September 2007
74 posts
“Nordhaus and Shellenberger argue passionately that the only appropriate response...”
– Nordhaus and Shellenberger: Two Environmentalists Anger Their Brethren
Metafluence - How to get on the front page of Digg →
MySpace Outage Leaves Millions Friendless (The... →
“I tried hating What Perez Sez, but it proved so fantastically easy to hate as to...”
– Perez Hilton and TMZ.com create gossip TV (Slate Magazine)
Seagull becomes crisp shoplifter (BBC) →
Sept. 26, 1983: The Man Who Saved the World by... →
WatchAn innovative way to light a candle. What on earth did we do with our time before the Internet?
Watch Over the weekend, Red Bull-sponsored Metroride featured extreme bicyclists racing in Budapest’s Deák tér metro station, including riding down the escalators and into the trains themselves. Pestiside.hu: As If Budapest’s Escalators Weren’t Fast Enough
Social bookmarking service. Fast tagging and... →
“I would say, on the basis of having observed a thousand people in the experiment...”
– Stanley Milgram
“study subjects seem to be able to change the output of the machines merely by...”
– Bad Vibes Might Ruin Your Computer
“The station’s head of news told his staff they were no longer allowed to...”
– Channel 5 bans staged shots to regain trust - Telegraph
“The clip above nicked from all-seeing portal Index.hu dispels that Norse myth,...”
– Pestiside.hu: Hungarian Viking Festival Substitutes Scandinavians for Goats
Vikings spot-on in Duncan Shields memorial cup... →
“SSRM Tek is presented to a subject as an innocent computer game that flashes...”
– Weird Russian Mind-Control Research Behind Homeland Security Contract
What I like best about Tumblr is that I can select a bit of interesting text on any other web page, hit a button on my toolbar, and share that thought with the world. Nifty.
“The Sept. 6 airstrike came several days after a ship with North Korean cargo...”
– Israeli attack points to possible North Korean and Syrian nuclear ties - International Herald Tribune
“Of the more than 1,200 wealthy individuals that have appeared on Forbes’s...”
– Criminally rich: All the money in the world - International Herald Tribune
“Over the last 150 years, it seems that the maximum productivity growth the...”
– Alan Greenspan discovers that human beings are … irrational! (Slate)
“The effectiveness of the filter lies in people’s belief that the...”
– The “Great Firewall of China” is not so great after all
“The latest turmoil in mortgage markets has, in a single stroke, shaken faith in...”
– Dollar’s retreat raises fear of collapse - International Herald Tribune
“Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5...”
– CCIA
“Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users’...”
– Microsoft updates Windows without users’ consent
Where are they now: Nathan Resika & Jane Hill
Bardroom founder, David Hill, wrote to us this week suggesting we offer you these two video clips. K-man agreed: “I bet you could find loads of other clips on YouTube of various Bardroom survivors.”
David Hill: “The first one is Nathan Resika, who sang soul and jazz songs in the Bardroom on two occasions, but is now starring in operas in America.”
David Hill: “The second is Jane Hill, who...
“We’re a minority out there, you and I! The Internet circa 2007 is made of...”
– DreamHost Blog
“For $1.3 million a year, Larry Page and Sergey Brin get to park their customized...”
– For Google’s founders, a coveted landing strip - International Herald Tribune
Pestiside.hu: Suicide Prevention Day Marred by... →
“Unlike Facebook or MySpace, you have very limited control over your Spock...”
– Your Privacy Is An Illusion: Meet Spock, the happy fun robotic slanderer! - Valleywag
“I’ve known gamers who nearly went into shock after discovering...”
– Battle With ‘Gamer Regret’ Never Ceases
“Cancer or no, I wouldn’t go near an RFID implant. These things don’t...”
– Boing Boing
“The “what should be” never did exist, but people keep trying to live...”
– Lenny Bruce
“You’re programmed to relish gossip; it’s in your genes. This is...”
– Facebook’s “Privacy Trainwreck”: Exposure, Invasion, and Drama
StevenCarlson: Seriously wondering whether this Twitter thing is worth the bother (via Twitter / StevenCarlson)
StevenCarlson: Seems to me that Twitter isn’t too well integrated with Tumblr. The feed keeps breaking (via Twitter / StevenCarlson)
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