June 2011
22 posts
May 2011
27 posts
“There’s a measles outbreak in Massachusetts, probably thanks to low...”
– Measles Spreading in Massachusetts - Megan McArdle - Life - The Atlantic
“It’s highly unlikely that long-dated paper assets will ever regain their...”
– Paper vs Real: Exit From Normal, Ecological Economics, and Probabilistic Regimes in One Chart | Gregor.us
“It is depressing that the US government, and the Obama Administration which has...”
– Speculator Ghosts in the Oil Machine | Gregor.us
“The Internet represents the shipping lane of the 21st century. It is...”
– Sen. Ron Wyden places a “hold” on the PROTECT IP Act (via rafer)
Having met Sen Wyden on a lobbying trip during the first internet cookie regulation phase - I can say - he gets it.
“When we spoke recently, he mentioned a Georgetown University study of the class...”
– Top Colleges Overlook Low-Income Students - NYTimes.com
Diversity of opportunity is incredibly important for a stable long term society.
“I’m afraid the Democrats will draw the conclusion that because Congressman...”
– Quote For The Day II - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
“Right now we are looking at three entities that are battling in the “Who’s Going...”
– Record labels no longer control distribution. They lost that battle years ago. Their continued attempts to hold on to that control also caused them to lose another very valuable asset - their relationship with consumers. Not having the best technology combined with alienating the people who are...
“Capitalism is supposed to produce losses on bad investments. Yukio Edano...”
– In Japan, Capitalists Fall Out of Love With Free Markets - NYTimes.com
Ahhh Corporatism explained - Social Losses, Private Profits.
The Unbundling of Product Discovery from Commerce
continuations:
Search will always be an important way of finding products when I know what I want. For instance, if I know that I need a manual bilge pump (a recent purchase), I will go to either a search engine or use the search function at an online marine supplies site such as WestMarine or LandfallNavigation (both in need of significant improvement). But I would never spend any time simply...
“I look forward to the day when everyone, even those without pressing health...”
– Observations: Mummy Says John Horgan Is Wrong about Fat and Carbs in Food (via rafer)
I’m on my second pass at a low carb diet - first time in 2003 lost 25 lbs. Second time so far I have lost 15 lbs. In between carb loaded diet - gained 30 lbs.
“Two signs give pause, however. First, although history suggests worker wages are...”
– The Invisible Stock Bubble - SmartMoney.com
Pay (measured by total comp) is dead on. What’s out of whack - oh wait the # of gov’t workers to manufacturing workers.
“I wonder sometime that great nations have a self-destruct mechanism and that our...”
– Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Seattle Schools Lawsuit, Enfield, and Common Core
Cliff Mass is one of the leading meteorological professors in the nation who teaches at UW who became an education activist after trying to find out why Seattle public school graduates in his intro to meteorology were doing...
“Born in the posh Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, [DSK] spent some of his...”
– Rape charges expose troubled past of ‘the Great Seducer’ Strauss-Kahn - The Globe and Mail
How the hell does a “committed-leftist” justify a $3,000/night hotel room? A committed-elistist maybe.
“we see that Social Security and Medicare are underfunded relative to promised...”
– The Real Social Security and Medicare Problem (and a Doable Fix) - NYTimes.com
And there’s the rub.
“Down the aisle is Welch’s 100% Grape Juice, with no fat and emblazoned with a...”
– Foods With Health Benefits, or So They Say - NYTimes.com
We don’t shop in grocery stores anymore. They are - quite literally - filled with nothing but poison.
(via evangotlib)
Though true that processed foods are more like the psuedo-food found on the star trek then the real food our...
Disoriented: Niall Ferguson's 'Civilisation' →
vruz:
The historian’s new book says Western civilisation used words more often than swords to dominate the world.
by Dan Hind, Al Jazeera English
vruz: a painful review to read, but it’s dead on. I still believe in a “western civilisation”, in the sense that I believe in a future in which we can have the possibility of establishing a constructive dialogue to which all western, african and...
“Click-stream data from customers of Dell and two other major brands show that...”
– Dell’s Purchase Data Shows Power of Social Newsfeeds | ClickZ
The Unwisdom of Elites →
vruz:
by Paul Krugman
Well, what I’ve been hearing with growing frequency from members of the policy elite — self-appointed wise men, officials, and pundits in good standing — is the claim that it’s mostly the public’s fault. The idea is that we got into this mess because voters wanted something for nothing, and weak-minded politicians catered to the electorate’s foolishness.
So this seems...
“What are you impressions of the Seattle tech community? “I definitely talk to a...”
– Q&A: Straight-talking VC Mark Suster challenges entrepreneurs to think big - GeekWire
@msuster for an outsider really nailed a couple of key points/challenges to the seattle startup community - the patron companies are not as involved or acquisitive compared to the SV patron companies and the...
“Best Consumer Startup: Cheezburger Network”
– A night at the Seattle 2.0 Awards: Watch the speeches of the 10 winners - GeekWire
Very proud to be a member of the Cheezburger team!
“I don’t believe the correction will last long. Silver will hit $100 before...”
– Silver’s Brutal Collapse Hammers Traders and Solo Investors - WSJ.com
hu·bris[hyoo-bris, hoo-]
–noun excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
““Why did we have to struggle with the Poincare conjecture for so many...”
– Grigori Perelman claims he can control Universe - English pravda.ru
“When asked why he refused from the prize of one million dollars, Perelman...”
– Grigori Perelman claims he can control Universe - English pravda.ru
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“Art culture is best witnessed in person, not merely through the interwebs. In...”
– Coachella: Music, Culture and…Phones | Marc Ruxin | Voices | AllThingsD