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

Posted on 20120210

Fast Talk: How This Bartender Is Rebooting The Condom

via Fast Company

Meet Richard Pessall, a 20-year-old British entrepreneur who wants to take the condom where no man has gone before (no, not … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

Apple Rumor Patrol: New iPads And iPhones Coming Soon

via Fast Company

iPad 3 Arrival DateAccording to the usual wonderfully unreliable (and always anonymous) “sources,” Apple may be poised to … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

Mobile Device Detects When You’re Depressed, Acts as Your Therapist

via Mashable!

Feeling down? Scientists are working on a mobile phone that notices when you’re depressed and intervenes with … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

VEVO CEO Tries To Explain Their Hypocritical Act Of Piracy At Sundance

via TechCrunch

Yesterday I reported on a bizarre incident I witnessed at Sundance last month: VEVO, the music portal owned by some of the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

Kickstarter’s Big Day: $1.6M Pledged In 24 Hours

via TechCrunch

They say when it rains, it pours. That’s not usually a good thing, but when it’s raining money, things are a little different. … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

What is the deal with this purple squirrel?

via Boing Boing

The hard-hitting investigative journalism team at Accuweather is trying to figure out why this squirrel is purple. Currently, … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

The oldest thing in the world

via Boing Boing

The oldest living thing on Earth is a massive “meadow” of sea grass growing in the Mediterranean between Spain and Cyprus. It’s … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

DarwinBot is a surrogate play partner for man’s best friend

via Engadget

The problem facing Microsoft developer Jordan Correa and his wife was hardly an uncommon one. They both have full time jobs … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

Dangerous tweets: Arrested, fined in 140 characters or less

via Ars Technica

In 2010, South Yorkshire police showed up at the workplace of 26-year old Paul … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120210

New bill would make open access to federal research mandatory

via Ars Technica

For the last several years, research funded by the National Institutes of … Read More >>

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