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Bloomberg accidentally publishes Steve Jobs obituary (6)
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Phoenix Mars Mission - Gallery - Images (1)
permalinkThe first AFM image on another planet, done by the guys at University of Neuchatel I met. Sweet!Shared by Joey Doll (35)Contribute comment
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Shut Up, New York (I Will Call San Francisco 'The City' If I Fucking Feel Like It) (1)
on hella patches (6) permalinkLet me say something up front: I like New York City, very much. It’s a big, exciting city full of interesting people and engaging things to do. And because I like it, because—like a lot of people—I’m fond of it and enjoy visiting and may even live there someday, I’m going to offer New York a bit of unsolicited advice: Shut Up. You know that person in your life who talks about herself constantly? The ...Shared by Joey Doll (35)Contribute comment
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As interesting at middle management for Kottke. (35)
on kottke.org (3747) permalinkJoel Spolsky, popular tech writer and founder of Fog Creek Software, has an article in the September 2008 issue of Inc. called How Hard Could It Be: How I Learned to Love Middle Managers. In it, Spolsky details how he came to the idea of building a small company where middle management was unnecessary. He took particular inspiration from an article he read about a GE plant. It was about a General Electric plant in ...Shared by Andrew Wong (9) Andy Croll (7) Avi Flax (28) Bill Keaggy (52) Christopher Edwards (2) cisellis (130) David (14) David (76) Elliott P. (65) emmet.connolly (30) Eric (36) Firethorn (54) Gauravonomics (248) Gedoehns (10) Geoff (53) ggatin (78) Gregor J. Rothfuss (25) hober (80) Jacob (27) Joey Doll (35) Krypto (62) Mark R (40) matmjuarez (49) philayres (36) Ramanan (39) Ryan (17) Seann (30) somenice (30) sturob (40) Sue (130) Tarun (26) Taylor (47) Tim (33) Tom The Architect (38) Wyn Lim (28)
- Tim said: Interesting post. Kottke missed the fact that Grey Dog passes management of the restaurant onto the customers as well. "Waiters" bring the food out and bus it, but patrons do practically every other task including procuring silverware/napkins, filling water glasses, getting condiments, etc... I suppose it does work and the food is good, but it's certainly not a traditional restaurant experience from the perspective of a patron.
- Ryan said: Different ways to manage a company. Avoid Middle management/use if sparingly
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Digital Journalist photo blog (9)
on kottke.org (3747) permalinkThe Digital Journalist has launched a photo blog modeled after The Big Picture. Well done. I've followed this site on and off for years but always found it too difficult to navigate through to find the photography, which is shot by top-notch photojournalists and is amazing. Nice to see the photography put front and center. Case in point: this wonderful selection of sports photos by Walter Iooss Jr., punctuated by stories of the athletes he ...Shared by Drew (86) Eduo (193) Emon (96) francesco (16) Jacob (27) Joey Doll (35) Kim (42) Mario Sundar (66) unclespeedo (53)
- Eduo said: "The Big Picture", uno de los mejores blogs creados últimamente (e, increíblemente, uno de los más simples en concepto y ejecución) ha creado una nueva moda de photo blog que está siendo cada vez más el patrón a seguir por otros (y bien que hacen). Digital Journalist y Wall Street Journal estrenan sus propias versiones y todos nos beneficiamos.
- Jacob said: The Iooss series is long and interesting.
