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● Koyaanisqatsi (3)

by jason@kottke.org (3715) on kottke.org (4111) 1 day, 12 hours ago permalink

This is my favorite scene from Koyaanisqatsi. Unaware at first of the camera, she sees it. Then smiles almost imperceptibly and turns away. Then self-consciously looks everywhere but at the camera. And finally, a last contemptous peek at the camera. Rating: 4.0/5.0

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Gallery: Bell Labs' Greatest Hits (4)

by Priya Ganapati (80) on Wired Top Stories (5785) 1 day, 18 hours ago permalink

: Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerBell Labs' decision to abandon basic physics research marks the end of a brilliant chapter for the iconic institution. Many of the Labs' most famous discoveries, such as the transistor and the laser, originated in fundamental physics and have gone on to transform computing and technology. They also brought Bell Labs international glory, including six Nobel Prizes in Physics, starting in 1937 when researcher Clinton Davisson shared the Nobel for demonstrating the ...

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What is worth its weight in gold? (10)

by Tyler Cowen (912) on Marginal Revolution (1182) 1 day, 21 hours ago permalink

Here is a list of stuff worth more than its weight in gold, expressed in terms of price per pound: Platinum $20,679 Fifty Dollar Bills $22,680 Cocaine $22,680 Hundred Dollar Bills $45,359 Rhodium $77,292 Good-quality, one-carat diamonds $11.4 M LSD $55 M Antimatter $26 Quadrillion Here is the link, with much more information. Here is a short article on the market for rhodium. Here is an earlier post on the economics of antimatter. Thanks to ...

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Speech Writing Is Good Writing (1)

by writewell (2) on Write Well Me (2) 2 days, 3 hours ago permalink

Last night Bill Clinton spoke at the Democratic National Convention. Regardless of political orientation, one has to admire the writing and the time that goes into creating such a speech. Now, at the time of Bill's speech, I was teaching a teleclass on the 5 Tips to Start Writing That Book Today. Afterwards, knowing the power and breadth of the Internet, I was fully prepared to find video of the speech. (If you were following ...

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In Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas Friedman Calls for a Green Energy Revolution (12)

by Garrett M. Graff (13) on Wired Top Stories (5785) 2 days, 6 hours ago permalink

Thomas Friedman is about to dive into the green-tech fray. In his latest book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, the multi-Pulitzer-winning journalist says everyone needs to accept that oil will never be cheap again and that wasteful, polluting technologies cannot be tolerated. The last big innovation in energy production, he observes, was nuclear power half a century ago; since then the field has stagnated. "Do you know any industry in this country whose last major breakthrough ...

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Why can't they fix the Flash/Firefox bug? (6)

by Rafe Needleman (653) on Webware.com (3037) 2 days, 6 hours ago permalink

An annoying and long-lived bug is preventing some users from viewing Web videos. There's a workaround, but for many, the cure is as bad as the disease. The bug is that Flash videos don't play for certain Firefox 3 users on Windows XP or Vista, when using the current Flash player version 9. On YouTube, CNET TV, and other sites, embedded videos will start, but they halt after two seconds. Both Mozilla and Adobe have ...

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Walter DeFoor said: interesting battle between closed source and open source. I've had this bug myself and it KINDA pissed me off.

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We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All (54)

by Jason Kincaid (3481) on TechCrunch (26164) 2 days, 12 hours ago permalink

The business card needs to die, and everyone knows it. They’re clumsy, easy to lose, and virtually useless as one of the last bits of information that we pass non-digitally (they kill trees, too). The cell phone market could easily put business cards out of their misery, but instead of conforming to a single standard for contact exchange, handset manufacturers offer proprietary solutions or none at all. FriendBook, an iPhone application from Tapulous, looked like ...

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javaneze said: ναι ρε πουστη τελικα ειναι αχρηστη.Τοσα χρονια απλα φιαχνω και ξαναφιαχνω και τι εγινε; ακομα και τα cool moo cards μου στην θήκη ειναι!Ασε που ποτε δεν θυμαμαι να δωσω!
Sean Blakey said: Hate business cards. Palm "cards" were a step in the right direction (remember the train ad?). An iPhone app is NOT a sufficient solution.
Rizzn said: I've got an idea! Let's exchange a cheap, reliable technology that costs a fraction of a penny with one that costs $300 plus $100 a month. Brilliant!
Stanton said: I couldn't agree more.
tommyp said: removed from appstore
colladude said: why iphone
Sean said: Lets see, I usually pay a penny or less per business card... Could TechCrunch stop announcing things are dead? Last month it was voice mail, this month business cards, next month it will be the Internet because it's "outdated".
Convoluted said: Neat Idea
Ralf Mueller said: Yes!

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Massive iPhone Security Flaw Exposes Your Private Data - Here's the Fix | Gadget Lab from Wired.com (10)

by Charlie Sorrel (330) on Wired Top Stories (5785) 2 days, 17 hours ago permalink

A simple, two-step workaround makes it easy to bypass the iPhone 3G's passcode lock, if you're using version 2.0.2 of the iPhone operating system.

