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

Posted on 20111214

Japanese Movie Tops Steve Jobs’ Death Record of ‘Most Tweets Per Second’

via TAXI Daily News

[Click here to view the video in this article]

According to Twitter, the TV screening of the highly-popular Anime Castle … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111213

Banksy Does It Again

via TAXI Daily News

Street artist Banksy recently ‘attacked’ walls of the metropolitan city London with his work.

His five-part series features … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111213

Learn Matrix-Style, With A Brain Pattern-Generating Machine

via TAXI Daily News

The journal ’Science’ has published that American and Japanese researchers have discovered a technique which makes … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111213

Megaupload will sue Universal

via Boing Boing

Megaupload is still fuming that Universal Music Group made repeated false copyright claims to YouTube about a video that major … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111213

Skype for Android adds support for sharing photos, video and other files

via Engadget

Just in time to really annoy your family and friends with holiday greetings, Skype for Android has updated to version 2.6, … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111213

Why Lobbying Transparency Is More Important Than Open Government

via GOOD

In 2009, Barack Obama’s presidency promised to be among the most transparent ever. His tech-friendly administration made … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111213

Infographic: How Cycling Can Save Us

via TAXI Daily News

America is known as a ‘car country’.

According to an infographic by Healthcare Management Degree, Americans drive everywhere. … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111213

Apple’s Mobile Ad Platform Is Tanking, So Apple Is Lowering Prices (AAPL)

via SAI

Apple’s ad platform for mobile phones, iAd, has failed to take off among advertisers, so Apple is making some pretty big … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111206

Leave your kids alone: a free-range parenting journey

via Boing Boing

Writing in Boston Magazine, Katherine Ozment recounts how she went from hovering over her kids to keep them from harm to … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111206

Are 100% of astronomy majors employed?

via Boing Boing

On Submitterator, ecodeathmarch linked a news report about a new study that found that people with undergraduate degrees in … Read More >>

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