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Chip pics (23)
on StumbleUpon | buzz (663) permalinkShared by Audrey (40) Bijou (46) burkinaboy (771) Chris Heilmann (20) Cigar Jack (39) complicious (225) Danny (20) Dimitris (109) Jeff Jones (317) Jennifer Chuchmuch (40) Jennifer Mannion (108) Joey Doll (35) l.m.orchard (93) Laura Kane (27) Natitude (450) Randy Zlobec (406) Sheryl Loch (7) Stephen Hunt (29) Tiago Jorge (156) TiTi (394) wes (52) Will (73) Zak Nicola (193)Contribute comment
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Beijing 2008 - It's a wrap (93)
on The Big Picture (1457) permalinkOver the past couple of weeks, in Beijing, China, over 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries participated in 302 events in 28 sports. below are some highlights of the last week in Beijing, and a few shots of the Closing Ceremony last night in the National Stadium. (39 photos total)Left-to-right: Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina, Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Wallace Spearmon of the US and Britain's Christian Malcolm compete in the men's 200m ...Shared by $udhi™ (65) Alexandra Friedman (199) alfred westerveld (259) andy smith (224) Anthony Bossuyt (61) ariel (15) atul (547) Aurélien Bompard (21) B.M. (45) berenike (60) BrendoMan (286) Brenton (103) Bruce (3) Bryan (24) bucks14 (21) C.M (27) Clash (728) Daniel Schultz (134) danutz (32) Darren Barefoot (69) David (76) David Monroe (84) Dreamer (8) Dwayne (49) Erik (148) Esmail (116) Florian Wagner (7) Garret (21) Gautam (116) Greg (44) happy_harry (23) haris (59) hikikomori (193) Ian D (22) IBCmass (715) iBspoof (72) Jacob (27) Jake (69) Javache (28) Jean-Baptiste (21) Jeffrey (50) Jesús Dugarte (47) Jish (6) Joey Doll (35) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (527) Jorge (3) Josh Lee (11) Juan Diego (282) Justin Walters (25) Kamangir (295) lizunlong (153) Mahdi Ebrahimi (125) maYO (22) Mike Mahaffie (23) Mr. Seaver (49) N.L. Vivar (35) namxam (14) Narayanan Hariharan (810) Ned (56) nick.kurns (45) olkin (61) pacinoson (47) Paolo Bozzelli (101) Paolo Tiozzo (1) philayres (36) phillip (76) Pradeep (37) Praneet (24) Razzu (32) Rob (99) rsgalloway (80) Sai Prasad Kothapalle (40) sameer (24) Shane Keener (32) simplynutty (71) Steve (145) Stina (25) Stuart (38) Sunil Garg (36) Teddy Lyngaas (5) Thaths (16) thingol (64) Timo Heuer (85) Tomáš Zajíček (5) tomaz (8) TomBolini (177) tosch (73) trainspottr (159) Travis (106) Ubqtous (82) ulysse.saloff (106) zar (32) Zsoltik@ (36)Explore read 11 notes
- Justin Walters said: most definitely.
- Jean-Baptiste said: Je kiffe ce blog; La tof du plongeur chinois est vraiment énorme.
- Razzu said: notice anything racist ?
- zar said: Questi di The Big Picture fanno sempre delle foto spettacolari.
- Shane Keener said: Great imagery with wonderful stories always comes out of the Olympics. Sometimes, I think the pictures are more impressive than the video.
- bucks14 said: the link has a tons more great shots...
- Ian D said: Great pictures that wrap up the Olympics nicely.
- rsgalloway said: http://speechable.com/pic/96201gy2.png
- Jake said: Because giant sports photos are awesome.
- Praneet said: Fantastic set of pictures
- Pradeep said: Most awaited.[I liked the ones of Lolo Jones and Bryan Clay. And of course, Vijay's]
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That Uncertain Feeling: Financial Page: The New Yorker (5)
on The Financial Page (6) permalinkA study of individual investors by the economists Markus Glaser and Martin Weber, for instance, found that investors who thought more highly of their ability also traded more. What’s worse, the effect seems to be magnified in times of uncertainty. The business-school professors Itzhak Ben-David and John Doukas, in a study based on twenty years of trading by institutional investors, found that when there’s a profusion of “ambiguous information” about stocks investors trade more frequently, ...
