-products (img)   (0)
There are a lot of them. Now you can know what Little Miss Muffet was eating. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:00pm
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway 2009 Letter to Shareholders (txt)   (0)
Released a couple days ago, this letter makes for very interesting reading - Buffett's shareholder communications are always very personable and frank (down to the P.S. at the end). Street Capitalist pulls out some of the more interesting points, if you don't want to go through 18 pages. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:04pm
Astronaut tweets pic of Chile earthquake (img)   (0)
"Concepcion, Chile. Mega earthquake (M8.3) hit this city this morning. Photo taken a few hours ago. We pray for you." (Quicklink)  •  •  1:02am
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Feb 10
Wed
UC Berkeley Prof. Headed For Ninth Circuit Nomination (txt)   (0)
Amazingly, today there are no Asian-Americans sitting full time on any federal appellate court. Actually, thinking of Australia, I've never heard of any Asian-Australian judges that sit at the state Supreme Court level or above. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:48pm
Start-up clients: A “miserable and tortuous” hell? (txt)   (0)
A blog post in response to this post entitled, "Top 10 reasons why entrepreneurs hate lawyers". (Quicklink)  •  •  11:13pm
Infographic: Breakdown of the Blogosphere (img)   (0)
No idea where these numbers are from or if they're accurate. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:07pm
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Feb 10
Tue
How Google’s Algorithm Rules the Web (txt)   (0)
Wired article. "Throughout its history, Google has devised ways of adding more signals, all without disrupting its users' core experience. Every couple of years there's a major change in the system - sort of equivalent to a new version of Windows - that's a big deal in Mountain View but not discussed publicly. 'Our job is to basically change the engines on a plane that is flying at 1,000 kilometers an hour, 30,000 feet above Earth,' Singhal says." Marvelously complex, incredibly optimized, and improved by the day. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:36pm
Who am I? (txt)   (0)
"Temp jobs are a double edged sword. On the one hand, you only have to put up with these people for a specified amount of time, but on the other hand, you have to put up with these people for a specified amount of time. Aye, there's the rub. ..." It took me until the second last sentence to realize what was going on. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:25pm
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Feb 10
Mon
My book’s in the SLS library! (web)   (1)
Not at my instigation, but I'm not complaining. KF292 .S74 L64 2009. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:01pm
Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle (txt)   (0)
A vitriolic article (in Rolling Stone magazine, no less) complaining that "Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're recreating the conditions for another crash". I wonder if the characterization of i-banks as billion dollar con men is not too far off the mark? (Quicklink)  •  •  9:18pm
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Feb 10
Sun
11 Great Moments In Maths and Science Class (img)   (0)
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121 Epigrams on Programming (txt)   (0)
Published 1982. "Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it." Thanks Pete. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:57pm
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Feb 10
Thu
For Apple suppliers, loose lips can sink contracts (txt)   (0)
Anxious to preserve contracts with Apple, Asian suppliers maintain extraordinarily tight security around their factories. "[E]ven the people who man the assembly lines have no idea what the finished product will look like." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:03pm
The Case For An Older Woman (txt)   (0)
OKCupid does a lot of statistical analysis on its userbase, leading to some very interesting posts. The most fascinating observation was the abrupt change in mindset that seems to occur when a woman hits 20, and again when she hits 30. (See other posts on their blog.) (Quicklink)  •  •  12:08am
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Feb 10
Wed
Slate Magazine on food expiration dates (txt)   (1)
"These dates have no real legal meaning, either. Only last year, 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner reversed the conviction of a wily entrepreneur who'd relabeled 1.6 million bottles of Henri's salad dressing with a new 'Best when purchased by' date. Posner argued that the prosecutor had unjustly condemned the dressing as rancid, rotten, and harmful, when in fact there was no evidence to suggest that the mature product posed a safety threat." (Quicklink)  •  •  11:32pm
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Feb 10
Mon
The Case of the Serial Comma (txt)   (0)
When you enumerate more than two things, you need a comma before the "or" or "and" (eg, the good, the bad, and the ugly). This is my rule of thumb for commas: if you would pause naturally when reading the sentence out aloud, that's where a comma should go. You pause between each item of a list, so it makes sense that a comma should go before an "or" or "and". Don't know why they taught me otherwise in primary school. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:32am
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Feb 10
Sat
Veoh Files for Bankruptcy After Fending Off Infringement Charges (txt)   (0)
Veoh blames it on the lawsuit from Universal Music (which Veoh actually won - I wrote a note about the case here). After $70m in funding, they were unable to raise another round of cash. Not sure what the issue was - that the lawsuit made them burn through their cash quicker than it would take for them to get to profitability? Or their investors just didn't see the path to profit so didn't want to pony up more? (Quicklink)  •  •  6:27pm
Google Buzz Trick (img)   (0)
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Feb 10
Fri
El Bulli to Close Permanently (txt)   (0)
It's down... and out. The upcoming season's diners will be the last to dine at the world's best restaurant. Looks like Adria was tired of making up to €500k in losses each year for the last 10 years. (It kinda makes the €250+ meal price tag seem... digestible.) (Quicklink)  •  •  10:37pm
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Feb 10
Tue
A Michelin Star Shines in Mongkok (txt)   (0)
The world's cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant is in Hong Kong. I thought I linked to this a while ago, but I can't seem to find it. So here it is (possibly for the second time). (Quicklink)  •  •  11:30pm
Kulula Airlines has cool livery on one of its 737s (img)   (0)
Kulula, South Africa's budget airline, has annotated one of their 737s with lime green livery which annotates the plane's features. Annotations include: "loo (or mile-high club initiation chamber", "black box (which is actually orange)", "landing gear (comes standard with supa-fly mags)", "a.p.u (extra power when you need it most)". (The apu is the auxiliary power unit which provides electricity to the plane when the main engines are off.) Link goes to pictures of the plane. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:50pm
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Jan 10
Sat
El Bulli closing for two years (txt)   (0)
Well, it's not like 99.5% of us could get a reservation there anyway. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:11am
Obama takes a swipe at SCOTUS during his State of the Union speech… (vid)   (1)
... while (almost) the entire court is sitting there. And everyone else around them is standing up and clapping. Awwwwwwkward. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:10am
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Jan 10
Wed
Earth becoming invisible to aliens (txt)   (0)
This would be great material for a sci-fi story. "Dr Frank Drake said the phasing out of analogue transmissions from television, radio and radar was making our planet electronically invisible from outer space. ... But he said with satellites aiming much of their transmissions towards earth now virtually no radiation was escaping into outer space. He explained: 'Now the actual amount of radiation escaping is about two watts, not much more than you get from a cell phone. If this continues into the future, very soon our world will become undetectable.'" (Quicklink)  •  •  9:58pm
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Jan 10
Tue
Reflections on Australia Day (txt)   (0)
"It’s obvious that we appreciate and take pride in these people and their accomplishments. But for whatever reason, they haven’t become as much a part of our national story as our athletes and larrikins — even though, in many ways, they better reflect the country’s diversity and reality than the myth. In part, this is because Australia has always had a difficult time defining itself. Put it down to our post-European settlement culture being born too late in the game and evolving in insufficient isolation to become truly culturally distinct. But it’s also because it’s part of the very nature of national mythologies to be a pile of crap. I mean, does anyone seriously think that the French are all snobs who wear stripes, or that Americans are all brainless cowboys?" Another one via Ros. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:52pm
What to expect at tomorrow’s Apple media event (txt)   (0)
This has a good summary of what people are expecting out of tomorrow. I think that people are going to be very distracted at work tomorrow morning. Bonus link: iWish comic. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:26pm
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Jan 10
Mon
Google Search Stories (vid)   (0)
These videos are great. Watch a few, you'll understand what it is pretty quickly. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:35pm
Google Chrome Extensions now in Chrome stable (web)   (0)
Chrome's Extensions have now been released into the newly released stable version of Chrome (along with a bookmark sync feature). You can update your copy of Chrome via the "About Google Chrome" menu (or it will automatically do it some time over the next week. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:05pm
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Jan 10
Sun
Random Wiki entry of the day: Manic Pixie Dream Girl (txt)   (0)
"Manic pixie dream girl (MPDG) is a name given to a type of stock character in films. Film critic Nathan Rabin, who coined the phrase after seeing Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown, describes the MPDG as 'that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.'" (Quicklink)  •  •  11:56am
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Jan 10
Thu
The Benevolent Sun (txt)   (0)
An article about an American's visit to North Korea. I never get tired of these. Also: the Vice Guide to NK is a short video doco of a similar state-sanctioned tour. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:47pm
The Space Cannon (txt)   (0)
Half a billion bucks plus 7 years and we could be shooting payloads into outer space. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:57pm
A physical sculpture that perpetually attempts to auction itself on eBay (img)   (0)
Intriguing. Amusing. But for some reason, also somewhat sinister. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:02pm
Random Wiki entry of the day: UVB-76 (txt)   (0)
"UVB-76 is the callsign of a shortwave radio station that usually broadcasts on the frequency 4625 kHz (AM full carrier). It's known among radio listeners by the nickname The Buzzer. It features a short, monotonous buzz tone, repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, for 24 hours per day. The station has been observed since around 1982. In rare occasions, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place. Only three such events have been noted. There is much speculation; however, the actual purpose of this station remains unknown." (Quicklink)  •  •  5:27pm
ASCIImeo (web)   (0)
Vimeo's videos, asciified. Via @avstand. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:05pm
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Jan 10
Wed
Top 20 movies for law students (txt)   (0)
I've only seen 7 of them and would add A Civil Action to the list. The post author, James Levy, wants to add Deliverance to the list because it neatly illustrates "the policy underlying removal jurisdiction". Yes, yes. That, and aggravated sexual assault. Life was never quite the same after watching that scene. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:29pm
Apple Boot Camp now has official support for Windows 7 (web)   (0)
Oh please announce a MBP refresh next week. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:41pm
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Jan 10
Tue
Charting the Beatles (img)   (0)
An exploration of Beatles music through infographics. Neat. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:26pm
China Pulls 2D Avatar From Theaters (txt)   (0)
Contains some interesting remarks about the Chinese film industry. "China's box office is still small compared with North America's, but the country is a growing marketplace for Hollywood. Revenues surged from 920 million yuan in 2003 to 4.3 billion yuan ($630 million) in 2008 -- compared to $9.8 billion in the U.S. in the same year, according to government statistics." (Quicklink)  •  •  7:23pm
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Jan 10
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2010: Living In the Future – the book (img)   (0)
Daniel Sinker rediscovered a book he first picked up in the mid-80s. It's a children's book envisioning what life would be like in 2010 (38 years after the book was published in 1972). He scanned the entire book.

