February 2008
27 posts
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XKCD: How did I miss this one?! →
So my cousin Matt visits me in Cairo and mentions xkcd in passing. It rings a bell, but I can’t remember anything about it. I googled it today and it all came rushing back. This genius comic is even more nerd-boner-inducing than indexed (which is pretty good if you are into charts). Thanks Matt.
More features in Tumblr
New (minor) update to Tumblr today. Finally I can preview my posts before creating them. Now all we need is a useful implementation of tags.
“We’ll find a way to not defeat the government”
– Stéphane Dion, Canadian opposition leader
Globalisation ‘a blessing’ for west Europe →
Another study saying that globalization generally makes countries richer, but increases inequality. [via FP Passport]
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An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate... →
Journal of Political Economy, you now have the best titled article in existence. The link is to a .pdf of the article. [via Chris Blattman]
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-24) →
MF DOOM
M.I.A.
Beastie Boys
Kanye West
Cadence Weapon
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Alltop →
Alltop aggregates RSS feeds from major websites and groups them by category. Excellent for finding sites that you might want to subscribe to or just checking the current pulse of the internet.
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lastgraph →
Lastgraph is a free service created by Andrew Godwin that generates beautiful histographs of your last.fm music history. I just recently rediscovered it and, having been jealous of Lee Byron’s personal graphs for around a year, I thought I would give it a shot. I entered my username, a date range (Dec 05 to Dec 07), and my email address (optional, used for notification) and within minutes I...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-17) →
M.I.A.
Kanye West
Beastie Boys
The Stooges
Boards of Canada
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
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Liberals walk out of confidence vote,...
From CBC News: “Liberal MPs walked out of the House of Commons on Tuesday in protest of a motion, later passed, that called for the Senate to approve an omnibus crime bill by the beginning of March. Led by Liberal House Leader Ralph Goodale, the caucus streamed out of the chamber as the vote was set to begin. Some Conservatives taunted the MPs as they exited, singing, Na na na na, hey hey...
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Spore to ship in September →
It will launch with PC, Mac, DS, and mobile phone versions of the game. I consider the DS one bought. Will my macbook run it though? I doubt it. Biggest unanswered question: Will models and characters be shared across different platforms? That would make it the greatest game in the history of humanity.
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One in the same?
I was catching up on old articles on PSD, a World Bank development blog, and I came across this wonderful line from a departing blogger, “If you’re a World Bank staffer and favor market solutions to development, talk to Alan about a possibility of guest blogging.” It just makes me wonder, does anyone at the Bank not favour market solutions to development? Link
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-10) →
Kevin Drew
Feist
The Strokes
TV on the Radio
Beirut
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
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“I think that the time when music could change the world is past, I think it...”
– Neil Young [via FP Passport]
Happiness: Enough Already →
Summary: Sadness is good. It makes us more analytical, more innovative, more critical, and makes us work harder. Just don’t go kill yourself. All in moderation. [via Dani Rodrik’s Weblog]
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Moody's Warning Labels (sub-prime version) →
So Moody’s (the ratings agency who rated all sorts of absolute junk AAA in the run up to the sub-prime crisis) is planning on avoiding a similar situation in the future by including “new labels to help investors distinguish collateralized debt obligations and other structured-finance investments from corporate bonds and Treasury securities” (from WSJ). I don’t know if...
Kevin Kelly - Better than Free →
Great article on where value lies in a digital economy where the cost of reproduction is basically zero. [via Boing Boing]
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Qatar reports new damage to Gulf undersea cables →
Okay, that is the fourth cable in almost as many days. Now I am trying not to be a conspiracy theorist—but what non-conspiratorial explanation is there?? Are ships still dragging their f-ing anchors?
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-3) →
Charlie Parker
The Veils
The Kinks
Tim Hecker
Bruce Springsteen
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
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What country has the second largest oil reserves? →
Canada.
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More on the Afghan Student Sentenced to Death →
Turns out he downloaded and distributed a report that criticized Islamic fundamentalists for skewing the Koran to justify mistreating women. For that he apparently must die. In other news, a lot has changed since we removed the Taliban…
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Third undersea cable reportedly cut between Sri... →
How often does this kind of thing happen?! Three in less than a week! [via Paul Krugman]
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Canada learns from the US, muzzles climate... →
You would think the Liberals would jump all over this.