- Hamish.MacEwan said: Homo Economicus eh... Also new NZ research on NASDAQ traders, http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-mnr-20080825-0647-Morning_Business_News.ogg
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Aug. 25, 1973: More Than One Way to Slice a CAT (4)
on Wired Top Stories (5392) permalink1973: The CT scan goes into use in the United States. Lives will be saved. Originally known as a CAT scan -- for computed (or computerized) axial tomography, or computer-aided (or assisted) tomography -- the process uses a series of X-rays to create sequential images of virtual slices of body tissue. Those can be integrated into a 3-D X-ray, so doctors know the precise position of diseased or otherwise abnormal tissue. In Medford, Massachusetts, in ...
- Joey Doll said: life before CTs and MRIs when you just had to poke around, hard to imagine
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Analog Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema's Ultrahigh-Res Camera (26)
on Wired Top Stories (5392) permalinkA crowd has gathered in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center, where a security guard is about to unlock the main entrance. It's less than a minute before 9 am, the official opening of the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters Show—typically a sleepy sales and marketing event known more for schmoozing than buzz. But as the glass doors open on this April morning, a hundred people race toward a large crimson tent in the ...Shared by 100rabh™ (99) Amy (31) André Elias (218) Ari (70) cgsheldon (947) Chris Papadopoulos (64) Chris T (27) Danny (20) Glenn Batuyong (261) Jason Gilman (238) jesicita (78) Joey Doll (35) John (114) juananguerrero (17) Justin D (34) Krazy (434) kw2dio (29) lomodeedee (227) Loyolny (60) Michael (17) Nice Fish Films (248) RLivsey (35) Ryan (58) Sohail Mamdani (47) Wojciech Beling (42) Yooakim (29)
- Joey Doll said: really, really interesting
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xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe (230)
on xkcd.com (6151) permalinkShared by [ebarrera] (33) Abe (57) Abhilash (37) adrcc2 (34) Aga (81) Alcides Fonseca (87) Alex Cox (9) Andreas (29) Andrés Milleiro (185) Andrew (27) Andrew (17) Andrew Schott (136) Andrey (28) Annarella (98) Anthony (164) Army of Gnomes (190) ash (152) atomantic (27) Ben Turner (123) Benjamin Golub (76) Benjamin Shyong (36) Benny (42) bnoise (52) Bob (109) Bobby (58) bombox (74) Borzo (70) Brandon (38) Brent the Closet Geek (209) Brett L. (49) Brian (42) Brian (24) brice (38) CannonGod (749) Carl (25) cesaracardoso (204) Chadwick (12) Charles (48) chexov (70) Chris (122) Chris (37) Chris G (4) ChrisB (28) Christian (69) Christian Meyer (5) Cigar Jack (39) Cindy Waters (34) Clay (126) Clint (105) cmoewes (106) Dan Russell (143) Daniel (23) Daniel (27) Daniel Monzelowsky (47) darkeye11547 (1051) Darren (23) Dave Koss (90) deadlyicon (75) Dennis Laumen (62) Derek van Vliet (37) Diana (131) djspark (349) docbaily (233) Dominik (153) Doug (26) Dragos Pirvu (30) Drew (86) Drew Olanoff (564) DrFu (229) Duane (89) dwfrank (30) Eduardo Coutinho (41) Eduo (193) Edzinsh (228) Eric (283) Eva (26) Fearghas (50) Felius (5) Fernando (167) FirstAidKit (17) Florian (3) Frank (44) Futt (31) ƒß (25) Gabe (25) Gandhi (94) Gerard (252) Greg Tidwell (15) Gregg (33) Hadyn (28) haggaret (33) Houdoken (19) houseinrlyeh (346) Isaac Roca @SiKNUS (57) issa (91) James Johnson (35) Jared (106) Jase (41) Jason (27) Jason Sares (31) JBu92 (375) Jeanne (30) Jeff Q (67) jhota (24) Jim (48) jjrussell (26) Joey Doll (35) Joffrey (92) John (50) JohnTheJohnMan (31) Jon (54) Jon (31) JulioHM (290) Justin (63) Justin Yost (263) Karen Eliot (405) Keaven Freeman (54) kebernet (147) Ken (69) Ken Sykora (27) Kichigai Mentat (84) KincaidKMF (40) Kirsten (58) Kluzter (52) kmohr25 (118) kumarhk (24) Laura Kane (27) Leooon (44) Lindsey Smith (75) Lisa (32) lmjabreu (119) Lorenzo (100) Lucas (61) Luis Penados (37) Luka (9) Luke M (35) mac (49) mace (37) maomao (104) mario r (67) Mark (269) Mark Whiting (79) Martin Gordon (103) Mat (85) Matt (14) Matt Hines (12) Matthew (176) Matthew (43) mattpovey (35) Maurice Svay (50) mernisse (25) Meromo (48) mfelkins (45) Michael (17) Michael (175) Michaele (31) Mikey (98) Monsur (43) Natalie (43) NeLaS (31) nervioso (243) ngl (39) nicerobot (181) Nick (70) Nicolas (98) Nish (32) Noelle (54) norti (88) nparker13 (605) Oliver Boryszewski (64) Paul (48) Paulino (38) phillprice (61) Pickles (92) pigpogm (61) Punkin (57) px (72) R2 (23) raddevon (100) Rantan (131) rchk (119) Ricardo (68) Roadkillkid (26) Rob Farrell (6) Robert Accettura (94) robert steburg (84) rochoa (34) rOckY (709) Roger (47) Ronald van der Putte (18) Ryan Coleman (34) Sam Harrelson (67) sczizzo (51) Serabe (69) Seth_ (24) sevas (28) Shack (70) SharonG (295) ShawnMilo (49) Sid (7) simplynutty (71) SiRGt (63) smirk (22) Snipergirl (21) spiller (89) spiri (101) Steinkirch (252) Steve (49) Stian (13) Taskinen (28) Terrence (71) Thiago (31) Thiago (98) Tim (820) TOMHTML (73) Tony Ruscoe (50) tuli0 (26) Tyler (24) Unseen (79) Valentin (64) vanlandw (79) Walter DeFoor (178) Wayne (251) Whiz (128) Will (29) xrx (126) Yamil Gonzales (53) Zhasper (97) Zim (23) Zsoltik@ (36)Explore read 15 notes
- px said: oh xkcd how you make me laugh.
- Ken Sykora said: Please... if you're at work... DON'T google 2 girls 1 cup :)
- Leooon said: hehe ;D
- Matthew said: what scares me are all the other ones
- Hadyn said: I love me a good table
- Luka said: lol
- Clay said: um. heh.
- Brian said: I think this is the first XKCD that's made me LOL.
- Gabe said: it's baaaaaaack
- Charles said: Interesting to see the 4 girls and 4 cups spike, given the 4g/3c data. What's one more cup?
- Gandhi said: jajaajajaj!! Buenisisismo!!
- Joey Doll said: this recently came up
- vanlandw said: rotf
- mernisse said: snicker.
- Brett L. said: Hover for the tooltip. I still haven't seen the video, and I have no interest in doing so.
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Wealthy Mexicans Getting Chipped in Case of Abduction (10)
on Slashdot (9941) permalinkBecause the number of abductions in Mexico has jumped almost 40% in the past 3 years, the wealthy are getting subcutaneous transmitters so they can be tracked when kidnapped. Xega, the Mexican security firm which makes the chips, has seen a sales jump of 13% this year. The company injects the crystal-encased chip, the size and shape of a grain of rice, into clients' bodies with a syringe. The chip then sends radio signals to ...Shared by Crossbar (103) Damon (87) darkeye11547 (1051) gergi (74) Jason (373) Joey Doll (35) jonezy (110) Kevin Etter (61) Robert (29) Shelton (44)
- jonezy said: holy crap that's frightening
- Damon said: This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. If you're separated from the "larger device," they can't find you any more. Granted, it could send an alarm if you are separated, but that's easy to defeat with an anti-static bag. I think money is probably better spent on security personnel.