Incidentally, whenever I write 2010, the year looks so futuristic. I wonder when that feeling will wear off? (Quicklink)  •  •  11:32pm
Gender balance on social networking sites (img)   (0)
Infographic showing that there are more women than men on just about all of them! (Quicklink)  •  •  8:46pm
raraahahahromaromamagagaoohlala.com (web)   (0)
What the domain name says. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:43pm
Assertive China goes a great leap too far (txt)   (0)
John Garnaut writes how censorship is indicative of the Chinese government's general attitudes which do not create an environment conducive to developing innovators. "Technological innovation, including writing software code, tends to happen when free-ranging minds can freely connect with others in different companies, institutions and walks of life. It requires systems that reward the taking of good, long-term risks. The Chinese Communist Party has never coped well with any of these." (Quicklink)  •  •  8:41pm
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Jan 10
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Understanding time dilation (vid)   (0)
This is the most intuitive conceptualization of Einstein's special theory of relativity that I've seen. Random memory: I remember myself a friend trying to explain this to another friend many years ago back in high school and it wouldn't take. It was a really frustrating hour. In the end, I think he got it sooner than we realized, but he was having too much fun seeing how pissy we were getting. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:30pm
The Denzel Washington Venn Diagram (img)   (0)
Hat? Glasses? Facial Hair? (Quicklink)  •  •  8:14pm
38 Snowmen Nightmares: Scenes from Calvin and Hobbes In Real Life (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  8:13pm
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Jan 10
Wed
Profile on Haiti (txt)   (0)
Times Article from May 2009. "Haiti is mired in historic debt and in danger of complete collapse. It is stricken by flood and famine, and kidnap, rape and child abuse are rife. So what is the West doing to rescue the ‘nightmare republic’?" And now, an earthquake. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:38pm
40 Gut-Busting Restaurant Challenges for Free Food (txt)   (0)
Hmm that large bowl of Pho (#6) looks pretty appetizing actually. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:20pm
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Jan 10
Mon
Top Cyberlaw Developments of 2009 (web)   (0)
Eric Goldman has posted a great list of 10 major developments in US internet case law. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:18pm
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Jan 10
Wed
Nine Strange Things Found While Searching for Wally (img)   (0)
I refuse to call him Waldo. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:48pm
Google censors autosuggest results in the US, too (txt)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  10:27am
The Meanest and Funniest Japanese Television Pranks Ever (vid)   (0)
The Japanese are geniuses!! Prepare for a lot of schadenfreude. And laughing. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:37am
More rumors about impeding launch of Apple Tablet (txt)   (0)
In short: March launch, about 10 inches, described as a "multimedia device that will let people watch movies and television shows, play games, surf the Internet and read electronic books and newspapers." Better than the PADD. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:25am
The financials behind Avatar (txt)   (0)
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Jan 10
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PayPal vs Fake PayPal: Can You Tell the Difference? (txt)   (0)
With the internationalization of domain names, phishers may have an easier job because letters in some non-roman character sets look like roman characters after they go through unicode translation (eg, cyrillic). This is pretty scary. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:56pm
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Dec 09
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The World Without Us (img)   (0)
If humans disappeared from the Earth, how long would it take for our civilization to disappear? (Quicklink)  •  •  10:28am
How Photo Manipulation Can Be Detected (img)   (0)
An analysis of a Victoria's Secret photo. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:23am
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Dec 09
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Avatar on the list of highest-grossing films (txt)   (0)
Avatar, open for only a couple of weeks, has already grossed over $600 million globally and is currently ranked 47 (and climbing fast). I still haven't seen it, but will remedy that this week. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:49pm
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Dec 09
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Winter Storm Disrupts Holiday Travel (txt)   (0)
Lucky to be in California! (Quicklink)  •  •  10:13am
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Dec 09
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Apple schedules special event for Jan. 26, 2010 (txt)   (0)
Speculation rampant that the fabled Apple Tablet will be announced. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:34am
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Dec 09
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Video of Texan Man Tackling Emu In Roadside Wrestling Match (vid)   (0)
Yes, you read that correctly. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:35pm
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Dec 09
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What would a space battle really look like? (txt)   (0)
Joseph Shoer, a PhD student in aerospace engineering, conducts a thought experiment. He points out things like how explosions don't cause much damage in a vacuum, and how bridge crews don't really need windows. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:07pm
The Karate Kid (remade) trailer (vid)   (0)
Being a child of the 80s, I loved the original Karate Kid. This remake sees Will Smith's kid move to Beijing with his single mum. There, he is bullied by the local Chinese kids, until Mr Miyagi... I mean, Mr Han (played by Jackie Chan), takes him in for kung fu lessons. It looks pretty cool actually! Sweep the leg!! (Quicklink)  •  •  8:32pm
Google Translate now with transliteration (web)   (0)
I just noticed that Google Translate now has a "type phonetically" function. You can type in an English transliteration (where you spell out the sounds in english letters), and it will convert it into the relevant foreign characters/letters. It works at the moment for Arabic, Persian and Hindi. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:36am
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Dec 09
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The 25 Best High-Tech Pranks (txt)   (0)
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Alma (vid)   (0)
A short animated film directed by Rodigo Blaas, a Pixar animator. Great animation, but it's a dark story. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:48pm
SlideShare’s Best Presentations of 2009 (img)   (0)
Some pretty presentations on there. A lot of them seem to be designed to standalone, which might not be the best design for a presentation which is delivered in person (because the focus is meant to be on the presenter, and the slides are meant to support, not replace him or her). (Quicklink)  •  •  11:40am
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Dec 09
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North America In-Flight WiFi Status Update 2009/2010 (txt)   (1)
It's not surprising that the airlines I've had better experiences with are the ones which are more likely to have Wifi onboard. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:43pm
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Dec 09
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The Top 10 Cyberlaw Developments of 2009 (txt)   (0)
For anyone interested in (US) tech law. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:50pm
Australia, the lucky country (txt)   (0)
That's lucky as in "Australians are lucky to be living there" not "Australians got there by luck". Link from Kev. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:44pm
Epic 70-Minute Review Of Star Wars 1 (vid)   (0)
This video has been posted everywhere, but in case you missed it, this is well worth the 70 minutes of your time. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:35pm
The Big Picture’s Decade in Photographs (img)   (0)
50 Iconic Photographs from the 2000s. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:34pm
Reddit’s Secret Santa Program (txt)   (0)
This is a really cool idea and it looks like it was a great success. I read Reddit on most days but I somehow totally missed this was going on. Also, the site gallery is a great place for gift ideas. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:41am
Twitter via Fax (vid)   (0)
For the geriatric generation. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:05am
Life Magazine’s 2009 Photos of the Year (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:03am
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Dec 09
Thu
Iron Man 2 Trailer (vid)   (0)
May 2010. Oh yeah. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:58pm
The Complete Calvin & Hobbes (img)   (0)
A 105mb zip file of all the strips is also available for download. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:05pm
Personalized Gallon Jugs of Tabasco (img)   (0)
I know maybe one person who would actually appreciate this. Still, it seems kinda cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:38pm
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Dec 09
Wed
Malaysian Firm Buys Friendster (You Forgot Friendster?) (txt)   (0)
I missed this - it happened last week. The acquisition price is reported to be under $30m. Friendster is still fairly popular in SE Asia (just like Orkut is big in Brazil). (Quicklink)  •  •  10:55pm
iPhone developers abandoning app model for HTML5? (txt)   (0)
But how you gonna make money from that webpage? The App Store is a monetization machine. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:04pm
Multi-exposure, dual perspective recursive photo (img)   (0)
Took me a little while to figure out what was going on! Nicely set up. What I can't figure out he how he got the shadows right... so either he's a twin, or it's 'shopped. (I mean the shadows, of course the photo-within-the-photo is 'shopped.) (Quicklink)  •  •  10:51am
The Morgan Freeman Chain of Command (img)   (3)
Haha! (Quicklink)  •  •  10:28am
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Dec 09
Tue
Aussie Government green lights internet filter plans (txt)   (0)
*sigh*. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:05am
Insane Chart of Biochemical Pathways (img)   (0)
It means nothing to me, but it looks extraordinary. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:04am
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@newlywedsontjob on Twitter (txt)   (0)
Here's the background to this Best Man's prank. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:46pm
A Double Arch (img)   (0)
In the Chartreuse Mountains. Looks spectacular. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:55am
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Dec 09
Fri
Jared Diamond writes on Big Business and how they can be positive for the environment (txt)   (1)
I like this article. There are also a bunch of bullet points at the end of the article that are compelling. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:41pm
Time’s Year in Pictures 2009 (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:28am
10
Dec 09
Thu
NY Times Mag’s Ninth Annual Year in Ideas (txt)   (0)
Some of my favourites are: Cognitive Illiberalism, Kitchen Sink That Puts Out Fires, Massively Collaborative Mathematics (if only for the novelty of two Fields medallists posting comments on a blog), Social Networks as Foreign Policy. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:32pm
9
Dec 09
Wed
New Facebook Privacy Settings (txt)   (0)
Facebook recommends that you share your information with... the whole world. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:28pm
8
Dec 09
Tue
Vanderbilt Law student trolling on Craigslist for, well, a w4m “Joinder of Parties” (txt)   (0)
And here's a Vanderbilt m4w who wants to "pierce your corporate veil". Must be getting lonely in the law library there during finals week. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:55pm
A Catalogue of Everyday Stuff That Has Become Extinct this Decade (img)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  7:37pm
7
Dec 09
Mon
The Soccer Wars (txt)   (0)
Foreign Policy article. "The latest source of instability in the Middle East isn't the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or Iran's nukes -- it's a bitter soccer rivalry between Egypt and Algeria." (Quicklink)  •  •  8:15pm
Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo (vid)   (0)
Sir Richard introduces the world's first manned commercial spacecraft. See also this Wired article. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:44pm
Google introduces real-time searches (web)   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:24pm
6
Dec 09
Sun
How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell (img)   (0)
I can certainly relate to this. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:24pm
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Nov 09
Wed
San Francisco: Footage from 1905   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  3:44pm
Distance between planets   (0)
To scale. Video. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:44pm
A video of the formation of the universe, Earth, and life   (0)
Beautiful CGI. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:44pm
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Nov 09
Sat
Best Videos from the Web   (0)
Great site. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:12pm
If Earth had rings (video)   (0)
Beautiful. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:12pm
Internet Vices   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  2:01am
18
Nov 09
Wed
Where Should I Eat? Fast Food Edition (Flowchart)   (0)
I'm 13 from 18. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:37am
17
Nov 09
Tue
Nathan Myhrvold – After Microsoft, Bringing a High-Tech Eye to Professional Kitchens   (0)
Molecular gastonomy. And a 1,500 page cookbook. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:19pm
7
Nov 09
Sat
The Complete Guide to Google Wave   (0)
Wave will either make it massively big, or it will peter out. But either way, it will take a relatively long time to happen. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:39am
The Manufacturing of an American Soldier   (0)
An incredible pictorial/photo series. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:39am
The ghost fleet of the recession anchored just east of Singapore   (0)
Fascinating article. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:39am
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Nov 09
Fri
Melbourne To London with a Wideangle Lens   (0)
Here's another one (done 5 months earlier, but without the same kind of publicity, it seems) (Quicklink)  •  •  12:09am
Denver to Singapore (and back) in 5 minutes   (0)
This is pretty darn neat. I love how his first stop in Singapore was Sim Lim Square! But I don't know why you'd need to go there when you have companies like Newegg in the States... (Quicklink)  •  •  12:09am
5
Nov 09
Thu
Great Facebook wall call   (0)
NSFW language (Quicklink)  •  •  2:00am
4
Nov 09
Wed
Blast from the past: computer specs from 1999   (0)
This what $4000 bought me 11 years ago (about $5500-6000 adjusted for inflation). Goodness gracious. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35am
XKCD Infographic – character groupings for movies over time   (0)
The one for LOTR is nothing short of awesome. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35am
The history of the IMG html tag   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:35am
Sorry. Thanks. Road Rage Reduction Project – words in the rear windscreen   (0)
I'm just waiting for the jokes about Asian drivers needing this. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35am
Pirate Bay closure sparked file-sharing boom   (0)
"The temporary closure of the Pirate Bay had the unforeseen side effect of forcing torrent sharers underground and causing a 300% increase in sites providing access to copyright files, according to McAfee." Get with the program, guys. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35am
TomTom for the iPhone 3GS released   (0)
The pricing is stupid. The iPhone app is $100. The car kit is $120 (for some plastic and a charging cable - they don't even provide an audio out cable). That's $220. I can get a pretty decent standalone GPS with louder volume and a bigger screen for that price. And Google is doing their app for free. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35am
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Nov 09
Tue
Blast from the past: computer specs from 1999   (0)
This what $4000 bought me 11 years ago (about $5500-6000 adjusted for inflation). Goodness gracious. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:04pm
XKCD Infographic – character groupings for movies over time   (0)
The one for LOTR is nothing short of awesome. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:04pm
The history of the IMG html tag   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  6:04pm
Sorry. Thanks. Road Rage Reduction Project – words in the rear windscreen   (0)
I'm just waiting for the jokes about Asian drivers needing this. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:04pm
Pirate Bay closure sparked file-sharing boom   (0)
"The temporary closure of the Pirate Bay had the unforeseen side effect of forcing torrent sharers underground and causing a 300% increase in sites providing access to copyright files, according to McAfee." Get with the program, guys. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:04pm
