May 2012
10 posts
Colabs: too much money, not enough experience in... →
Success Tips: 6 Habits of Truly Memorable People |... →
Awesome advice to actually enjoy your life rather than collecting bullet points on your resume.
“Historically, bankers have gotten a 7% fee for tech IPOs. Facebook paid just...”
– How The Media (Including TechCrunch) Is Wrong About Facebook’s IPO | TechCrunch
“Investing is a binary activity, and its practitioners are speed junkies. A New...”
– Joe Weisenthal vs. the 24-Hour News Cycle - NYTimes.com
“The prospect of willfully inducing creativity conjures images of an augmented...”
– Eureka! When a Blow to the Head Creates a Sudden Genius - Brian Fung - Health - The Atlantic
“Google Trends, which monitors searches from around the world, shows that of the...”
– The Ayatollah Under the Bed(sheets) - By Karim Sadjadpour | Foreign Policy
“Last time it was Republicans who were against a flip-flopping, out-of-touch...”
– Partisan Psychology: Why Do People Choose Political Loyalties Over Facts? : It’s All Politics : NPR
“I’M AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE INTERNET THAT YOU REPOST ON THE INTERNET”
– How could I resist reposting this one? I cannot! Teddy Wayne: Sharing on the Internet : The New Yorker
'Avengers' conquer world box office as U.S.... →
Yes, I’ve already seen the Avengers. It was playing in Malaysia last month. So there!
“Tehran is threatened not only by what America does, but by what America is: a...”
– The Mullahs’ Greatest Fear: Kim Kardashian - The Daily Beast
April 2012
6 posts
MIT Project Aims to Deliver Printable, Mass-Market... →
Okay. I am officially freaked out.
“Some two-thirds of companies from Germany and other countries operating in...”
– German Companies ‘Unhappy’ with Hungary Policies - Emerging Europe Real Time - WSJ
“There’s now a large body of evidence showing that those who opt for the...”
– Liberals and conservatives don’t just vote differently. They think differently. - The Washington Post
gulfnews : Dubai's iris scan helps arrest 54,000... →
“One killer asteroid we’ve been monitoring is Apophis, which is large enough to...”
– We Can Survive Killer Asteroids — But It Won’t Be Easy | Wired Science | Wired.com
March 2012
10 posts
“This is certainly one of the metaphors for what our future is going to look...”
– Welcome to the Real Future: Labor Bots and Pothole-Filling Machines - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
The Pirate Bay Claims It's Going To Host The Site... →
“Today, all of the contemporary advanced economies have strong property rights,...”
– Would You Invest in This Kid? | Epicenter | Wired.com
February 2012
17 posts
“Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest has begun distributing 55,000 condoms...”
– The condom of the future? Planned Parenthood offers high-tech rubber with QR code - GeekWire
“It’s not something that we like to talk about, but doctors die, too....”
– A Doctor on How Physicians Face the End of Life - WSJ.com
“Google “does not have the same degree of vibrancy that Facebook, Twitter...”
– The Mounting Minuses at Google - WSJ.com
“One afternoon, Tiffany ducked her head out of the door to the garage and spotted...”
– The Boy Who Played With Fusion | Popular Science
“There was a lot of anticipation that Facebook would turn into a new destination,...”
– Retailers Shut Facebook Storefonts Amid Apathy - Bloomberg
“This year’s looming innovations in campaign mechanics will be imperceptible to...”
– Project Narwhal: How a top-secret Obama campaign program could change the 2012 race. - Slate Magazine
“The world has became happier since 2007, while Hungarians have become the least...”
– PORTFOLIO.HU | Hungary is the world’s most unhappy country - Ipsos
“It was over the last century, says Cain, that society began reshaping itself as...”
– The Secret Power Of Introverts - Forbes
“As Europe’s debt crisis continues to demand undivided attention, the patient...”
– Hungary is drifting towards one-party rule | The A-List | Must-read views on today’s top news stories – FT.com – FT.com
“Hungarian flag-carrier Malev ceased operating early on Friday after its planes...”
– UPDATE 3-Rivals swoop in as Hungary’s Malev stops flying | Reuters
“So what would our mornings look like if we re-engineered them in the interest of...”
– Annie Murphy Paul: Your Morning Routine Is Making You Dull | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
January 2012
28 posts
“On Thursday, new consumer-friendly federal Department of Transportation rules...”
– Red Tape - New airline rules give meaning to price tags; other industries should follow
Saw these at the Sompet market this morning.
When the vendor realized I was about to take a picture she proudly propped up the sign and placed the two sample eggs in the foreground.
Wow.
I think I know what you’re thinking.
Did I try one?
Uh, no …
Not for me, thank you!
“Thai police on Monday found 400 boxes of bomb-making materials urea and ammonium...”
– Thai police find bomb-making materials near Bangkok after Israelis warned of possible attack - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News