March 2011
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“Oh, those words are marked, Katherine. Marked with a big circle around them and...”
– The Macalope extends his left rear hoof right into Katherine Noyes’ face.
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“The apparent randomness of the scratch ticket was just a facade, a mathematical...”
– Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code | Magazine
Big company complacency combined with a curious maths guru, fantastic story.
How Google should go social
andytlr:
A rumour came out of SxSW that Google is working on a new social network called Circles. I have no idea what this is, but I know what I think it should and shouldn’t be.
It shouldn’t be another Twitter rip-off. And it certainly shouldn’t be a Facebook wannabe with the ability to put people in groups. Facebook already does lists.
What Google should do is add recommendations based on...
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Making Money →
If you haven’t seen this before, Jason Fried of 37signals fame with some excellent advice on how to learn to make money.
Not the only lesson, but my favourite:
People are happy to pay for things that work well. Never be afraid to put a price on something. If you pour your heart into something and make it great, sell it. For real money. Even if there are free options, even if the market...
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Fukushima is a triumph for nuke power →
If you read any mainstream press covering the situation in the Fukushima nuclear power facility, you’d think that Japan was about to be turned into a nuclear wasteland.
Get a cup of tea, read this from start to finish - behold, some actual facts (and credible references!) without the ignorant, uninformed and sensational nonsense that surrounds just about any debate on nuclear power.
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Flash Player for Tablets
Flash Player 10.2 will be available for download via Android Market on March 18th. Flash Player 10.2 is a production GA (General Availability) release for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3 (Gingerbread) devices which meet the Flash Player hardware system requirements. It is initially a beta release for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablets which requires Google’s 3.0.1 system update.
If you fell asleep...
February 2011
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