TomTom for the iPhone 3GS released   (0)
The pricing is stupid. The iPhone app is $100. The car kit is $120 (for some plastic and a charging cable - they don't even provide an audio out cable). That's $220. I can get a pretty decent standalone GPS with louder volume and a bigger screen for that price. And Google is doing their app for free. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:04pm
2
Nov 09
Mon
NY licensed attorney will work for free   (0)
So this is what it's coming down to... (although the typo in the ad doesn't bode well) (Quicklink)  •  •  8:00pm
Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart   (0)
New Scientist article. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:00pm
Obama Weather   (0)
Weather forecasting that tells you what kind of clothes to wear... by using Obama as a model. And also Angelina Jolie. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:00pm
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Nov 09
Sun
Rumour: Mallesons & Clifford Chance Set to Merge “Within Weeks”   (0)
I've heard this one before. At least twice. Maybe third time lucky? I have no idea how the economics of it would work, but the notion strikes me as pretty cool. It would dramatically transform the Aussie legal landscape, which is nearly completely unpenetrated by foreign firms (because it's impenetrable?). The other burning question is what the name of a merged entity might be. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:05am
Why Every Country Has a Different Shaped Electrical Plug   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  11:05am
The fastest possible mile   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  11:05am
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Oct 09
Fri
Facebook memorializing prank   (0)
There are a lot of workable solutions to this issue - it's strange they didn't think to implement any of them. Why wouldn't someone logging into the account, say, 48 hours after its initial memorialization, reactivate the account? This would mitigate a lot of prankery... (Quicklink)  •  •  12:20am
Google GPS   (0)
Sucks to be Garmin and Tomtom. Looks like they didn't innovate fast enough. They just need to pair this up with the iPhone now. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:20am
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Oct 09
Tue
Polyculture vs multiculturalism   (0)
It's a review of the a book called The Slap, but it's also an astute comment on the state of multiculturalism in Australia. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:13pm
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Oct 09
Fri
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Oct 09
Thu
5
Oct 09
Mon
Li Wei Art   (0)
Some pretty cool photography (which is apparently not photoshopped, but created using physical trickery). (Quicklink)  •  •  4:57am
Star Wars Uncut   (0)
A crowdsourced recreation of Star Wars - fans take 15 second segments of the movie and film it in whatever way they want. The segments will then be stitched together. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:57am
7 Secrets Only Two Living People Know   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  4:57am
2
Oct 09
Fri
Copy Editing at The New Yorker Magazine   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  6:00pm
Why it’s so hard to put sex in the dictionary   (0)
Slate Magazine article, but possibly NSFW. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:00pm
24
Sep 09
Thu
Should Laws Be Simple or Complicated? A Dialogue   (0)
A great post on The Volokh Conspiracy. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:19am
Disturbing Message About the Legal Job Market From Columbia Law School   (0)
CLS is recommending that JDs attend the UNDERGRADUATE job fair as well. Think about that for a moment. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:19am
How Many People Are In Space Right Now?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  8:19am
6
Sep 09
Sun
The Anatomy of Determination   (0)
Paul Graham article. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:37am
3
Sep 09
Thu
Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women – Telegraph   (0)
"The results showed men were slower and less accurate after trying to impress the women. The more they fancied them, the worse their score." The reverse was not true. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:06am
The New Literacy   (0)
"As the school year begins, be ready to hear pundits fretting once again about how kids today can't write—and technology is to blame. Facebook encourages narcissistic blabbering, video and PowerPoint have replaced carefully crafted essays, and texting has dehydrated language into 'bleak, bald, sad shorthand' ... [but the] first thing she found is that young people today write far more than any generation before them." (Quicklink)  •  •  9:06am
Asserting Your Social Status With Your Facebook Status   (0)
New York Mag article. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:06am
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Aug 09
Sun
Home is where the brain is   (0)
SF Mag article about Indians in Silicon Valley. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:38am
This is s failed robbery attempt with multiple cameras   (0)
Hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:38am
A little depressing indeed   (0)
I saw Halley's comet when it passed in the 80s... I was really young at the time, but I still remember my dad taking me outside to see it. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:38am
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Aug 09
Wed
Downturn Dims Prospects Even at Top Law Schools   (0)
Yep, I'm livin' it. *sigh* (Quicklink)  •  •  8:37pm
Best Husband Ever   (0)
Funny YouTube video. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:37pm
24
Aug 09
Mon
Folding Plug System   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  7:46pm
20
Aug 09
Thu
The Longest Poem in the World   (0)
Made from rhyming couplets sourced from Twitter (Quicklink)  •  •  11:42pm
YouTube – Usain Bolt 200 Metres Final, New World Record 19.19 sec   (0)
Wow. Just, wow. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:42pm
The Longest Poem in the World   (0)
Made from rhyming couplets sourced from Twitter (Quicklink)  •  •  7:48pm
YouTube – Usain Bolt 200 Metres Final, New World Record 19.19 sec   (0)
Wow. Just, wow. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:48pm
19
Aug 09
Wed
Secrets of Magus : The New Yorker (1993)   (0)
A really long, but really fascinating and well-written piece about Ricky Jay. You must also check out his rather eruditely presented show: Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants. Utterly brilliant. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:57am
Singaporean Stanford PhD now a cabby   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  8:57am
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Aug 09
Tue
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Aug 09
Mon
Stross-Krugman Transcript from Anticipation World Con in Montreal   (0)
Long but worthwhile, intriguing reading. Krugman is a Nobel Prize winning economist and columnist for the New York Times. Stross is a Hugo award-winning science fiction author. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:08pm
16
Aug 09
Sun
This Week In Layoffs: 08.15.09 – Above the Law   (0)
Finally, some good news. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:11am
6
Aug 09
Thu
Paul Tudor Jones on Failure – speech to 9th graders   (0)
Billionaire trader gives a speech that would have also made a great university commencement speech. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:55pm
Where I Write   (0)
Sci-Fi Writers and their creative spaces (Quicklink)  •  •  11:55pm
Paul Tudor Jones on Failure – speech to 9th graders   (0)
Billionaire trader gives a speech that would have also made a great university commencement speech. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:46am
Where I Write   (0)
Sci-Fi Writers and their creative spaces (Quicklink)  •  •  11:46am
5
Aug 09
Wed
Girl Gets Answer Very Wrong   (0)
I really cracked up when they pan over to the kid who gets the answer right and realise that he's... (Quicklink)  •  •  8:59am
On Consistency   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  8:59am
4
Aug 09
Tue
Sticky Light   (0)
Pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:28am
North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  10:28am
I Spit in it too!   (0)
Back in high school, a friend used to resort to breathing into a newly purchased bag of chips like a hyperventilator uses a brown paper bag because people would otherwise nick all of them. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:28am
How Different Groups Spend Their Day   (0)
NY Times interactive graphic. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:28am
How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  10:28am
26
Jul 09
Sun
Mourning the Death of Handwriting   (0)
Time Magazine article. Hey, I do cursive. I always thought running writing was a natural progression when you wanted to write faster than you can with printing (like the day when my year 4 teacher let me upgrade from writing with pencils to pens - pens were forbidden in year 3!)... turns out I was wrong. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:35pm
24
Jul 09
Fri
Orwellian Amazon kindles Big Brother fears   (0)
Copyright woes result in Amazon automatically deleting material previously bought by Kindle users. Includes a quote from a former colleague. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:03pm
19
Jul 09
Sun
On Hand for Space History, as Superpowers Spar`   (0)
Great NY Times commemorative article (Quicklink)  •  •  2:24pm
We Choose the Moon   (0)
This is cool (Quicklink)  •  •  2:24pm
17
Jul 09
Fri
When programmers design web sites   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  10:01am
26 More Ridiculously Questionable T-Shirts   (0)
Some potentially nsfw. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:01am
13
Jul 09
Mon
When a guy says, “Go make me a Sandwich,” what’s a good comeback?   (0)
Oh that's a good comeback... I almost spat my drink out at the library. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:29am
What Your Computer Does While You Wait   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  9:29am
Tale of 4 Newsweek Covers   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  9:29am
Vodka Shot Skills   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  9:29am
12
Jul 09
Sun
Gilbraltar Airport   (0)
Is intersected by a road... (Quicklink)  •  •  3:07pm
11
Jul 09
Sat
10
Jul 09
Fri
San Francisco’s multicolored salt ponds   (0)
I've always wondered what those things were! (Quicklink)  •  •  4:35pm
8
Jul 09
Wed
Why I only speak one language   (0)
I got the monolingual blues... (Quicklink)  •  •  12:24pm
IP Addresses Are Not ‘Personally Identifiable’ Information   (0)
US court rules. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:24pm
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Jul 09
Tue
2
Jul 09
Thu
IBM’s Blindfolded Calculator   (0)
Homomorphic encryption (Quicklink)  •  •  5:42pm
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Jun 09
Sun
23
Jun 09
Tue
Find My iPhone works, and it is awesome   (0)
That's larceny right there... (Quicklink)  •  •  11:33am
How hedge fund wives are learning to cope   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  11:33am
18
Jun 09
Thu
Prank on an intern   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  10:56am
15
Jun 09
Mon
Gulfstream repo man   (0)
Really interesting article. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:14pm
12
Jun 09
Fri
The Facebook Generation   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  3:41pm
9
Jun 09
Tue
The Definition of Reverse Psychology?   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  8:55am
E/N Community Census 2000   (3)
Blast from the past. (I love the "relatively large" comment referring to pages "several hundred kbs" big.) (Quicklink)  •  •  8:55am
There’s no such thing as a perfect child when it comes to the HSC   (0)
NSW changes top score from 100 to 99.95. Uh...why? (Quicklink)  •  •  8:55am
8
Jun 09
Mon
Weekend Competition: Tom Swifties, on NYTimes.com   (0)
"Tom Swifties" are curious puns that monkey with the description of reported speech for comic effect. For example: "I manufacture table tops," said Tom counterproductively. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:24am
Who Can Name the Bigger Number?   (0)
Really interesting article. (Written in 1999) (Quicklink)  •  •  8:24am
Was it luck or skill?   (0)
Youtube vid. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:24am
Apple debuts speedier iPhone 3G S with built-in video camera   (0)
Internet tethering! Compass, 3MP camera with video recording, etc, etc. 32 GB model is US$299. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:24am
Rising Above I.Q.   (0)
Interesting NY Times article from columnist Nicholas Kristof. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:24am
5
Jun 09
Fri
Obama’s Address in Cairo   (0)
Video and transcript. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:44am
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May 09
Sun
The Chaser’s War on Everything is back   (0)
First episode available online. Absolutely hilarious! (Quicklink)  •  •  12:09pm
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May 09
Sat
29
May 09
Fri
Sol, your wake-up call is important: we’ve no good reason to be smug   (0)
Sol's comments about racism in Australia have some basis behind them. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:10pm
Quite a money spinner   (0)
An enterprising Californian lawyer has made millions of dollars after persuading 4,000 attorneys to pay him to use a logo he designed. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:10pm
Bird uses body as dam to stop drainpipe soaking chicks   (0)
With pic (Quicklink)  •  •  12:10pm
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May 09
Tue
Somalia… a libertarian dream   (0)
This gem from Ros. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:22pm
Confessions of an Introverted Traveler   (0)
Insightful article comparing the travel styles of introverts and extroverts. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:22pm
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May 09
Mon
Three-hour rescue ordeal after slipping in squat toilet   (0)
My worst childhood fears realised. When I was young, my maternal grandparents only had a squat toilet at their place in Singapore and I was terrified of it. Whenever I needed to take a crap, I refused to do it there, necessitating in an urgent expedition to find a sit-down toilet elsewhere. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:25pm
17
May 09
Sun
Caption Mr. Miyagi   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:02pm
Better Late Than Never   (0)
The World Record for the longest time to complete a marathon is... (Quicklink)  •  •  5:02pm
15
May 09
Fri
A Pakistani Underworld   (0)
An NY Times video about Two Pakistani entrepreneurs running a business, the true nature of which some of its employees aren't even aware... "Relaxing seating, it is utilized as a seaside relaxation seat..." (Quicklink)  •  •  5:08pm
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May 09
Sat
10 Bottles Of Wine You Can’t Afford To Uncork   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  10:09am
The Pirate Chronicles   (0)
For Somali Pirates, Worst Enemy May Be on Shore (Quicklink)  •  •  10:09am
Aerial Virtual tour of New York   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  10:09am
8
May 09
Fri
Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise   (0)
Funny. Via Ros (again) (Quicklink)  •  •  2:10pm
The Future Shock   (1)
An awesome prank stretching over a few years. Via Ros. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:10pm
7
May 09
Thu
Going Dutch – How I Learned to Love the European Welfare State   (0)
Lessons from Dutch society. A long, but very interesting read. NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:22am
5
May 09
Tue
Space-racism is bad: And 17 other not-so-subtle lessons learned from Star Trek   (0)
Actually looking forward to the new Trek movie coming out this week... (Quicklink)  •  •  1:46am
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May 09
Sun
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Apr 09
Wed
Michael Douglas to Star in Wall Street 2   (0)
Greed... is good. Gordon Gecko gets out of jail. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:42am
Chop Chop Square   (0)
Walrus Magazine has an article detailing a beheading in Saudi Arabia: "Inside Saudi Arabia's brutal justice system." (Quicklink)  •  •  11:42am
Judge rejects Utah music producer’s resentencing bid   (0)
Weldon Angelos' case has been going on for years now. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:42am
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Apr 09
Thu
A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets   (0)
IPOs are virtually non-existent and M&A events are far and few between. Can Secondmarket provide a third way to exit VC investments? "The new market will be open only to accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers, which the S.E.C. defines as financially sophisticated enough to invest in high-risk securities about which there is little public information. These include individuals whose net worth exceeds $1 million and institutions that manage at least $100 million in securities." (Quicklink)  •  •  7:13am
Kyocera’s proof of concept kinetic energy-powered, flexible OLED mobile phone   (1)
via Ros. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:13am
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Apr 09
Sat
Mogulus Live Broadcast   (0)
Link live for today only from 9am local time. See a bunch of coders, b-schoolers, d-schoolers and l-schoolers go at it at the venture weekend. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:53pm
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Apr 09
Sun
Extreme Sheep LED Art   (0)
Awesome stuff. I'm surprised the Kiwis didn't come up with this first. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:04pm
The Dark Side of Dubai   (0)