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DNA Bar Coding Finds Mislabeled Sushi (17)
on Slashdot (9941) permalinkHugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss, who graduated this year from the Trinity School in Manhattan, took on a freelance science project to check 60 samples of seafood using a simplified genetic fingerprinting technique called DNA Bar Coding to see whether the fish New Yorkers buy is what they think they are getting, and found that one-fourth of the fish samples with identifiable DNA were mislabeled: A piece ...Shared by Brian (24) carlback (29) cephyn (35) Damon (87) Dave Aitel (35) focoma (87) Greg (19) Heather (192) Joey Doll (35) Joshua Nobles (124) Kevin (29) Robert (29) SyP (39) talboito (141) ultraviolet (169) Vincent van Wylick (77) Zach (268)
- Greg said: Makes you question half-price sushi night doesn't it?
- Dave Aitel said: HAHAHAHA
- Kevin said: Next time you go out for Sushi, take a Forensics lab with you to make sure you're getting what you paid for!
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Micro Yali’s Prepares to Caffeinate MCB Majors in VLSB (2)
on The Daily Clog (3) permalinkPerhaps the only building on campus that is in dire need of an easy-access coffee shop (other than Dwinelle Hall, which finally got its fix a few semesters ago) is the Valley Life Sciences building. Home to many sleepless molecular and cell biology majors, and others who’ve decided to throw their lives away to science–VLSB can be a gloomy place to study without an hourly dose of everyone’s favorite psychoactive stimulant. Worry no more, however. ...Shared by Joey Doll (35) Oscar (19)
- Joey Doll said: graphs rule
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Rice: Military power is "not the way to deal in the 21st century" - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (6)
on Salon: Glenn Greenwald (167) permalinkGlenn Greenwald, New York Times bestselling author and former constitutional law and civil rights litigator, shares opinions through his political blog.
- V said: Both true and ridiculous all at the same time.
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● Great Olympic moments on YouTube (50)
on kottke.org (3747) permalinkOne of the best ways to watch the Olympics is to chase down all the references made by NBC's commentators on YouTube and watch them in addition to (or instead of) the regular telecast. Here are some of the ones I've found. From the 1976 Olympics, the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history by Nadia Comaneci on the uneven parallel bars. This more impressive routine also earned a 10, as did this balance beam ...Shared by Adam (39) Alex C (110) Aneel (149) BruceT (6) Charles (157) charliereece (47) Cort (24) David G Mihalcik (48) david henderson (45) Dom.net (51) Donovan Watts (5) doransky (166) Emily Ferguson (46) eric stimmel (28) Erik J. Heels (237) Eugene (146) Gil Creque (41) Guan (35) internetcases (19) issa (91) Jacob (27) James (30) Jared (106) Jeffrey (50) jeremy (36) Joey Doll (35) John (34) John-Michael Oswalt (39) Juan Fernando Zuluaga C. (47) Julie (31) Kyle (50) Linkletter (28) mac (49) Mario Sundar (66) Matthew Bischoff (64) mjs (43) Paul Irish (46) Rick Klau (351) Rob (17) Scott Reston (32) Sean (24) Shauna (19) Sue (130) sukumar (66) tatopuig (22) Tim (33) vanou (55) Vidar Gundersen (30) zed (67) zsafwan (242)Explore read six notes
- charliereece said: Awesome videos!!!
- James said: Some of this is unbelievable. So much more interesting than the Olympics now.
- Jacob said: Great collection of Olympic history clips on YouTube. I especially found the uneven bars routines to be so different from what you see today. Perhaps not as athletically challenging, but definitely some creative stuff.
- John-Michael Oswalt said: great list of olympic wins. add both races for bolt this year and it is even better
- Juan Fernando Zuluaga C. said: Una perfecta recopilación de los momentos más importantes en los Olímpicos... por fin alguien se le midió a la tarea!
- Sue said: Great time traveling videos!
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