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Google Expands Its Wiki Approach to Map Making (India Edition) (27)

by Erick Schonfeld (6901) on TechCrunch (26164) 2 days, 18 hours ago permalink

When it comes to the availability of good mapping data, not all parts of the world are created equal. That’s why Google is taking a wiki approach to filling out the white spaces on its maps, particularly in developing nations. Back in June, it launched Map Maker for a small group of island nations where there isn’t great existing cartography data. But now it’s added India to the countries that can be modified on Google ...

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Mark Whiting said: I really like this thing however I think they need to make it monotized for contributors and I think they need to make it available in more places.
Kells Nollenberger said: I hope they do this here. Google maps needs some serious editing by the masses. Wiki would be the way to go.
Kesor said: Cyprus gets this feature, but Israel doesn't??? C'mon Google!Give us the wiki! We wants it. My precious.

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100 things author dies (21)

by jason@kottke.org (3715) on kottke.org (4111) 2 days, 20 hours ago permalink

The author of 100 Things to Do Before You Die is dead at the age of 47. I hope he made it through them all. (link)

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PC manufacturers seek shelter from Vista's drizzle (1)

by Matt Asay (197) on The Open Road (149) 2 days, 23 hours ago permalink

If you needed any further testament to the colossal failure that is Microsoft Windows Vista, just read this Wall Street Journal article detailing PC manufacturers attempts to design around Vista's shortcomings, shortcomings that no amount of marketing are going to fix. ...[S]ome PC makers are trying to improve ...

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How Google Earth Helped Win A Gold Medal (82)

by Erick Schonfeld (6901) on TechCrunch (26164) 3 days ago permalink

Google Earth is getting a nice plug from Olympic Gold Medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong. When she did her time trials in December, 2007 in China, she took along her husband’s GPS unit to capture the elevation along the route. Then she used that data to find the best training route back home. In a guest post on the Google Lat-Long blog, she writes: After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to ...

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Aaron said: I wonder if her gps maker has this info, and can also make light of this.
Haidong said: very good try
Fred said: Got to love this clever use of tech for training for cycling.
Jeff said: Cool story -- I love to hear about the unexpected collisions between athletics and technology.
Jeff said: I just love hearing these stories of people using freely available tools/data in ways no one initially planned.
Kluzter said: De esto se trata... informeichon informeichon informeichon!
David Feng said: woah

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Job Search: Rebuild Your Resume with Five Simple Fixes (122)

by Kevin Purdy (9248) on Lifehacker (36806) 3 days, 1 hour ago permalink

Once you've spotted a great job anywhere online and figured out how much moolah to ask for, you need to get your foot in the door. In most cases, your foot is your resume, and every person you've ever met with a job has sincere, if contradictory, advice on making yours shinier than all the others. We've picked out five bits of advice that actually help you plan, write, and present your resume, rather than ...

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Derek said: I really enjoy talking about resumes and the best way to represent yourself in different situations.

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We drive as we live (1)

by Kevin Berger (2) on Salon (285) 3 days, 4 hours ago permalink

No wonder traffic will never improve. We are doomed by our behavior, as a drive in New York with "Traffic" author Tom Vanderbilt reveals.

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"Traitor" (1)

by Stephanie Zacharek (6) on Salon (285) 3 days, 4 hours ago permalink

Too much narrative trickery takes away from the real talent in this post-9/11 thriller, Don Cheadle and Saïd Taghmaoui.

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No Joke: The Onion Launches CitySearch Competitor (8)

by Jason Kincaid (3481) on TechCrunch (26164) 3 days, 14 hours ago permalink

America’s Finest News Source has launched Decider, a local entertainment site that includes interviews, event information, and restaurant reviews. The site is initially launching with content for Chicago, with plans to support more cities over the next few months. The site has a clean (albeit somewhat generic) interface, with integrated Google Maps pinpointing each reviewed restaurant and a calendar for upcoming events. In addition to regular editorial content, users will be allowed to post their ...

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cloneofsnake said: The Onion launches Yelp like directory, since their web newspaper is already using Drupal, I'm sure they are also Drupal for this site.
Alex said: Curious.

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If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity. (106)

by Erick Schonfeld (6901) on TechCrunch (26164) 3 days, 14 hours ago permalink

Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups. Today, he is announcing the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment in using natural language to invoke Web services. Ubiquity is an extension to the Firefox browser that lets you type in what you want to do—insert a map, translate this page, Twitter this block of text, search on Google—and invokes one of 30 Web services. As Raskin describes ...

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Flyhorse said: This is awesome!
Devlin D said: I am loving the work that Aza is doing! He is a user experience GENIUS!!!
Derick Valadao said: Holy smokes. That looks really really cool.
Noah J said: One to watch.
Klemo said: Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups.
Daniel said: Now this is awesome!
Praneet said: Installed it today.. cool thing.
Dominic Hopton said: The new hotness, IMHO
Luke G said: Huge.
ModernBizzle said: Cool name, logo, and idea!
Mickey said: ovo samo sto je stiglo na moj RSS reader, Mozilla novi projekat, izgleda ludo (vidi video. alpha 0.1
chrisbrogan.com said: Can we stop always using maps to describe mashups? Is it just me?

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Virus Infects Space Station Laptops (Again) (24)

by Ryan Singel (202) on Wired Top Stories (5785) 3 days, 19 hours ago permalink

A password-stealing virus infected laptops on the international space station, though NASA says no mission critical equipment was affected. It's also not the first time a computer virus has made its way into space.

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