Article from The Independent: "Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:04pm
100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:04pm
You are being lied to about pirates   (0)
Unclean hands all around. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:04pm
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Apr 09
Sat
Jug of Beer Down in 5 seconds   (0)
See it to believe it. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:53am
Pong, Street Fight IV edition   (0)
The guy on the right needs a bit of practice. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:53am
7
Apr 09
Tue
Feed Your Family For A Week   (0)
Shows the amount of food people around the world buy to keep their families fed for a week. Pretty jarring. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:41pm
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Apr 09
Mon
2
Apr 09
Thu
The Longitude Problem   (0)
Circa 18th C. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:29pm
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Apr 09
Wed
Google is getting into the VC business   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:01am
Socceroos are facing off against Uzbekistan in world cup qualifier   (0)
If they win, they're pretty much into the World Cup finals. Go Socceroos! (Quicklink)  •  •  1:01am
Google gBall   (0)
Actually, something like this for golf balls would be useful. I wonder if there are trademark issues with using Sherrin's logo on that page without their permission (assuming that is the case). Whoops, there I go, thinking about the legal implications of an April Fool's joke. Sorry. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:01am
Reddit has become Reddigg!   (0)
For April 1. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:01am
Time lapse video of mushrooms growing   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:01am
Did You Know video   (0)
Pretty interesting, although some of the stats are a little dodgy. The adoption rates part was startling - I think Facebook has joined the pantheon of online things that most people will use every day (along with Google search and e-mail). (Quicklink)  •  •  1:01am
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Mar 09
Tue
Google is getting into the VC business   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  9:31am
Socceroos are facing off against Uzbekistan in world cup qualifier   (0)
If they win, they're pretty much into the World Cup finals. Go Socceroos! (Quicklink)  •  •  9:31am
Google gBall   (0)
Actually, something like this for golf balls would be useful. I wonder if there are trademark issues with using Sherrin's logo on that page without their permission (assuming that is the case). Whoops, there I go, thinking about the legal implications of an April Fool's joke. Sorry. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:31am
Reddit has become Reddigg!   (0)
For April 1. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:31am
Time lapse video of mushrooms growing   (0)
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Did You Know video   (0)
Pretty interesting, although some of the stats are a little dodgy. The adoption rates part was startling - I think Facebook has joined the pantheon of online things that most people will use every day (along with Google search and e-mail). (Quicklink)  •  •  9:31am
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International Herald Tribune   (0)
IHT.com has reformatted to match the layout of NYTimes.com (the paper has always been the "international edition" of the Times, but the website has up till now had separate branding). (Quicklink)  •  •  11:28pm
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Chris Brown features in Peanuts   (0)
As depicted by Mad... (Quicklink)  •  •  2:50pm
Wavicles   (0)
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Huffington Post reports on people forcing their cats to go on Vegan diets   (0)
What is wrong with you people?! I mean... seriously! (Quicklink)  •  •  2:50pm
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This is quite amusing   (0)
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Mar 09
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Challenges of Practicing Golf   (0)
Mastery, Just 10,000 Hours Away. I'm not sure that I buy this completely. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:19am
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Human Fails Turing Test   (0)
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It’s all Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension   (0)
In English we have the expression, "It's all Greek to me." What's the equivalent in other languages? Apparently it's Chinese for Greeks, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russians, Hebrew speakers, Dutch, Hungarians, Latvians and Lithuanians! (Quicklink)  •  •  8:22pm
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Tropicana Discovers Some Buyers Are Passionate About Packaging   (0)
I have to agree with this... it takes me twice as long now to figure out which Tropicana cartons are pulp free, some pulp or lots of pulp... (Quicklink)  •  •  1:43pm
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The AP Reveals Details of Facebook/ConnectU Settlement With Greatest Hack Ever   (0)
Another story from the pages of When Redacting Goes Wrong (Quicklink)  •  •  12:00am
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This is why you’re fat   (0)
Food items with calories in the upper four digit range (and above). (Quicklink)  •  •  10:16pm
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How we cheated flames of death   (0)
First hand account of the terrible Victorian bushfires. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:48pm
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Globetrotter XL (game)   (0)
Level 9, 13700pts (Quicklink)  •  •  1:27pm
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MacGyver meets Saw   (0)
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F.A.A. Releases Flight 1549 Tapes   (0)
With audio excerpts. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:36am
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MacGyver meets Saw   (0)
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F.A.A. Releases Flight 1549 Tapes   (0)
With audio excerpts. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:45am
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Why are the sun and moon the same size in the sky?   (0)
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Why traffic stops on freeways for no apparent reason   (0)
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My coffeehouse nightmare   (0)
The cafe business ain't as easy as it seems. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:50am
The 21 combinational deadly sins   (0)
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Bottled Waters Lose Their Effervescence   (0)
BusinessWeek article. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:50am
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Fri
Leningrad’s Past Comes Back to Haunt it   (0)
Interesting pictures. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:13pm
Justice Kirby retires, but has eyes on post with UN   (0)
Check out that dissent rate. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:13pm
Zimbabwe Opposition to Join Government   (0)
Hmmm, this can't end well. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:13pm
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Best bug report ever   (0)
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Zimbabwe sidelines its currency   (0)
It's about time. They just printed a Z$100 trillion note, and this was after ten zeroes were lopped off the currency's value last year. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:05am
White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code   (0)
Cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:05am
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As Luck Would Have It   (0)
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Justice Anthony Kennedy to give Stanford Commencement address   (0)
He's no Steve Jobs or Oprah Winfrey, but he's particularly apt for us law students! (Quicklink)  •  •  3:23pm
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Best of Craigslist post   (0)
Now I'm probably going to get into trouble for posting that. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:45am
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Alan Dershowitz: The CNN strategy   (0)
I found this compelling. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:13am
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Where Is Israel Going?   (3)
"Once Rabin moved to end the conflict, he ended Israel's isolation as well. (If the problem was undying Jew-hatred, Rabin's opening to the Palestinians would not have affected Israel's standing)." Compare this with the article linked below. I'm not sure how any third party can really back either side - as things stand, it's a lose-lose situation for all involved. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:12am
Israel acts because the world won’t defend it   (0)
"Why, he asked, doesn't Israel offer to give back the West Bank and Gaza? Why doesn't it just let the Palestinians have a state there? If the Palestinians turned it down, he said, then at least liberal opinion would be on Israel's side and would rally to its assistance. So I patiently explained to this kind, good man that Israel had, at Camp David in 2000, made precisely this offer and that it had been rejected out of hand by Yassir Arafat, not even used as the basis for negotiation. I told him that Israel was no longer in Gaza, having withdrawn unilaterally and taken the settlers with it. The Palestinians had greeted this movement with suicide bombs and rockets." (Quicklink)  •  •  10:12am
Live fast, bull rider   (0)
Luke Snyder earned $348,560.54 the season he turned 19 from riding bulls. "He is now known in bull-riding circles for an ironman streak of 236 consecutive P.B.R. events. Part of each event is killing time between rounds." (Quicklink)  •  •  10:12am
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Joke   (0)
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The Assumption Song   (0)
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The End of the Financial World as We Know It – NYTimes.com   (0)
Co-written by Michael Lewis in the NY Times. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:07pm
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Worst night out ever   (0)
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Why Israel Feels Threatened   (0)
As disproportionate as the Gaza bombings appear to be, this Times article gives the feeling that Israel is being backed into a tight corner again. (I should note that "proportionality" has a special meaning under international law - I'm using it in the colloquial sense.) (Quicklink)  •  •  9:15pm
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Newsweek interviews a Somali pirate   (0)
"We know the EU and NATO forces are coming, but that is not the solution. The solution is to restore peace in Somalia so that we can have a better life and more job opportunities. I can tell you that sending forces will not stop us going into piracy. They can arrest us if they find us out at sea, they've arrested our friends several times, but that will never deter us from this business. The only thing that can stop piracy is a strong government in Somalia." (Quicklink)  •  •  9:23am
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Fri
Professor Lessig moving back to Harvard at the academic year end   (0)
Prompted by his shift in academic focus from free culture to corruption, Larry Lessig is (with some measure of reluctance) going to back to the East to direct the Safra Center for Ethics. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:41pm
Video Shows Every Flight on Earth in 72 Seconds   (0)
Posted this before, but link shows several other videos focussing on Europe and the US. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:41pm
You have been served… on Facebook   (0)
Substituted service by email, then text message, and now Wall Posts! "[D]efendants in the case could be validly served by the plaintiff sending a message by computer to the Facebook pages of both defendants informing them of the entry of and the terms of the judgment." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:41pm
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The Tenerife Airline Disaster   (0)
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Singaporean Durian Degustation Session   (0)
I think I threw up a bit in my mouth. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:57pm
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Fri
Piracy Is Terrorism   (0)
Yet another piracy article. This is a good one on the legal aspects of piracy. I remember being told when I was studying international law that much of customary international law is contentious, but one aspect that is universally recognized is the laws about piracy. It seemed quaint at the time. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:18am
Grand Theft Nautical   (0)
Another interesting Somalia piracy article. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:18am
Michael Malloy   (0)
Totally hardcore homeless dude. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:18am
Fighting Pirates Off the Somali Coast   (0)
The Post suggests guarding the ports. "A legal basis for a pirate blockade exists. In fact, piracy has been a crime under international law since the 17th century. Building on customary law and the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention, the Security Council in June authorized a six-month mandate, which this week was extended for a year, for cooperating states to use force against pirates in Somali territorial waters and on the high seas. Because piracy is a crime of universal jurisdiction, captors with no connection to the victims, property or perpetrators may detain and prosecute suspects. For those who prefer to extradite suspects from Somalia, nearby Kenya is an option; its courts have been convicting pirates for years." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:18am
Zimbabwe gets even worse   (0)
Economist article. "When it looks as if things cannot possibly get worse, they do." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:18am
Somalian pirates now threatening cruise ships   (0)
"The agency cited this week's widely reported pirate attack on the 684-passenger Oceania Nautica, an upscale cruise ship filled with Americans, Canadians and Australians, as a sign of the growing danger." What are the pirates going to do if they hijack a ship with 1000 crew and passengers? Do they have the resources and organization to hold that many people hostage on a single ship? I wonder if that might make governments sit up and take more notice when the "payload" comprises human lives. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:18am
Charter of rights foes tilting at scary straw monsters   (0)
"Indeed, most of the time they have been firing away at something that is not remotely likely to emerge in Australia, namely an entrenched constitutional bill of rights, a la the United States of America. We're far too frightened and insecure a country for anything as heroic as that." And I love this paragraph: 'I see in the paper the other day that Hatzistergos responded to Justice Michael Kirby's support for a charter of rights. "His Honour is profoundly wrong," said the state Attorney General, and then this, a truly remarkable sentence coming from a member of the NSW Government: "We have democratically elected politicians with the capacity, the mandate, the authority, the skill and the experience to be able to reflect the values of the community and distil those into legislation."' (Quicklink)  •  •  2:18am
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Thu
Piracy Is Terrorism   (0)
Yet another piracy article. This is a good one on the legal aspects of piracy. I remember being told when I was studying international law that much of customary international law is contentious, but one aspect that is universally recognized is the laws about piracy. It seemed quaint at the time. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:34am
Grand Theft Nautical   (0)
Another interesting Somalia piracy article. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:34am
Michael Malloy   (0)
Totally hardcore homeless dude. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:34am
Fighting Pirates Off the Somali Coast   (0)
The Post suggests guarding the ports. "A legal basis for a pirate blockade exists. In fact, piracy has been a crime under international law since the 17th century. Building on customary law and the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention, the Security Council in June authorized a six-month mandate, which this week was extended for a year, for cooperating states to use force against pirates in Somali territorial waters and on the high seas. Because piracy is a crime of universal jurisdiction, captors with no connection to the victims, property or perpetrators may detain and prosecute suspects. For those who prefer to extradite suspects from Somalia, nearby Kenya is an option; its courts have been convicting pirates for years." (Quicklink)  •  •  9:34am
Zimbabwe gets even worse   (0)
Economist article. "When it looks as if things cannot possibly get worse, they do." (Quicklink)  •  •  9:34am
Somalian pirates now threatening cruise ships   (0)
"The agency cited this week's widely reported pirate attack on the 684-passenger Oceania Nautica, an upscale cruise ship filled with Americans, Canadians and Australians, as a sign of the growing danger." What are the pirates going to do if they hijack a ship with 1000 crew and passengers? Do they have the resources and organization to hold that many people hostage on a single ship? I wonder if that might make governments sit up and take more notice when the "payload" comprises human lives. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:34am
Charter of rights foes tilting at scary straw monsters   (0)
