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A special report on telecoms in emerging markets: : Mobile marvels | The Economist

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:50:35 -0400

A special report on telecoms in emerging markets: : Mobile marvels | The Economist

Monsterlist of Halloween Projects Has Hundreds of Halloween How-To Guides [Halloween]

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:46:29 -0400

Monsterlist of Halloween Projects Has Hundreds of Halloween How-To Guides [Halloween]:

With little more than a month left before Halloween, if you’re intending to set up some underwear-destroying, adrenaline-spiking Halloween props, you’re going to need to get cracking….

John Cleese on The Muppet Show

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:36:33 -0400

John Cleese on The Muppet Show:

I rated a YouTube video (5 out of 5 stars): John Cleese of “Monty Python” and “Fawlty Towers” fame takes on Kermit the Frog and company. From 1977.

Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:22:45 -0400

Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Mind dumping with email + Smart Add

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:59:25 -0400

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Mind dumping with email + Smart Add:

Shared by cwmurphy
This is one of my favorite RTM features. I use it several times a day.

Too many tasks cluttering up your brain? Try out this very useful tip from RTM user…

The Muppet Show - Buddy Rich vs Animal Drum Battle

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:59:23 -0400

The Muppet Show - Buddy Rich vs Animal Drum Battle:

I favorited a YouTube video: From episode 522, Buddy Rich. Buddy and Animal have a drum battle. The Muppets are property of the Henson company.

Value Propositions That Work - Anthony Tjan - HarvardBusiness.org

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:50:15 -0400

Value Propositions That Work - Anthony Tjan - HarvardBusiness.org

Walkman NW-A84

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:30:19 -0400

Walkman NW-A84:

Sony’s NW-A840 has a 2.8” OLED display and is 7mm thick. I like the physical controls, unfashionable as they may be, when it comes to PMPs: when listening, I’m typically looking at…

Walkman NW-A84

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:09:07 -0400

Walkman NW-A84:

Sony’s NW-A840 has a 2.8” OLED display and is 7mm thick. I like the physical controls, unfashionable as they may be, when it comes to PMPs: when listening, I’m typically looking at…

"All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Two, take..."

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:59:56 -0400

"All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Two, take...":

“All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Two, take it outside. And three, be nice.”

- Dalton, Roadhouse

Whitelines

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:58:47 -0400

Whitelines:

Anyone doing technical or design work has burned through reams of graph paper. I’m a designer, and I use Whitelines to do technical drawings in accurate scale, which are then turned into 3-D…

SIMBL for Snow Leopard: re-enable those Safari hacks

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:25:17 -0400

SIMBL for Snow Leopard: re-enable those Safari hacks:

Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Browsers

If you’re a Safari user who enjoyed plug-ins — some people insist on calling them Input Managers, we’re agnostic on the subject —…

Open & Free Courses

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:39:53 -0400

Open & Free Courses

New Gladwell book: What the Dog Saw

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:36:27 -0400

New Gladwell book: What the Dog Saw:

What the Dog Saw is a collection of his writing from The New Yorker. Here’s an annotated table of contents with links to all the articles and the dates on which they originally appeared in the…

A copyright black hole swallows our culture (James Boyle/Financial Times)

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:28:40 -0400

A copyright black hole swallows our culture (James Boyle/Financial Times):

James Boyle / Financial Times:
A copyright black hole swallows our culture — Librarians call it the 20th-century black hole. The overwhelming force is not gravity but copyright…

Spider and Jeanne Robinson need help

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:28:38 -0400

Spider and Jeanne Robinson need help:

Beloved Hugo-award-winning writer, dancer and choreographer Jeanne Robinson (wife of Spider Robinson) has cancer, and it has taken a turn for the worse. Spider Robinson describes their financial…