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Mostly links from around the web, presented with quotes and commentary. Sometimes I write long-form pieces too.

Posted on 20110626

Snappy answers to freaky job-interview questions

via Boing Boing

Responding to a CBS Moneywatch column on the 20 Craziest Job Interview Questions, The Morning News’s Giles Turnbull has … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110625

This Company Scours the Internet to Tell Employers Your Secrets

via GOOD

If you’re in the midst of a job search like millions of other Americans, you might want to make sure you’ve got your … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110625

Steve Jobs Should Fire These Three Apple Employees

via SAI

It’s a weekend, and that means it’s time for a bitchmeme.
It’s not often that I call for someone to be … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110625

Can you live without cooking oil?

via Salon

After romanticizing scavenging for months, I ran out of this staple — and began to doubt my new rural existence Read More >>

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Posted on 20110625

Why Are New York Bagels the Greatest? It’s Not the Water [Science]

via Gizmodo

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Posted on 20110625

Skype mess: How far will this go?

via Hacker News

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Posted on 20110625

Solar-powered 3D sand-printer

via Boing Boing

Proff sez, “Markus Kayser built a 3D printer that works with solar power to heat up sand and form objects like a regular 3D … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110625

New phase-changing alloy turns waste heat into green energy, exhibits spontaneous magnetism (video)

via Engadget

Looks like harvesting waste heat is all the rage in 2011. Yet another team of researchers — this time at the University of … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110624

Ka-Bar ZK Knives: Don’t Leave Zombie-pocalypse Home Without Them [Knives]

via Gizmodo

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Posted on 20110624

What The S.F. Underground Market’s Shutdown Means For Food Entrepreneurs

via Fast Company

The market was created to avoid the red tape that keeps many small-time food operations from getting off the ground. The … Read More >>

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