"Indeed, most of the time they have been firing away at something that is not remotely likely to emerge in Australia, namely an entrenched constitutional bill of rights, a la the United States of America. We're far too frightened and insecure a country for anything as heroic as that." And I love this paragraph: 'I see in the paper the other day that Hatzistergos responded to Justice Michael Kirby's support for a charter of rights. "His Honour is profoundly wrong," said the state Attorney General, and then this, a truly remarkable sentence coming from a member of the NSW Government: "We have democratically elected politicians with the capacity, the mandate, the authority, the skill and the experience to be able to reflect the values of the community and distil those into legislation."' (Quicklink)  •  •  9:34am
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Wed
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names   (0)
Featuring bastardane, dickite, curious chloride and fucitol. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:36am
New Michelin guide gives first Chinese chef its top rating   (0)
Three stars to Lung King Heen (HK) and Robuchon a Galera (Macau). (Quicklink)  •  •  2:36am
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Tue
Turritopsis nutricula   (0)
Immortal. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:23am
Pirates Give World Markets a Lesson in Economics   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:23am
I’m Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq   (0)
Washington Post article. "I thought you would torture me, and when you didn't, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That's why I decided to cooperate." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:23am
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Dec 08
Mon
Turritopsis nutricula   (0)
Immortal. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:12pm
Pirates Give World Markets a Lesson in Economics   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  11:12pm
I’m Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq   (0)
Washington Post article. "I thought you would torture me, and when you didn't, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That's why I decided to cooperate." (Quicklink)  •  •  11:12pm
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Nov 08
Sun
Dancing Plague of 1518   (0)
"The Dancing Plague of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and over the period of about one month, most of the people died from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion." (Quicklink)  •  •  11:01am
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Fri
Star Wars vs. Star Trek (video)   (0)
This is totally hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:12pm
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Nov 08
Thu
BHP has pulled its bid for Rio Tinto   (0)
A deal that was worth US$190bn at one stage was only worth US$66bn when it came undone. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:35am
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Wed
Top 10 signs you drank too much   (0)
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GPS guides tourists into ghetto   (0)
My Brazilian classmates all had bulletproofed cars back in Brazil. I can see why now... (Quicklink)  •  •  11:50am
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Nov 08
Tue
The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:47am
Letter from Iceland (Fin Times)   (0)
Insights into the plight of Iceland. Lengthy, but good reading. "On collecting our daughter from her handball practice, I learnt the news that her club could not obtain the foreign currency it needed to release their new team shirts from customs. The city's myriad sports teams rely on local sponsors and our daughter also brought the news that this source of funding for her team was likely to dry up in the months to come. Later that evening, Skype, our communications lifeline, would not renew our credits with an Icelandic credit card. E-mails began to arrive from friends overseas, alarmed by news reports and asking if we were all right." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:47am
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Mon
U.S. Offers Citigroup Expansive Safety Net   (0)
Details of the Citigroup bailout plan. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:34am
Internet drives policy rethink – Lindsay Tanner on “peer production” and Web 2.0-ising the government   (0)
Tanner is the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (the name of his portfolio is unfortunate given what has happened this year). But shouldn't Senator Conroy be the minister exploring this rather than trying to implement this terrible idea of imposing filters on Australian net users?! And, given that there's now an acknowledgement about the importance of user-generated content, what about copyright reform?? (Quicklink)  •  •  1:34am
The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct   (0)
Economist article. "The idea that graffiti-spraying and other forms of low-level delinquency promote further bad behaviour has now been tested experimentally." (Quicklink)  •  •  1:34am
Lawyers Wanted – Abroad, That Is   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:34am
Progressive complaints about Obama’s appointments   (0)
"So many progressives were misled about what Obama is and what he believes. But it wasn't Obama who misled them. It was their own desires, their eagerness to see what they wanted to see rather than what reality offered." (Quicklink)  •  •  1:34am
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U.S. Offers Citigroup Expansive Safety Net   (0)
Details of the Citigroup bailout plan. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:35pm
Internet drives policy rethink – Lindsay Tanner on “peer production” and Web 2.0-ising the government   (0)
Tanner is the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (the name of his portfolio is unfortunate given what has happened this year). But shouldn't Senator Conroy be the minister exploring this rather than trying to implement this terrible idea of imposing filters on Australian net users?! And, given that there's now an acknowledgement about the importance of user-generated content, what about copyright reform?? (Quicklink)  •  •  6:35pm
The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct   (0)
Economist article. "The idea that graffiti-spraying and other forms of low-level delinquency promote further bad behaviour has now been tested experimentally." (Quicklink)  •  •  6:35pm
Lawyers Wanted – Abroad, That Is   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:35pm
Progressive complaints about Obama’s appointments   (0)
"So many progressives were misled about what Obama is and what he believes. But it wasn't Obama who misled them. It was their own desires, their eagerness to see what they wanted to see rather than what reality offered." (Quicklink)  •  •  6:35pm
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Nov 08
Sat
English marks a million   (0)
Economist article. "English does indeed have lots of words, almost certainly more than any other tongue. That is the consequence of its evolution. Basically Germanic, it was expanded by the conquering Normans, who introduced French, and the medieval scholars and clergy, who used Latin. As the global language of the modern world, it now has lots of local variants--some recompense perhaps for the words it helps to obliterate as more and more languages become extinct." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:43pm
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Nov 08
Tue
Race on to build world’s first space elevator   (0)
Vapourware for now... (Quicklink)  •  •  1:49pm
Star Trek trailers   (0)
I initially saw this at the cinema before Quantum of Solace. People clapped after the trailer. As much as I have been ragging on it for the last year, I must say the new movie looks like it could be quite fun. Might be the shot in the arm the franchise needs to bring Trek to the next next generation. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:49pm
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Nov 08
Mon
Somali pirates hijack Saudi tanker loaded with oil   (0)
This Somali pirates thing is really getting out of hand. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:19pm
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Nov 08
Sun
Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? If Obama Has to, Yes He Can   (0)
"In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful. For all the perquisites and power afforded the president, the chief executive of the United States is essentially deprived by law and by culture of some of the very tools that other chief executives depend on to survive and to thrive. Mr. Obama, however, seems intent on pulling the office at least partly into the 21st century on that score; aides said he hopes to have a laptop computer on his desk in the Oval Office, making him the first American president to do so." (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
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Nov 08
Fri
Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  3:00am
Return to sender: Artist puts Royal Mail to the test   (0)
"Harriet Russell decided to lay down a challenge to her postmen and women with a series of brain-teasers, and as Jonathan Brown reports, they responded." With pictures. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:00am
Buying homelands   (0)
Economist article. The Maldives might soon be underwater and its new President is looking at buying itself a new country. "It’s a buyer’s market in property these days; and, if the Maldivians are looking for an island, Iceland is said to be going cheap. But they may be spoilt for choice: think of all the tiresome bits of territory that other countries would like to offload. The snooty English, for instance, have long disparaged Wales, which they caricature unfairly as being populated mostly by Methodist preachers and disaffected sheep." (Quicklink)  •  •  3:00am
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Nov 08
Thu
Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:13pm
Return to sender: Artist puts Royal Mail to the test   (0)
"Harriet Russell decided to lay down a challenge to her postmen and women with a series of brain-teasers, and as Jonathan Brown reports, they responded." With pictures. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:13pm
Buying homelands   (0)
Economist article. The Maldives might soon be underwater and its new President is looking at buying itself a new country. "It’s a buyer’s market in property these days; and, if the Maldivians are looking for an island, Iceland is said to be going cheap. But they may be spoilt for choice: think of all the tiresome bits of territory that other countries would like to offload. The snooty English, for instance, have long disparaged Wales, which they caricature unfairly as being populated mostly by Methodist preachers and disaffected sheep." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:13pm
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Nov 08
Wed
The End of Wall Street’s Boom   (0)
Another great Michael Lewis article in Portfolio. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35pm
Obama Already Stimulating The Economy   (0)
"Trademark applicants jumping on the President-elect's brand wagon". (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35pm
Law Firms Feel Strain of Layoffs and Cutbacks   (0)
You know things are bad when even lawyers are getting laid off. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:35pm
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Nov 08
Fri
The 2008 Candy Hierarchy   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:59pm
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Nov 08
Thu
Annals of Business: The Uses of Adversity   (0)
Can underprivileged outsiders have an advantage? Looks at Sidney Weinberg, who worked his way up from the mailroom to be a senior partner at Goldman Sachs in the early 1920s. A Malcolm Gladwell article in the New Yorker. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:02am
C-C-C-Combo Breaker   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  2:02am
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Nov 08
Wed
Presidential Big Board – Election Results 2008   (0)
I would say that North Carolina and Indiana go with Obama and Missouri goes with McCain. If that's the case, then my EV prediction was spot on, and my state-by-state position was almost right (just needed to switch IN and MO around). And check out the Senate race in Alaska... it looks like Ted Stevens, a corrupt Senator and a convicted felon, looks like he will win re-election. The mind boggles. (He won't be able to serve in the Senate, but I hear that job will fall to the state's governor. And we all know who that is now.) (Quicklink)  •  •  3:44am
Barack Obama’s Victory Speech Video   (0)
With transcript. The orator of our generation. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:44am
John McCain’s Concession Speech Video   (0)
With transcript. Gracious and respectable. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:44am
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Nov 08
Sun
The Year of Living on the Edge of Our Seats   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:29pm
China U-turn on online money-making   (0)
This significant development is a world first. "Less than two years after 'strictly forbidding' players of online computer games from making money from trade in virtual currencies, China has announced a 20 per cent tax for such income." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:29pm
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Tue
Brand New: Pepsi, New Bottles   (1)
I think they lack character. They look more like supermarket house brand labels now. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:50pm
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Oct 08
Mon
The Mind-BlackBerry Problem   (0)
Driving while on a cell phone may seem innocuous sometimes, but... Slate magazine article. "Scientists call this phenomenon 'cognitive capture' or 'inattention blindness.' The mind, captured by the world inside the phone, becomes blind to the world outside it. Millions of people move among us in this half-absent state. Mentally, they're living in another world." (Quicklink)  •  •  10:35am
Net filters may block porn and gambling sites   (0)
The idea of mandatory nationwide filters is disturbing. It sounds a lot like what happens in China, and we're relying on governmental agencies to properly administer the blacklist. But you can be certain that things that shouldn't be blocked, will be blocked. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:35am
UNSW’s free wi-fi swamped with illegal downloads   (0)
Compare with the policies around here, where everyone gets their net access through the university. And there's the DMCA of course, along with rights holders being more active (perhaps a little too active in some cases) in looking after their stuff. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:35am
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Sun
Four Things We Wish Weren’t Still News   (0)
Man, I can't believe #1 is still going on! (Quicklink)  •  •  9:00am
24
Oct 08
Fri
Wassup 2008 remix version   (0)
This is cool. Less than 2 weeks to go! (Quicklink)  •  •  11:20pm
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Tue
$1 petrol sparks havoc   (0)
Wow, people get that feral over a one-off saving of about $20? Times must be tough! (Quicklink)  •  •  1:22am
Chimpanzee learns to ride Segway   (0)
Another wacky Japanese Youtube video. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:22am
19
Oct 08
Sun
Iron Chef – Beeeeeeeeer   (0)
There's something strangely addictive about watching and rewatching this video... (Quicklink)  •  •  12:24am
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Oct 08
Fri
Video of an Exchange Floor Trader Prank   (0)
While giving a live report on futures at CBOT, reporter Steve Cohn is interrupted by an enraged trader asking the age-old question, "Who put this dick on my back?" (Quicklink)  •  •  12:32am
You know the campus is too big when…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:32am
The eyeballing game   (0)
I got a 3.5 (Quicklink)  •  •  12:32am
Amusing photo taken after last night’s Presidential Debate   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  12:32am
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Oct 08
Thu
Video of an Exchange Floor Trader Prank   (0)
While giving a live report on futures at CBOT, reporter Steve Cohn is interrupted by an enraged trader asking the age-old question, "Who put this dick on my back?" (Quicklink)  •  •  11:02am
You know the campus is too big when…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  11:02am
The eyeballing game   (0)
I got a 3.5 (Quicklink)  •  •  11:02am
Amusing photo taken after last night’s Presidential Debate   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  11:02am
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Oct 08
Tue
Late Bloomers   (0)
Malcolm Gladwell article in The New Yorker. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:17pm
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Oct 08
Wed
Why daylight saving is bad   (0)
"It is so logical"! (Quicklink)  •  •  10:24pm
6
Oct 08
Mon
Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde warns nation of bankruptcy   (0)
Holy cow. It's like a war speech. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:34pm
24 Words the Collins English Dictionary Want to Exuviate (Shed) – TIME   (0)
Yep, they all should go. (The only word I've heard of from that list is "malison"... that's what you get when you grew up playing RPGs.) (Quicklink)  •  •  2:34pm
Heart Attack Grill   (0)
This is obscene and great at the time. (And when in Rome...) (Quicklink)  •  •  2:34pm
In a Weak Climate, the Dollar Has Surprising Muscle   (0)
Why, at least for the time being, the USD holds strong even as its economy tanks and it writes IOUs by the hundreds of billions. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:34pm
3
Oct 08
Fri
The New Yorker endorses Obama   (0)
