30 Jan 12
29 Jan 12
Northeast Carbon Trading System a Startling Success →
Study finds that RGGI has saved customers money and created jobs while Northeast carbon emissions cut 30%.
29 Jan 12
Squeezed between Windows Mobile rock and iPhone 4s hard place, has Android peaked? →
Android loses share for the first time as some leading handset vendors announce bad quarters.
25 Jan 12
GODIN: Average Worker Going Straight To The Bottom in "Forever Recession." →
Godin says:
We’re in a “a forever recession” because it’s the end of the industrial age, which also means the end of the average worker.
25 Jan 12
Key Takeaways From Apple's Monster Earnings →
The post-PC era in numbers: iPads outsell all desktop PCs; Apple profit > Google revenue; Apple world’s largest consumer of semiconductors.
18 Jan 12
Cybersecurity in the Balance: Weighing the Risks of the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act - Brookings Institution →
A well-considered analysis of the risks of SOPA.
07 Jan 12
Global unrest: how the revolution went viral (via The Guardian) →
Best article I’ve seen on the historical roots of hactivisim.
01 Dec 11
Signs of the Apocalypse: The 27 worst nativity sets →
“The annual, growing list” of really amazingly bad nativity sets. The full range from simply tacky to the bizarre.
The edible ones will give you theological fits - what would Deuteronomy or Leviticus have to say about a nativity scene made of bacon and sausage?
15 Nov 11
The SPAM Spring
The 419 scams in my SPAM-box have taken a darker turn:
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From Ashraf El Baroudi .
C/o Aisha Gaddafi.
My client is presently on the run but may be subsequently arrested and tried in the world court in Hague ,if she is tortured in any way she will have to reveal where diamond, gold and cash deposit’s are located and everything will be turned to present government’s own which will benefit only the politicians in her country Libya.
My names are Ashraf El Baroudi ,I am the special adviser to Aisha Gaddafi. Please note that since he(the father) was killed, no one knows the locations of these minerals and most cash deposits.My client wants to immediately invest big time with you just in case she is captured,where can I reach you confidentially without trace if you can work with me on mutual benefits.
I look forward to your prompt response.Please note that this matter is a very confidential and private issue,please kindly keep it a top secret.
Thank You,
12 Nov 11
Clarifications on Flash Player for Mobile Browsers, the Flash Platform, and the Future of Flash →
Mike Chambers talks about Adobe’s motivations in dropping Flash for Mobile in favor of HTML5. It starts off as a rationale but turns into a valedictory for Flash:
“A lot of the things that you have done via Flash in the past, will increasingly be done via HTML5 and CSS3 directly in the browser.”
Adobe is taking a lot of heat for this, but backing the HTML5 standard is the right thing to do.
