Relatively rich (11)
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Social scientist Dalton Conley on how rich people are now working longer hours than poor people in America. This is a stunning moment in economic history: At one time we worked hard so that someday we (or our children) wouldn't have to. Today, the more we earn, the more we work, since the opportunity cost of not working is all the greater (and since the higher we go, the more relatively deprived we feel).In other ...
Hidden radio (12)
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The Hidden Radio has no obvious controls...unless you count that the radio *is* the controls...it "has either no user interface...or...is all user interface". The volume is controlled by lifting the lid of the radio (which also reveals the speaker). Tuning is done by twisting the lid. Absurdly clever. (via monoscope) (link)
"Right Now, What Are You Doing?" (15)
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Right Now: What Are You Doing? I’ve started to become a lot pickier about where my attention goes as I observe what it means to my work when it drifts. But, I still have a long way to go. Long way. Like a lot of people I have a bad habit of CMD-Clicking tab sets in my browser, which then spawns a dozen or more new panes of potential distraction, pointless horseshit, and 10,000 excuses ...
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Andy said:
this is now set to my homepage
Is Sarah Palin the female Ross Perot? (1)
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Now That’s Gratitude (31)
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The page is in Dutch, but DF reader Rene Brouwer sent the following translation: 27 year old Frisian developer Eric Wijngaard won $275,000 in Google’s Android Developer Challenge for his ‘PicSay’ application. In an interview with a Dutch website he says he likes Google’s SDK but “What I really wanted to do was develop an iPhone app. The iPhone SDK wasn’t out yet, though.” Asked what he would do with the cash, his response was ...
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Tim said:
too funny to be true. the man hasnt developed any mobile app before, nicely done.
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Ben said:
LOL
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Geoffrey Wiseman said:
LOL.
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Eduo said:
Ouch...
The experience trap (3)
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Around the blogosphere you will see many left-wing writers criticizing Palin for lack of experience. Maybe this criticism is correct, but these commentators are falling into The Trap. Most American voters do not themselves know much detail about foreign affairs and their vision of an experienced leader does not require such knowledge. Was it demanded from Reagan? Doesn't everyone agree that Cheney and Rumsfeld knew plenty? Rightly or wrongly, many American voters will view Palin's ...
Sarah Palin? (1)
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Now over 80 percent in the betting markets. And here is the gossip behind that. Electorally this is a very effective pick I think (if indeed it is true), though it is hard for me to imagine a President with five (young) kids. Addendum: No, that wording isn't quite right. How should I put this...? Second addendum: Her stock in the market is now plummeting, now down to about 35, as there is a report ...
Sci-Fi Hi-Fi (9)
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Buzz Andersen: Funding has its place, but, realistically, how many application ideas that could actually be implemented with the iPhone SDK require the level of up-front investment that would make the tradeoffs of venture funding and the overhead of a large organization necessary? Not many people, in my estimation, are building anything for the iPhone that requires significant research and development, infrastructure, or engineering resources beyond a few capable coders with a good work ethic. ...
Bloomberg runs Dear Leader’s obituary slightly ahead of schedule (14)
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There are some days when I really, really, really wish I were still writing Fake Steve, and friends, this is one of them. In case you haven’t heard, Bloomberg accidentally ran Steve Jobs’s obituary today, and then retracted it. Luckily, Gawker decided to humiliate Bloomberg by publishing the entire obit, including the list of people that Bloombots should call if/when Dear Leader actually does die, which I’m still not sure he ever will, because as ...
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Gary M said:
The guy looks sick, but this is a pathetic. I love it, all the same.
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Michael Hyatt said:
This is one of the biggest gaffs I can ever remember. Amazing.
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Muzo said:
what a gaffe!
The return of physiognomy (3)
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It has been found, for example, that women can predict a man’s interest in infant children from his face. Trustworthiness also shows up, as does social dominance. The latest example comes from a paper just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society by Justin Carré and Cheryl McCormick, of Brock University in Ontario, Canada. The thesis developed by Mr Carré and Dr McCormick is that aggressiveness is predictable from the ratio between the width ...
When you're too busy to type "Thank you"... (4)
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…simply type “thx”! It’s the perfect way to let that special someone know you don’t care about them enough to type out eight entire characters, you lazy fuck.
The problem with being a self-loathing narcissist is hating how awesome I am. (2)
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The problem with being a self-loathing narcissist is hating how awesome I am.
Daytum, your daily data (8)
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Daytum is a site for keeping track of your life, a "home for collecting and communicating your daily data". For a glimpse of how Daytum might work, check out Daytum founder Nicholas Felton's personal annual reports. Somewhat related: Trixie Tracker, the online baby tracking software. The first person I remember tracking their data in this way online was Erik Benson on his Morale-O-Meter. (link)
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Sacha said:
I am so doing a personal annual report...
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Jon said:
check out the annual reports--very cool
Samsung rolls out 8 new HDTVs, first 40-inch LED backlit LCD (4)
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Filed under: Displays, HDTV Samsung's Series 7 / 8 / 9 plasmas and LCDs have broken cover already in Europe or North America, including the slim PAVV Bordeaux 850 (pictured), but Asia gets first crack at the latest iteration of the company's local dimming LED backlighting tech trickling down into the 40-inch LCD size range. Auto Motion Plus 120Hz technology, 1080p, 2,000,000:1 contrast ratios are a must, while also substituting direct YouTube access for the ...
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Jon said:
adds credibility to recent backlit cinema display rumors
Over, for now (10)
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Well — I've received notice from Apple that they've been contacted by The Tetris® Company about Tris. That, I'm afraid, is essentially game over. Do they have a case? No. Not really. I am convinced that if it went to court, the "copyright" claim would get thrown out completely. The trademark, perhaps not — but if I changed the name, to e.g. “Trys”, that would be much harder for them to argue.
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[Curtis W] said:
One more reason the iPhone app store is _lame_
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Graham English said:
Friggin lame! Get it while you can. It's my all time favorite iPhone app.
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chip said:
Damn. This is the only game I play on the iPhone.
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mac said:
Tris is also far, far better.
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