"The election of Obama--a man of mixed ethnicity, at once comfortable in the world and utterly representative of twenty-first-century America--would, at a stroke, reverse our country's image abroad and refresh its spirit at home. His ascendance to the Presidency would be a symbolic culmination of the civil- and voting-rights acts of the nineteen-sixties and the century-long struggles for equality that preceded them. It could not help but say something encouraging, even exhilarating, about the country, about its dedication to tolerance and inclusiveness, about its fidelity, after all, to the values it proclaims in its textbooks. At a moment of economic calamity, international perplexity, political failure, and battered morale, America needs both uplift and realism, both change and steadiness. It needs a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe. That leader's name is Barack Obama." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
If you searched Google in 2001 for “hear ye”, this is what you’d find   (0)
Back in the subdomain days... (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
HBO eyes series on U.S. exodus   (0)
"Set 25-40 years into the future when the precipitous decline of the U.S. leads to a mass exodus of its citizens, 'Americatown' takes place in a cluster of newly arrived American immigrants in a big foreign city." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
Credit Crisis Spreads a Pall Over Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com   (0)
"Since the credit crisis began gripping the financial world, Silicon Valley has watched from the sidelines, secure in the faith that it was insulated from the coming storm. That faith is now being seriously undermined." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
Life in Zimbabwe – Wait for Useless Money   (0)
"Mr. Gono, who blames Western sanctions for the nation's troubles, did not respond to requests for an interview. But he was quoted in the state media this week as saying, 'I am going to print and print and sign the money until sanctions are removed.'" (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
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Oct 08
Thu
The New Yorker endorses Obama   (0)
"The election of Obama--a man of mixed ethnicity, at once comfortable in the world and utterly representative of twenty-first-century America--would, at a stroke, reverse our country's image abroad and refresh its spirit at home. His ascendance to the Presidency would be a symbolic culmination of the civil- and voting-rights acts of the nineteen-sixties and the century-long struggles for equality that preceded them. It could not help but say something encouraging, even exhilarating, about the country, about its dedication to tolerance and inclusiveness, about its fidelity, after all, to the values it proclaims in its textbooks. At a moment of economic calamity, international perplexity, political failure, and battered morale, America needs both uplift and realism, both change and steadiness. It needs a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe. That leader's name is Barack Obama." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:33pm
If you searched Google in 2001 for “hear ye”, this is what you’d find   (0)
Back in the subdomain days... (Quicklink)  •  •  2:33pm
HBO eyes series on U.S. exodus   (0)
"Set 25-40 years into the future when the precipitous decline of the U.S. leads to a mass exodus of its citizens, 'Americatown' takes place in a cluster of newly arrived American immigrants in a big foreign city." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:33pm
Credit Crisis Spreads a Pall Over Silicon Valley – NYTimes.com   (0)
"Since the credit crisis began gripping the financial world, Silicon Valley has watched from the sidelines, secure in the faith that it was insulated from the coming storm. That faith is now being seriously undermined." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:33pm
Life in Zimbabwe – Wait for Useless Money   (0)
"Mr. Gono, who blames Western sanctions for the nation's troubles, did not respond to requests for an interview. But he was quoted in the state media this week as saying, 'I am going to print and print and sign the money until sanctions are removed.'" (Quicklink)  •  •  2:33pm
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Oct 08
Wed
Somali pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship   (0)
This is a different incident of piracy than the one getting more coverage lately (the one where pirates hijacked a Ukranian ship, not knowing it was carrying 33 T-72 tanks bound, apparently, for Kenya. Somalia sounds like a truly scary place and Mogadishu has earned a reputation for being the "most dangerous place on earth". (Quicklink)  •  •  9:30pm
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Sep 08
Tue
The Monster That Ate Wall Street   (0)
A brief history of credit default swaps. Newsweek article. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:47am
Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer   (0)
The DJIA went 777 points down today. Ouch. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:47am
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Sep 08
Mon
The Monster That Ate Wall Street   (0)
A brief history of credit default swaps. Newsweek article. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:16pm
Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer   (0)
The DJIA went 777 points down today. Ouch. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:16pm
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Sep 08
Sun
A very scary video…   (0)
...for November 4. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:07pm
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Sep 08
Sat
Michael Lewis’ Mansion   (0)
"When Michael Lewis and his family move into a house they can't afford, he gets a taste of the new American nightmare." (Quicklink)  •  •  7:45pm
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Sep 08
Wed
Free, Legal and Online: Why Hulu Is the New Way to Watch TV   (0)
Adapt or die. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity   (0)
Michael Lewis is publishing a new book on the finance industry! (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
Accidental tourist ends up in the wrong Sydney   (0)
"The mix-up, due to inattention while booking flights online, became evident when she boarded a small propeller plane in Halifax that would take her on the last leg of her journey. She was taking pictures out the airplane window and said to herself, 'Something is not right...'" And here's the case of Brits thinking they were going to Sydney "the long way around". (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
Over Camden’s dead body   (0)
"An Islamic cemetery will be built in the grounds of a historic Anglican graveyard near Camden where plans for an Islamic school were rejected this year following fierce community opposition. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
AirTraffic Worldwide   (0)
A 24 hour simulation. Pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
eBay fuels fires of resentment with new PayPal-only policy   (0)
So they used Australia as a "test bed", something which the ACCC barred... and then decided to proceed to roll it out across the world? (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
Inside the £800m Dubai hotel boasting a £13,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific   (0)
Pictures. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:04am
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Sep 08
Sat
Article on jewel thieves   (0)
"On this day, May 7, the owner of H&L Wholesale was transporting on the floorboard of his Ford Explorer a $100,000 bag of jewels. That's about three times what he takes home in a year. For independent, self-employed traveling salesmen such as Rozio, this is how it's done — with his head on a swivel and his eyes on the rearview mirror. Rozio can't afford security guards; he can't even afford to insure the cargo he takes from jewelry store to jewelry store while hawking colored stones and diamonds for a slim return. He worries about the risks. But what can he do?" (Quicklink)  •  •  5:11pm
iPhone Developers Go From Rags to Riches   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:11pm
The Quest For Every Beard Type   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:11pm
A Landslide Changing the Financial Landscape   (0)
Graph from NYtimes.com showing changes in equity values. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:11pm
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Sep 08
Fri
The Tell-All Campus Tour – NYTimes.com   (0)
Interesting article about the unigo.com startup. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:30pm
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Tue
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Sep 08
Mon
Bill Gross, head of the world’s largest bond fund PIMCO, also collects stamps   (0)
"How one man's theory took the guesswork out of the stamp market, and made him a legend ..." (Quicklink)  •  •  6:23pm
14
Sep 08
Sun
In Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter   (0)
One of Wall Street's venerable BB investment banks will declare bankruptcy. Another will be bought out. History in the making. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:32pm
13
Sep 08
Sat
Malaysian opposition lawmaker, 2 journalists held   (0)
The Malaysian Government has arrested some people under the infamous ISA... troubling but unfortunately not altogether surprising. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
Who Gets Real Power in Zimbabwe Deal Still Unclear   (0)
Sounds dodgy... as usual. But then again I'm surprised Mugabe agreed to anything at all. The economy must be really bad now... (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
A Bailout for Lehman? Not Likely   (0)
"The apparent reluctance of either the Treasury or the Fed to go the distance and insure that a deal gets done is why some on Wall Street are beginning to whisper the unthinkable: that Lehman may file for bankruptcy. A filing, of course, could be a real mess for Wall Street, given the tens of billions in short-term loans other banks have extended to Lehman, which are backed by collateral." If that happens, it will take forever and a day for the creditors and the lawyers to sort out that mess. We'll see if some deal emerges over the weekend... (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
Photoshop help required   (0)
This is hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
The Origins of the Universe – A Crash Course   (0)
NYTimes Op-Ed (Quicklink)  •  •  12:40am
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Sep 08
Fri
Malaysian opposition lawmaker, 2 journalists held   (0)
The Malaysian Government has arrested some people under the infamous ISA... troubling but unfortunately not altogether surprising. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:07pm
Who Gets Real Power in Zimbabwe Deal Still Unclear   (0)
Sounds dodgy... as usual. But then again I'm surprised Mugabe agreed to anything at all. The economy must be really bad now... (Quicklink)  •  •  2:07pm
A Bailout for Lehman? Not Likely   (0)
"The apparent reluctance of either the Treasury or the Fed to go the distance and insure that a deal gets done is why some on Wall Street are beginning to whisper the unthinkable: that Lehman may file for bankruptcy. A filing, of course, could be a real mess for Wall Street, given the tens of billions in short-term loans other banks have extended to Lehman, which are backed by collateral." If that happens, it will take forever and a day for the creditors and the lawyers to sort out that mess. We'll see if some deal emerges over the weekend... (Quicklink)  •  •  2:07pm
Photoshop help required   (0)
This is hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:07pm
The Origins of the Universe – A Crash Course   (0)
NYTimes Op-Ed (Quicklink)  •  •  2:07pm
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Sep 08
Thu
Lehman looks into the abyss   (0)
A Michael Lewis article. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:23am
Weekly train tickets to go the way of the Tcard   (1)
I'll believe it when I see it. (Quicklink)  •  •  12:23am
9
Sep 08
Tue
Long-Term Capital – It’s a Short-Term Memory   (0)
NY Times article (Quicklink)  •  •  11:05am
The Economist writes about the Gideons   (0)
The Gideons turns 100 in November, having distributed over 1.4 billion Bibles during that time. (Quicklink)  •  •  11:05am
2
Sep 08
Tue
Why Google Chrome is better   (0)
But it still has quite a few rough edges (Javascript issues, can't save window state for multiple windows, etc). And it really lacks the customizability of Firefox (what if I don't want their new tab homepage to open when I open a new tab?). (Quicklink)  •  •  11:29pm
Footnotes, Endnotes, and Parentheticals That Cost Me Marks on My Thesis   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  11:29pm
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Fri
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Aug 08
Mon
Google’s food perks on the chopping block   (0)
*gasp* (Quicklink)  •  •  12:42am
A corker too dear to drink   (0)
"When Melbourne doctor John Hart arrives at the Penfolds Grange clinic at the Langham Hotel in Southbank, he knows his precious bottle of 1960 Grange may well fail its physical. Unopened, the bottle could fetch up to $1300 at auction. But opening it - even if only to check on its wellbeing before recorking it under the supervision of Penfolds rebottlers - risks revealing that the wine has passed its peak and become worthless." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:42am
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Aug 08
Sun
Google’s food perks on the chopping block   (0)
*gasp* (Quicklink)  •  •  12:30pm
A corker too dear to drink   (0)
"When Melbourne doctor John Hart arrives at the Penfolds Grange clinic at the Langham Hotel in Southbank, he knows his precious bottle of 1960 Grange may well fail its physical. Unopened, the bottle could fetch up to $1300 at auction. But opening it - even if only to check on its wellbeing before recorking it under the supervision of Penfolds rebottlers - risks revealing that the wine has passed its peak and become worthless." (Quicklink)  •  •  12:30pm
19
Aug 08
Tue
Kieran Prior: Goldman Sachs’ whiz-kid wheeler dealer   (0)
Here's the twist: This trader has a condition similar to cerebral palsy. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:05am
Wanderlust: Good magazine traces the most famous trips in history   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  9:05am
120 fps slow-mo skateboard tricks   (0)
Cool video. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:05am
Politics in play on GPS rugby field   (0)
Sydney Boys' rugby team goes down 112-0 vs Joeys. Ouch. I like how the article obtusely says, "Sydney Boys High's troubles have been attributed to changing demographics." Apparently Sydney Boys is something like 90% Asian. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:05am
9
Aug 08
Sat
Rich addressed to impress   (0)
"Wolseley Road, Point Piper, has been named the ninth-priciest street in the world." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:55pm
29
Jul 08
Tue
They agree to talk, but nobody knows where it will lead   (0)
"Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition are ready to negotiate. But does Robert Mugabe have any intention of losing power?" (Quicklink)  •  •  7:01am
21
Jul 08
Mon
Kurt Vonnegut on How to Write with Style   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  6:20pm
The weird science of stock photography   (0)
Slate magazine article. Stock photographic companies try to anticipate news trends so they can provide photos for media when those trends are reported. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:20pm
14
Jul 08
Mon
Economics of POW Camp   (0)
"Credit entered into many, perhaps into most, transactions, in one form or another. Sam paid in advance as a rule for his purchases of future deliveries of sugar, but many buyers asked for credit, whether the commodity was sold spot or future." Fascinating stuff - futures trading in a POW camp! And cigarettes as a de facto currency to supplement bartering. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:21am
10
Jul 08
Thu
Video of a designer designing a magazine article layout   (0)
"Matt Willey recently recorded his decision-making on a feature design for the Royal Academy magazine." It's an artform in itself. (Quicklink)  •  •  9:57pm
Zombie outbreak, as reported on Twitter   (0)
:) (Quicklink)  •  •  9:57pm
7
Jul 08
Mon
An alarm clock that should never be built   (0)
"f you don't turn it off, this little monster will randomly dial numbers programmed in your mobile phone every three minutes" (Quicklink)  •  •  9:03am
3
Jul 08
Thu
On the Waterboard (video)   (0)
Christopher Hitchens submits to waterboarding. It's a chilling video. Here is the accompanying article in Vanity Fair. Read it. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:15am
The Dangers of Auto-Replace   (0)
When try hard political correctness backfires. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:15am
Optus details iPhone plans   (0)
Not too horrendous... but the huge danger here are the excess data costs. At 35c/MB (or $350/GB), you better watch those downloads... (Quicklink)  •  •  4:15am
Texas teen is real-world ‘Guitar Hero’   (0)
13 years old and a skill-based Guinness Book world record under his belt already. The video is pretty amazing. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:15am
1
Jul 08
Tue
Official Site of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team   (0)
It's just over a month away. Will be interesting to see reactions from coursemates from around the world as the games unfold... (Quicklink)  •  •  2:14am
30
Jun 08
Mon
The Art of Ousting Mugabe   (0)
Time Magazine article. "Whereas most of the major foreign investors in South Africa during the 1980s had been U.S. and European corporations, effective sanctions today would require support from the world's emerging economies, particularly in Asia, where the tactic is unpopular. ... Many of the 79 companies listed on the Harare Stock Exchange are, in fact, earning solid returns, despite the daily misery of most Zimbabweans amid severe shortages of food, electricity and fuel." (Quicklink)  •  •  1:30am
Time lapse video of the Aurora Australis   (0)
