December 2011
22 posts
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Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 22nd
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RIAA and Homeland Security caught downloading... →
“If there’s one organization known for its crusade against online piracy, it’s the RIAA. Nevertheless, even in the RIAA’s headquarters several people use BitTorrent to download pirated music, movies, TV-shows and software. And they are in good company. The Department of Homeland Security – known for seizing pirate domain names – also harbors hundreds of BitTorrent pirates.” ...
Dec 18th
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“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water...”
–   —Christopher Hitchens (source: The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever by Christopher Hitchens, via The Daily Beast)
Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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People can smell your neuroticism →
“Getting to know someone usually requires at least a little conversation. But a new study suggests you can get a hint of an individual’s personality through his or her scent alone.”  Read more… (source: Live Science, via MSNBC)
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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My 1,000th post!
I started this blog six months and several days ago as an experiment in blogging. One thousand posts later, and what have I learned? Good question!  —drego
Dec 6th
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Google is richer than the 28 poorest countries... →
See infographic… (source: Business MBA, via brainz.com)
Dec 6th
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We're all narcissists now →
“It used to be a sign of madness, now taking your own picture is part of daily life.”  Read more… (source: The Telegraph)
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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How publishers are cutting their own throats with... →
“Sci-fi author Charlie Stross has written a post about how the Big Six book publishing companies have painted themselves into a corner in the rapidly growing ebook industry. Between user-unfriendly DRM and the Amazon juggernaut, they’re slowly pushing themselves out of business. Quoting: ‘Until 2008, ebooks were a tiny market segment, under 1% and easily overlooked; but in 2009...
Dec 6th
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Does telecommuting make you invisible? →
“Telecommuting provides many joys, including the ability to stay in your pajamas all day and the chance to work with a cat on your lap. But it does have some major drawbacks, perhaps none so serious as the fact that, if your co-workers are for the most part in an office, they can forget you exist — which means you don’t get credit for your work as you deserve.” ...
Dec 6th
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The furnace of the future: Computer servers? →
“Computer data centers are energy-hogs that generate a ton of heat. Why not take advantage of that warmth, say researchers.”  Read more… (source: The Week)
Dec 6th
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Forget why you walked in a room? Doorways to... →
“Have you ever strolled into the kitchen to get something only to immediately forget why you’re even there? You’re not alone. Psychologists from the University of Notre Dame have discovered a link between walking through doorways and lapses in our short-term memory. Here’s what you should know:”  Read more… (source: Life’s Little Mysteries, via The...
Dec 6th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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