July 2010
4 posts
“I would like to announce new open data project on Russian government spending…”
“So why can’t Google build social apps? Because Google’s core values...”
“A research project from Intel can turn any surface into a touchscreen. Instead...”
“The TonidoPlug falls into a relatively new category of “wall-wart” form factor...”
June 2010
32 posts
“What we have here are two communities that work with insanely large, complex...”
– Sean McGrath: KLISS: Law as source code
“Poor countries dream of finding oil like poor people fantasise about winning the...”
The owl has spoken →
Via
“The key is to be fluid and to realize that readers want relationships with...”
“Planes, organ transplants and even scratch-and-sniff paper are among a...”
– How a far-sighted 17th-century scientist saw the future
“In conversations with chief marketing officers at major financial institutions,...”
– Forbes new tool tracks advertisers’ corporate reputation » Nieman Journalism Lab
The Czech Cafe’ Newspaper Model →
*Well, since newspapers started out in coffeehouses, maybe it makes sense to go back there now that all media hell has broken loose.
*I mean, at least you get coffee. And a roof. A bathroom, even.
“Aggregation. Curation. Indexing. They’re all the same, aren’t they? Ask any...”
– Aggregators, curators, and indexers: There’s a difference, and it matters » Nieman Journalism Lab
“The palm-sized notebook is designed to be a hackable hardware platform for Linux...”
– A Review: Ben NanoNote Gets Small with Embedded Linux | Linux.com
“As traditional newsrooms wither, alternative models like our own are gaining...”
– New Hires Mark Strategic Expansion - The Center for Public Integrity
“However today it seems confirmed as Bloomberg reports that Google had launched...”
– Google Has Own $26.5bil Trading Floor, Predicts Market With Search Data?
“The worst is to come, for it takes about seven years to convert the average man...”
– Letters of Note: The worst is to come…
“The cancer spread through derivative products based on flawed credit cells. Just...”
– Jérôme Verstrynge: Finance Is Now A Cancer In The Economy - Proof
“Indexul Artmark este traducerea, pe limba investitorului mai putin expus...”
– Artmark lanseaza indexul care ne arata cum sa investim in arta
“The iPad was not designed for a restaurant environment and would probably drive...”
– Is the iPad a realistic restaurant point of sale device? – Back of House | The ChompStack Blog
“Thomas Thurston is a startup predictor. Tell him about your company, and he’ll...”
– How to Predict Whether a Startup Will Succeed or Fail: Testing the “Disruptive Innovation” Model | Xconomy
“Bangladesh’s Infoladies ride from village to village on bicycles, toting...”
– InfoLadies of Bangladesh revolutionize rural life - Boing Boing
“These days, the furthest Iggy Pop, legendary drug abuser, goes towards...”
– Iggy Pop at 62 - Times Online
“Aiming a weapon is harder than it looks. Shooters need clear views of a distant...”
– New INL gunsight technology should improve accuracy for target shooters, hunters, soldiers
“What is elementary, worldly wisdom? Well, the first rule is that you can’t...”
– Y Combinator: Elementary Worldly Wisdom
“If you can’t describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain...”
– Great Quotes On Business Strategy & Simplicity
“But business solutions — serving readers and advertisers better — aren’t...”
– The Newsonomics of simplicity » Nieman Journalism Lab
“Ladyada and I gave a talk about some of the open source hardware businesses and...”
– Make: Online : Million dollar baby - Businesses designing and selling open source hardware, making millions
“We see on average someone needs to visit 5 times before buying anything,” says...”
– Here Comes The French Invasion: Bessemer Puts $7 Million Into Ad Retargeting Startup Criteo
“Two of the most common wrong reasons to pursue venture capital (in my opinion)...”
– The Wrong Reasons To Pursue Venture Capital: Founder Salaries | Get Venture
“Once a week, Daily Intel looks behind doors left slightly ajar. This week, That...”
– That Drunk Female Lawyer — Daily Intel
Potus Pots Turn Old Incandescent Light Bulbs into... →
Light up your home the right way with energy-efficient CFL bulbs, then consider transforming your old incandescent bulbs into bud-growing vases like these amazing Potus Pots! Designed…
May 2010
56 posts
Pwning cam girls for fun →
Sometimes making fun of people using xss tricks can be very entertaining. Today I will talk about xlovecam.com, a belgian adult videochat website with huge amount of traffic from France.
Our…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater To Get... →
Underground cottages will soon grace the landscape surrounding Fallingwater, the famous masterpiece of Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed by Patkau Architects from Vancouver, the cottages…
Five Years In One Place, An Appreciation →
Five years and about two months ago, I wrote a blog post announcing the creation of Federated Media Publishing. I will admit I was scratching an itch, not certain that it would work out. In…
Showtime: Aggressive Quadrotor Maneuvers →
*Obviously they’re nowhere near so “aggressive” as they’re gonna get.
Strap a .22 cartridge onto one of those and you’ve got the insurgents’
Predator.
…
“Beginning next month, more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will patrol portions...”
– Pilotless Aircraft Approved for Texas Airspace : Good times to come - DIY Drones
FB revenue breakdown →
self service ads: $300 mil engagement ads: $100 mil MSFT search option: $50 mil virtual gifts: $50 mil — total 2009: $500 mil
Who Knew? Kevin Costner's Been Working on Oil... →
So apparently Kevin Costner (yes, that Kevin Costner) has spent millions of dollars over the last eight years developing a centrifuge-like device called Ocean Therapy that removes oil from…
Fabbing drug paraphernalia →
*This provocation is like a first robin in spring for the fabbing scene. I reckon the other three Horsemen of the Infocalypse — fabbed mafia, fabbed terrorists and fabbed kidporn — can’t be far…
Fear Is A No No - Except at Night →
I love Fred’s thoughts on being an entrepreneur - he backs some of the best. I don’t write often here about my own experiences, but I can tell you, I certainly will, once the dust settles and I am…
Amazon's foreign publishing push: A customer data... →
I’m trying to imagine everything Amazon knows about me. The company’s computers know the books and music I buy, the ones I click on, the ones I send as gifts. On my Kindle app, they can monitor the…
The Internet of Sushi →
Kaiten-zushi or “conveyor belt” sushi is not new. It was developed in Japan in 1958. But over the past couple of years, the addition of RFID chips has raised the process of snatching a tuna…
“The Behavioral Analysis Model predicts future price movements in human traded...”
– B.A. Explained – Bam Investor Blog
Yahoo Grabs Associated to Increase Content →
Yahoo announced today that it is buying Associated Content, a user-generated media company with 380,000 contributors and 16 million monthly visitors. Yahoo, the second largest search…