"The Southern Lights Time-lapse footage of the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights. This is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Filmed during the Antarctic winter in the general vicinity of McMurdo Station and Scott Base, where the sun is below the horizon for 4 months of the year." Seeing the Aurora (either one) is on my To Do list. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:30am
How to Turn Cheap “Choice” Steaks into Gucci “Prime” Steaks   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:30am
Obama’s first presidency   (0)
Geoffrey Robertson QC writes on Obama's election as President of the Harvard Law Review. Sounds like a really intense organisation. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:30am
29
Jun 08
Sun
World’s Most Expensive Home Entertainment System   (0)
US$6 million worth of equipment. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:57am
Google’s directions from Sydney to San Francisco   (0)
"About 41 days and 8 hours." Check out direction #6. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:57am
U.S. and Europe Near Accord on Privacy   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  2:57am
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Jun 08
Fri
Megan McArdle – The lesser of two incredibly awful evils   (0)
"It’s not that we should have to choose between Smith’s Rhodesia and Mugabe’s Zimbabwe: the former was forever stunted, the latter an unending disaster. The problem is with those who believed and sometimes continue to believe that the mere fact of succession by Mugabe over Smith was progress in its own right." (Quicklink)  •  •  4:39pm
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Jun 08
Wed
How to put the heat on Mugabe   (0)
Article by Paul Wolfowitz. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:08am
Zimbabwe’s descent into electoral terror (Salon article)   (0)
"Opposing the brutal dictator Robert Mugabe in the election deadlock here has become equivalent to a death sentence." (Quicklink)  •  •  6:08am
Living on Pennies (Newsweek article)   (0)
An undercover visit to Zimbabwe reveals a deeply troubled land full of disenchanted people. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:08am
24
Jun 08
Tue
Microsoft group photo… 30 years on   (0)
"That photo of 11 weirdos in '70s clothes you may have seen on the Internet really is the original Microsoft team, snapped Dec 7, 1978, on the eve of the company's move from Albuquerque, N.M., to Seattle. Almost 30 years later, a few weeks before Bill Gates's departure from Microsoft, the group (looking better) reconvened." Pretty cool reunion. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:47am
23
Jun 08
Mon
Mugabe Rival Quits Zimbabwe Runoff, Citing Attacks   (0)
Distressing. There are a few African leaders making noise, but the approach of those would should be leading, most especially Thabo Mbeki, is disappointing. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:21am
Brits Fail To Cash In On Free £5 Notes   (0)
I like Chaser's much more graphic demonstration of the Free $50 note test. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:21am
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)   (0)
Matt Harding's third dancing round the world video... this time it's 14 months, 42 countries. "Cast of thousands." This is soooo cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:21am
World of Workcraft   (0)
"Odd forms left, evens right, MANY STAMPS! ... That's a 50 DKP minus!" (Quicklink)  •  •  2:21am
20
Jun 08
Fri
Inside Newegg New Jersey warehouse: A phototour   (0)
Cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:33am
Aussie firms make RollOnFriday   (0)
Never mind Freehills getting a beach towel for Christmas... everyone in our firm got a one-size-fits-none bathrobe last year. Even the partners were complaining! (Quicklink)  •  •  1:33am
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Jun 08
Thu
The Big Picture   (0)
Awesome photo sets from the Boston Globe. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:33am
Holy Bottom Line, Batman!   (0)
The diminishing returns of the Batman franchise... (Quicklink)  •  •  4:33am
eBay auctions for Sydney Apple store t-shirts   (0)
As I expected... people are flogging off their t-shirts. One of them is currently bid up to $90! I wonder if I should flog mine off... it's unopened, and I can't see myself wearing that ghastly shade of turquoise. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:33am
Smallest Man-made Orange   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  4:33am
What does a laser look like when it shines on pilots in an airplane cockpit?   (0)
Police finally arrested one of those idiots who do that (it is alleged)... (Quicklink)  •  •  4:33am
17
Jun 08
Tue
Firefox 3.0 is now out   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:44pm
16
Jun 08
Mon
People’s encounters with wild animals in daily life (video)   (0)
I find this absolutely hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:21am
13
Jun 08
Fri
Barack Obama explains the meaning of life   (0)
Damn good response under pressure. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:57am
Anti-pest Doorbell Discourages Agents and Bill Collectors   (0)
I found the quaint reference to "the housewife" amusing... I wonder how old the ad is? It's a good idea. Except if nobody is home! (Quicklink)  •  •  6:57am
Hanoi crazy night traffic (video)   (0)
Traffic lights? We don't need no stinkin' traffic lights! (Quicklink)  •  •  6:57am
Spew the cane toad stays alive after being swallowed by dog   (0)
With pics. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:57am
Obama The Preferred Candidate Around The World: Poll   (0)
Interesting indicative stats. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:57am
Facebook’s Foreign Clones   (0)
China seems to be a kingdom unto itself with .com companies... there's a local competitor for most of the majors (eBay, FB, Google, etc) which performs better than the "foreigner" in terms of market share. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:57am
And you call us boring?   (0)
"Yes, he really is interested in oil at $135 a barrel and does find the politics of the Middle East a legitimate subject for debate, isn't that bothered about emoting for the sake of it, doesn't want to swim in a sea of endless introspection, has no view on Sex and the City - the Movie, the merits of Beyoncé's maple-syrup-and-lemon-juice diet or shopping." (Quicklink)  •  •  6:57am
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Charles Moore’s book review   (0)
'And not only is this the worst book ever written, it's also the worst-written book ever. Behold: ""Of all the things to think, he never thought he'd think that."' (Quicklink)  •  •  2:45am
Buffett makes a $1 million 9-year Long Bet with a fund of hedge funds   (0)
"Over a ten-year period commencing on January 1, 2008, and ending on December 31, 2017, the S&P 500 will outperform a portfolio of funds of hedge funds, when performance is measured on a basis net of fees, costs and expenses." No prizes for guessing which side of the bet Buffett is on. (And of course, being investors, they only really ponied up $320k each for the bet.) More here. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:45am
Top Tourist Spots Americans Can’t Visit   (0)
Foreign Policy investigates five fabulous destinations where a summer getaway is next to impossible. Somalia sounds downright scary. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:45am
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Jun 08
Tue
Macworld 2008 Keynote video   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:29am
The 2008 Democratic Primaries in 8 minutes   (0)
This is a fantastic, entertaining and humourous video summarising the Democratic primary campaign. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:29am
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Jun 08
Fri
Aussie Apple resellers receive boxes with “DO NOT OPEN” warning   (0)
Prediction: 3G iPhone announcement at WWDC on June 9. I think there will be more than one new model of iPhone. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:24pm
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May 08
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Beverly Hills Cop 4 is On the Way   (0)
Hot on the heels of Rambo 4, Rocky Balboa and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... (Quicklink)  •  •  2:25am
Chemistry paper gets 100%   (0)
Has value added extras for the teacher. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:25am
Incredible pictures of one of Earth’s last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows   (0)
"It is extraordinary to think that, in 2008, there remain about a hundred groups of people, scattered over the Earth, who know nothing of our world and we nothing of theirs, save a handful of brief encounters." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:25am
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May 08
Wed
Space station’s sole toilet out of order   (0)
'"Like any home anywhere, the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said.' Masterfully understated. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:42am
Josh Hartnett stars as dot-com entrepreneur in “August” (Trailer)   (0)
"Never have term sheets and board meetings been so exciting!" Strange concept for a movie, but I'd watch it (of course). (Quicklink)  •  •  4:42am
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May 08
Tue
The Amazing Money Machine   (0)
"How Silicon Valley made Barack Obama this year's hottest start-up" (Quicklink)  •  •  4:14am
Pictured: Photographer’s moment of madness as he leaps across 8ft gap in the Grand Canyon   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  4:14am
Brutal New York – 1965/95 – SkyscraperCity   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  4:14am
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May 08
Sat
$1,000 to Quit? Take This Job and Love It   (0)
"Zappos, the online shoe retailer, has an inventive secret weapon when it comes to recruiting customer service talent: offering new hires $1,000 to quit." (Quicklink)  •  •  7:36pm
iPhone line forms at Apple’s flagship for absolutely no reason   (1)
Just keep in mine that WWDC, and the speculated announcement of the 3G iPhone, isn't until June 9th... (Quicklink)  •  •  7:36pm
Mike Sacks’ tv screengrabs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  7:36pm
Smile, you are on Google Street View!   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  7:36pm
Weezer – Pork and Beans   (0)
Awesome music video. It's a memefest! (Quicklink)  •  •  7:36pm
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May 08
Thu
10 Worst Jobs: Tech’s 10 worst entry-level jobs   (0)
Being in a great company doesn't guarantee a great job (unless, maybe, if you got in pre-IPO and got handed a bunch of stock options...). That list has a lot of ops and support positions. I don't think that's a coincidence. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:43am
Where you sit in a lecture hall and what it says about you   (0)
A graphical representation. I'm such a second-row sleeper. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:43am
42 Great Business Card Designs   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  3:43am
Can Alex Bogusky help Microsoft Beat Apple?   (0)
Microsoft gets a new ad agency (Crispin Porter + Bogusky). (Quicklink)  •  •  3:43am
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May 08
Wed
That’s What She Said.   (0)
A video compilation of "that's what she said" moments from The Office. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:50am
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May 08
Tue
Epic Level Blacksmithing   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:54am
Steve Ballmer dodges eggs at Hungarian University (video)   (0)
It's always nice to know those big execs are human enough to make a quip about it. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:54am
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May 08
Mon
LCARS-esque touchscreen controls home, excites Trekkies   (0)
I'm so getting one of these installed if I ever end up buying a property. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:08am
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May 08
Fri
Frequently asked questions at the Georgia Department of Labor   (0)
Georgia must be an interesting place. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:17pm
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May 08
Thu
Annals of Innovation: In the Air   (0)
Intriguing article about genius and the "scalability" of innovation. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:37am
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May 08
Wed
You think your job is stressful?   (0)
Just wait till you see this dude... (Quicklink)  •  •  3:11am
Poseidon Undersea Resort, Fiji   (0)
Plastic bubble luxury suites 12 metres under the sea. Pretty cool. (And expensive.) (Quicklink)  •  •  3:11am
Love on Girl’s Side of the Saudi Divide   (0)
NY Times article. "In some families, he may have a supervised conversation with her. Ideally, many Saudis say, her showfa will be the only time in a girl's life that she is seen this way by a man outside her family. The separation between the sexes in Saudi Arabia is so extreme that it is difficult to overstate." (Quicklink)  •  •  3:11am
USA political election logos 2008 – 1960   (0)
Most of these are red and blue (as you'd expect) with some splashes of yellow. A handful of greens (mostly independent candidates), a brown and one purple and orange logo(!) (Quicklink)  •  •  3:11am
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May 08
Tue
Hillary Clinton’s suicidal gamble with race poison   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  3:23am
Obama: How He Learned to Win   (1)
Time article. I think that in many cases you learn the most when you fail first. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:23am
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May 08
Sat
Green Plug tries to replace the worry warts   (0)
Something to look out for in the future. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:58pm
Online Apple Stores run dry of iPhones   (0)
"Apple's shortfall for its direct channel is also the culmination of a slowly widening shortage that first became evident in late March..." Either an unusual spike in demand, or Apple really is gearing up for a 3G iPhone launch next month... (Quicklink)  •  •  4:58pm
No ifs or buts, just more Rudds please   (1)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:52am
In Japan, they pack ‘em in good… into trains   (0)
Only in Japan (video). (Quicklink)  •  •  1:52am
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May 08
Wed
Lipstick May Be an Economic Indicator   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  6:21am
3-on-3 with Barack Obama   (0)
I haven't seen footage of Obama playing basketball before. It's pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:21am
Private Profits and Socialized Risk   (0)
Very good credit crunch-related finance article. You'll need a bit of finance knowledge to find it interesting. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:12am
When Turning 15 Years Old Goes Really Really Wrong   (0)
Video. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:12am
Photobombers Of The Day   (0)
I almost wet myself laughing. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:12am
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May 08
Tue
In Pictures: Inside The World’s First Billion-Dollar Home   (0)
When they say billion, they actually mean 2 billion. "Excessive" doesn't even begin to describe it. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:10am
Vodafone to Offer Apple’s iPhone in Ten Markets   (0)
Including... AUSTRALIA. So much for Telstra and Optus... or is it? Australia could have the world's first "naturally" unlocked iPhone. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:10am
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May 08
Mon
MacBook Pro 17″ 2.5Ghz listed for A$2799   (0)
That's a thousand bucks under the recommended retail price. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:37am
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May 08
Sat
The next bubble: Priming the markets for tomorrow’s big crash   (0)
Harper's mag article. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:45am
Too scared for school: the plight of Zimbabwe’s teachers   (0)
Mugabe's mobs are now targeting teachers. "Arthur, a secondary school English teacher, was asleep at home in Kumburai village, Mudzi, two weeks ago when 40 Zanu (PF) militiamen smashed into his home. "They asked me: ‘Where are your colleagues?' I said I didn't know and they began to beat me. They said: ‘If you don't tell us, we will kill you.' " He fled to Harare with two other teachers for medical treatment. One of them, Harold, was tortured for seven hours before he escaped. All are in hiding." Absolutely chilling. (Quicklink)  •  •  8:45am
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May 08
Thu
David Blaine Holds Breath for 17 minutes, new world record   (0)
On one lungful of pure oxygen. Incredible. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:19am
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Apr 08
Wed
2008 Cherry Blossom Timelapse   (0)
Each frame is 3 minutes apart, from 18-26 April. I must make it out to Japan and see the cherry blossoms one of these Aprils... (although the video is from Brooklyn) (Quicklink)  •  •  4:42am
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Apr 08
Mon
OGC unveils new logo to red faces   (0)
Each additional time you look, the lewder it becomes! (Quicklink)  •  •  5:15am
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Apr 08
Sat
In Zimbabwe Jail: A Reporter’s Ordeal   (0)
Compelling reading - Barry Bearak recounts being arrested in Zimbabwe for "committing journalism". (Quicklink)  •  •  6:13pm
Britain urges the UN to help bring down Mugabe   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  6:13pm
How to Show a Dictator the Door   (0)
NY Times article. (Quicklink)  •  •  6:13pm
Excuses ring hollow as the world idly waits for Mugabe’s disaster   (0)
