pinboard March 31, 2011

• BBC News – Gravity satellite yields ‘Potato Earth’ view
  ‘Potato Earth’ shows us gravity
• Hover on “Everything But” | CSS-Tricks
  Hover on “Everything But": nice and simple CSS technique -
• Lynsey Addario: ‘It’s What I Do’ — Why She Will Cover War Again – NYTimes.com
  Excellent piece by @LynseyAddario on why women photogs belong in war zones
• Odd Saber-Toothed Beast Discovered—Preyed on … Plants?
  Vegetarian Saber-Toothed Beast Discovered: #science #evolution
• Eurozine – Debt: The first five thousand years – David Graeber
  fascinating 500 year history of debt. full of rich and thought-provoking material. well worth the read
• David Sokol Resigns From Berkshire Hathaway – NYTimes.com
  RT @dangillmor: If "not illegal" is Warren Buffett’s new standard of behavior, he’s slipping badly (I’m a BRK shar …
• Clive Thompson on How Information Can Fuel Jobs | Magazine
  @wired covers #gov2.0 "more public data into the commons could kick-start billions in economic activity"-@pomeranian99
• oppression | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
  Surprised to find a statue of a Wall Street oligarch in the Istanbul Archaeology museum
• Beautiful Data
  – O’Reilly Media
  RT @OReillyMedia #Ebook Deal/Day: Beautiful Data – $17.99 (Save 50%) Code DDBTD
• Amazon on Cloud Player: we don’t need no stinkin’ licenses
  IANAL, but Amazon’s position on users not needing a license for cloud storage of music they own makes good sense to me
• Fitness gets futuristic: RunKeeper integrates with Fitbit and Zeo – TNW Apps
  Love that runkeeper is integrating with fitbit and zeo. #quanifiedself FTW!
• The Brain: The Trouble With Teens
  | Memory, Emotions, & Decisions
  | DISCOVER Magazine
  The neurological trouble with teens Great @carlzimmer piece
• Cassidy: Internet pioneer Paul Baran showed Silicon Valley how to do business – San Jose Mercury News
  Lovely piece about the late Paul Baran, inventor of packet switching. Must read if you care about Internet history

Digest powered by RSS Digest