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Yahoo is an advertising platform. Facebook is an advertising platform. Is there any platform out there that just makes money doing what it is that it excels at, without leveraging advertising? Maybe Craigslist? Or EBay? Oh, wait, no, they sell advertising. Sigh.

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Last time I called American Express Travel, I was told they were no longer allowed to book my flights over the phone – always a painless process – and I needed to use the AmEx website. Apparently this is meant to be cheaper. So now: 1) It took a day to retrieve my login password…

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Well the Cat Camera has been up for a few weeks, and is producing interesting results. The ginger food thief is one of the pair from next goor, but I have no idea who the ginger/white mix is…

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The IT industry starts to rediscover morality: Far Eastern Economic Review | Asia’s Fight for Web Rights In November 2007, Yahoo! Inc. did what it could have done two years ago when it became known that the company had aided the 2005 conviction of Chinese journalist Shi Tao, now serving 10 years in prison for…

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Since when did Bruce Springsteen join The Divine Comedy?

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Bible stops bullet shot into a Geauga County home Next, on Brainiac! Which Holy Book is best at stopping small-arms fire? If you are going into a war-zone or an American home, do you want to take a Bible, the Torah, the Koran or the Bhagavad Gita?

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Recipe I am having for dinner. Well worth it. You Use It Every Day. But Can You Make It Cook? – New York Times If I had one single outstanding revelation, one that might change the way I cook, it was after I started messing with eggplant. One reader, Roopa Kalyanaraman — who produces her…

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OK! Here’s a competition! How long will it be before you see this referenced in a corporate slideware presentation, as a piece of earth-shattering news, a paradigm shift, or some equal piece of hyperbole? I reckon I’ll survive about a 10 days, max, but I have a travel schedule coming up. Others will “die” sooner.…

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You Use It Every Day. But Can You Make It Cook? – New York Times For any vegetable you would parboil or steam, the microwave works as well or better, and is faster. … Asparagus: two minutes; artichokes (a revelation): six; cauliflower (try my cauliflower with tomatoes and pimentón): five; potatoes or beets: four; sp…

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Cynics are only idealists with awkwardly high standards. - Alain de Botton in “Status Anxiety“ 

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Open Tech 2008 – 5th July in London. Cool? (tags: opentech geek technology) Steppe By Steppe, Side By Side – A Journey On Four Wheels A 4-wheel side-by-side recumbent tandem. And no, it is not a April Fool. Check the gallery… (tags: bike Travel cycle cycling recumbent)

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Light cone “In general relativity, the future light cone is the boundary of the causal future of a point and the past light cone is the boundary of its causal past.” [Wikipedia] Nothing can travel at the speed of light, therefore nothing can travel faster than light[1], therefore your impact on the universe at large…

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