February 2011
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January 2011
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Three Projects to Create a Government-less... →
Klint Finley — who blogs at Technoccult, and writes regularly for ReadWriteWeb — has a great article over at ReadWriteWeb about creating a government-free Internet; the necessity of which is illuminated by recent events in Egypt, which include the government “shutting down the Internet.”
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EGYPT: Mubarak's Survival Strategy →
“Mubarak’s strategy for combating the open source protest is now becoming clear. It’s to create a vacuum. De-escalate and out-wait the protest.”
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I Was a Rare Earths Day Trader →
Investing in speculative mining companies is a bit like buying lottery tickets — for every firm that pays off, there are dozens whose promises of vast riches disappear into the fog of stock dilution, mismanagement, environmental catastrophe, and fraud, as well as the ever-looming possibility that companies digging for pay dirt will find only the regular kind.
Then there are the geopolitics:...
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“Has the media grown tired of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sara...”
– Steve Frank, on CNN.com - apparently without irony
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Mindfulness meditation training changes brain... →
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced...
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“People devoted to a corrupt cause necessarily rely on falsehoods to advance it.”
– Glenn Greenwald, in How propaganda poisons the mind - and our discourse
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“No one is a greater advocate for a vibrant independent and responsible press,...”
– Philip J. Crowly, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs in Remarks to the Washington Center’s “Politics and the Media” Seminar Students - apparently without irony
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“RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That a joint...”
– Commonwealth of Virginia, House Joint Resolution No. 557, January 12th, 2011
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Aikin's Laws of Spacecraft Design →
Many of these are equally applicable in print or interactive design.
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“I had been in San Francisco just over a year and had nothing to show for it. I...”
– Steve, Steve’s Story: Googler 13
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“But is correlation causation? Increasingly experts seem to be saying: “Yes.”
– Pundit David Frum, Did Pot Trigger Giffords Shooting?
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The Dubai Job →
One year ago, an elite Mossad hit squad traveled to Dubai to kill a high-ranking member of Hamas. They completed the mission, but their covers were blown, and Israel was humiliated by the twenty-seven-minute video of their movements that was posted online for all the world to see. Ronen Bergman reveals the intricate, chilling details of the mission and investigates how Israel’s vaunted spy...
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