There is surprising news that the ballot recount may not change the balance of power in Zimbabwe's Parliament. However, the question remains - if Mugabe wants to stay in power, what can the rest of the world do about it? (Quicklink)  •  •  6:13pm
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Apr 08
Wed
David Blaine – This Time, He’ll Be Left Breathless   (0)
Blaine is attempting to hold his breath for over 16 minutes on one breath of pure oxygen. Interesting article. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:45am
Polar Bear Workout   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  2:45am
Microsoft’s Mesh Revealed   (0)
"Mesh lets you set up a virtual desktop online, and connect different computers to it. Put any file into a Mesh folder and it automatically syncs between the online desktop and every connected computer. Select a file or folder and you can easily share its contents (photos, videos, music, documents) with any friend or family member. You can also remotely control a connected computer from the Live Mesh desktop." (Quicklink)  •  •  2:45am
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Apr 08
Tue
Hedge Fund Investing and Politics   (0)
Which Presdiential hopeful are the (really rich) hedgies backing? And more interestingly... why? (Quicklink)  •  •  2:52am
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Apr 08
Mon
Old school   (0)
I'd like to see those laptop users try that in a maths lecture. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:05am
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Apr 08
Sat
Advertising war between BMW, AUDI, et al   (0)
Hilarious. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:29am
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Apr 08
Fri
Scott and Shackleton’s abandoned huts in Antarctica   (0)
Beautifully preserved, after 100 years. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:02am
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Apr 08
Tue
The marathon is easy. There are no lions.   (0)
"Six Maasai warriors will run the London Marathon tomorrow to raise money for a well in their village. Isaya, 24, is their chief. This is a diary of his week in London, the first time he has left Tanzania." (Quicklink)  •  •  5:59am
Food that maintains the shape of its container… after you remove the container   (0)
Flickr photo set. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:59am
Cutaway views of rooms in various Federation starships   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:59am
Google LatLong – all the news that’s fit to print on a map: The New York Times in Google Earth   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:59am
The marathon is easy. There are no lions.   (0)
"Six Maasai warriors will run the London Marathon tomorrow to raise money for a well in their village. Isaya, 24, is their chief. This is a diary of his week in London, the first time he has left Tanzania." (Quicklink)  •  •  4:42am
Food that maintains the shape of its container… after you remove the container   (0)
Flickr photo set. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:42am
Cutaway views of rooms in various Federation starships   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  4:42am
Google LatLong – all the news that’s fit to print on a map: The New York Times in Google Earth   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  4:42am
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Apr 08
Sat
Zimbabwe commission to recount votes   (0)
DODGY. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:50pm
Rudd appoints Quentin Bryce as Governor-General   (0)
Bryce replaces Michael Jeffery and will be Australia's first female GG. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:50pm
When it’s OK to say “Oh Shit!”   (0)
Pictures. (Quicklink)  •  •  10:50pm
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Apr 08
Fri
6 Formerly Kickass Creatures Ruined by Evolution   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  7:19pm
The Economics of High-end Prostitutes   (0)
More Intelligent Life article (supplement to The Economist). (Quicklink)  •  •  7:19pm
How to fix the executive branch.   (0)
Slate article. Thoughtful, but this statetment gave me pause: "Further, the United States has no moral responsibility for the destiny of persons outside its jurisdiction who pay no taxes to support the government and pledge no allegiance to the republic." (Quicklink)  •  •  7:19pm
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Apr 08
Wed
Young Obama Backers Twist Parents’ Arms   (0)
This is pretty cool. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:04am
Masaaki Shirakawa is the new Governor of the Bank of Japan   (0)
Replaces Fukui. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:04am
Zimbabwe High Court urged to reject poll result demand   (0)
The antics continue... (Quicklink)  •  •  5:04am
66 out of 109 historians say: George W is the worst US President in history   (0)
"Among historians, there is no doubt into which echelon he fallsâ€"his competitors are Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Franklin Pierce, the worst of the presidential worst. But does Bush actually come in dead last? Yes." (Quicklink)  •  •  5:04am
Wireless power, charging technology may unplug Apple’s iPhone   (0)
Well I never. Wireless power that won't fry you if you get between the device and the charge point. Not sure about its range though. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:04am
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Apr 08
Sat
Zimbabwe ruling party asks for recount   (0)
The chance for change is once again slipping away... (Quicklink)  •  •  9:04pm
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Apr 08
Fri
Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone   (0)
"Anyway, for weeks my boy had been begging for me to please leave him somewhere, anywhere, and let him try to figure out how to get home on his own. So on that sunny Sunday I gave him a subway map, a MetroCard, a $20 bill, and several quarters, just in case he had to make a call." (Quicklink)  •  •  7:18am
Zimbabwe Gets $50 Million Bank Note   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  7:18am
10 000 000 Zimbabwean dollar note on eBay   (0)
Currently worth about 20 US cents, this note has been bid up to A$31 on eBay. The irony. There's a business idea in here somewhere. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:18am
Korean drummer steals the show   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  4:04am
Assembling and launching the space shuttle   (0)
Lots of good pics of the process. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:04am
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Apr 08
Wed
Combined opposition wins Zimbabwe parliamentary poll   (0)
There's hope yet! (Quicklink)  •  •  6:29am
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Apr 08
Tue
Live blogging news on the Zimbabwe election   (0)
Very suspicious goings on. I deeply suspect that there will be a late "surge" in votes, giving Zanu the clear majority of assembly seats... and then Mugabe will suddenly be declared by the ZEC to have won the presidential ballot by razor thin margins (51 or 52%), but still enough to avoid a run-off vote. I am not sure what the Zimbabwe public will do, nor what South Africa's Mbeki will do in response, but I think it whatever it is, it won't ultimately amount to much in the way of progress. On the other hand, the NY Times is reporting that Mugabe has been negotiating with Tsvangirai... rumours have been a-plenty in these elections, but I suppose there's still hope for Zimbabwe. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:50am
Pixels in the real world   (0)
I like the Donkey Kong one. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:50am
For today only…   (0)
Click on any featured YouTube video (Quicklink)  •  •  5:50am
Live blogging news on the Zimbabwe election   (0)
Very suspicious goings on. I deeply suspect that there will be a late "surge" in votes, giving Zanu the clear majority of assembly seats... and then Mugabe will suddenly be declared by the ZEC to have won the presidential ballot by razor thin margins (51 or 52%), but still enough to avoid a run-off vote. I am not sure what the Zimbabwe public will do, nor what South Africa's Mbeki will do in response, but I think it whatever it is, it won't ultimately amount to much in the way of progress. On the other hand, the NY Times is reporting that Mugabe has been negotiating with Tsvangirai... rumours have been a-plenty in these elections, but I suppose there's still hope for Zimbabwe. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:55am
Pixels in the real world   (0)
I like the Donkey Kong one. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:55am
For today only…   (0)
Click on any featured YouTube video (Quicklink)  •  •  1:55am
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Mar 08
Mon
Makoni/Tsvangirai – the End of History   (0)
Want to see what bald-faced propaganda looks like? This is an article from The Herald (Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper) "What is news though is that the western press is admitting to the defeat of the opposition well before the vote is taken. Including an admission that the Makoni factor has been extremely detrimental to an already divided opposition. It was pretty daft for the British to think that Makoni had a modicum of appeal in rural Zimbabwe where jongwe rules the roost. Or that Tsvangirai would be as attractive to the urban protest vote against Zanu-PF as he has been in the past." A simple search on Google News turns up literally hundreds if not thousands of articles saying no such thing. If I find that article incredibly offensive, I can only imagine what the general Zimbabwean public must think. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:36am
Rumours fly as Zimbabwe bloggers wait impatiently   (0)
The delay in release of election results doesn't bode well. 24 seats announced and it's split evenly between Mugabe's party and the MDC - I suspect the MDC should be trouncing Zanu, not equalling it. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:36am
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Mar 08
Sat
Zimbabwe’s national elections are occurring   (0)
It will be incredibly sad if the people of Zimbabwe are forced to put up with, for another term, a leader that has presided over 80% unemployment and poverty, 100,000%+ inflation and widespread human rights abuses... but that's what it looks like what will happen again, with a dictator in power. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:53pm
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Mar 08
Fri
Dining 50m up in the air   (0)
Kinda bizarre. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:37pm
16 Names Of Things You Never Knew Had Names   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  7:37pm
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Mar 08
Thu
Far Below the Surface of the World’s Oceans, a Tough Place for Foam Cups   (0)
NY Times article. Reminds me of when, back in primary school, we used to put chip packets in ovens to shrink them down into miniature packets. They make decent keyring accessories too. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:20am
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Mar 08
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Mar 08
Tue
eBay listing: MacBook Pro 17 inch 2.6 GHz – Brand new and unopened   (0)
Looking for a new Apple laptop? Sealed 2008 model top-of-the-line 17" MBP (upgraded CPU and screen) - no reserve, listed at $0.99. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:14am
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Mar 08
Thu
Cravath has a Kiwi working for them by the name of Michael Clayton   (0)
I wonder if he's also a fixer? (Quicklink)  •  •  8:11am
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Mar 08
Wed
Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’   (0)
This is a truly remarkable speech. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:55am
Sir Arthur C Clarke has died   (0)
The grand old man of sci-fi was 90. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:55am
Jerry needs no help playing with his ball   (0)
This is just awesomely cute. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:55am
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Tue
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Mar 08
Mon
Food Fight   (0)
Military history... with food. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:31am
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Mar 08
Sat
Awareness Test   (0)
How many passes does the team in white make? (Quicklink)  •  •  5:18am
MIT physics Professor Walter Lewin   (0)
Very cool. "MIT professor and Web star Walter Lewin swings from pendulums and faces down wrecking balls to show students the zany beauty of science." (Quicklink)  •  •  5:18am
Area codes in which Ludacris claims to have hoes   (0)
Based on his 2001 single, "Area Codes". (Quicklink)  •  •  5:18am
Kottke.org is ten years old today   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:18am
Reporter owned by sled   (0)
This video is totally worth watching. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:18am
Super clean glass prank   (0)
I'm actually surprised that so many people walked into the glass. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:18am
Incomprehensible Intersections   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:18am
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Mar 08
Fri
Hillary’s New Maths Problem   (0)
Numbers don't lie. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:17pm
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Mar 08
Wed
Am I a torturer?   (0)
"Ben Allbright watches The Daily Show, worships Dave Eggers and still wound up "softening up" prisoners in Iraq." (Quicklink)  •  •  1:07am
Report on the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament   (0)
An interesting look at the cruciverbalist sub-culture. (Quicklink)  •  •  1:07am
You Know You’re A Redneck If Your Wife Is Quoted In The Local Paper Saying…   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:07am
Pie chart   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  1:07am
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Mar 08
Mon
The Eastern Front of World War 2   (0)
This is a terrific infographic/animation that shows the progression of World War 2 along its Eastern Front. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:31am
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Feb 08
Tue
Hasbro’s Mighty Muggs toys   (0)
That's going to be a money sink. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:12am
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 – 2007   (0)
Excellent infographic which displays each movie's release date and duration, along with its box office take over time. US summer movie seasons tend to be getting bigger. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:12am
Zenith’s Defy Xtreme Tourbillon ZERO-G El Primero   (0)
This watch costs half a million US bucks. It's not encrusted with any precious stones. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:12am
Justice Clarence Thomas has not asked a question in a case for the last two years   (0)
"Two years and 142 cases have passed since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke up at oral arguments. It is a period of unbroken silence that contrasts with the rest of the court's unceasing inquiries." That's fascinating - I always suspected a judge could get away without asking questions... didn't expect it to happen up at the top level though. Well, at least they still have eight judges interrogating counsel with questions. That's still one more than we have in Australia. (Quicklink)  •  •  2:12am
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Feb 08
Sun
The Audacity of Hopelessness   (0)
"This must be the first presidential candidate in history to devote so much energy to preaching against optimism, against inspiring language and — talk about bizarre — against democracy itself. No sooner does Mrs. Clinton lose a state than her campaign belittles its voters as unrepresentative of the country." My call is that it's already slipped from her grasp. (Quicklink)  •  •  4:10am
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Feb 08
Fri
Best drunken conversation. Ever.   (0)
(Quicklink)  •  •  5:00pm
What Was I Thinking? The latest reasoning about our irrational ways   (0)
New Yorker article on behavioral economics. (Quicklink)  •  •  5:00pm
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Feb 08
Tue
23andMe   (0)
For a thousand bucks, this company will read and analyse your DNA from a sample of your spit. Gimmick for the wealthy? (Quicklink)  •  •  3:20am
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Feb 08
Mon
20 things that culturally define Australia   (0)
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The best investment advice you’ll ever get   (0)
San Francisco magazine article: "For 35 years, Bay Area finance revolutionaries have been pushing a personal investing strategy that brokers despise and hope you ignore. The story of a rebellion that's slowly but surely putting money into the pockets of millions of Americans, winning powerful converts, and making money managers from California Street to Wall Street squirm." Long read, but worthwhile. (Quicklink)  •  •  3:03am
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Feb 08
Sat
Raising Obama: Politics & Power   (0)
Lengthy Vanity Fair article on Obama's very interesting background. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:04am
How To Make A Million Before You Turn 20   (0)
Forbes article. (Quicklink)  •  •  7:04am
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Feb 08
Fri
A Congo warlord – arrested for crimes against humanity – explains himself   (0)
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Homeless: Can you build a life from $25?   (0)
"In a test of the American Dream, Adam Shepard started life from scratch with the clothes on his back and twenty-five dollars." His goal? To have a furnished apartment, a car and $2,500 in savings. (He did not mention his college education to employers and did not use any contacts.) (Quicklink)  •  •  8:55pm
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Feb 08
Thu
World Freedom Atlas   (0)
Hours of interest. (Quicklink</