March 2012
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The Secret Life of Bees →
Very interesting article about swarm behavior. I never considered the parallel between a hive of bees and how a brain operates.
When you consider a swarm one bee at a time this way, it starts to look like a heap of chaos. Each insect wanders around, using its tiny brain to perceive nothing more than its immediate surroundings. Yet, somehow, thousands of honeybees can pool their knowledge and...
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February 2012
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Why I Hate Android →
MG Siegler on why he dislikes Android. This analogy is particularly nice:
Perhaps more people will relate to this: I hate Android for the same reason that Severus Snape hates Harry Potter — the very sight reminds me of something so beautiful, that was taken from me. Except it’s worse. It’s as if Harry Potter has grown up to become Voldemort.
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Bullshit →
Well put.
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Setting the Record Straight on Google’s Safari... →
I guess being creepy doesn’t count as evil.
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The Guts of a New Machine →
I just read this article from 2003 about the iPod. Fascinating to see what has changed since that time, and what still hasn’t. Here’s a passage that I felt accurately represented how competitors thought about overthrowing Apple, and how Apple thought about itself.
Glaser says he admires Apple and likes Jobs, but contends that this is simply the latest instance of the company’s tendency, once...
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“When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the...”
– Jonathan Swift
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“I don’t really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple.”
– Apple CEO Tim Cook talking to Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Vascellaro about the new OS X Mountain Lion.
Times change.
(via parislemon)
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The Moon, Politics, and Competition →
astronomyandspace:
Amy Teitel writes an overview of the realities of Newt Gingrich’s plans for the Moon. Despite the difficulties of Gingrich’s plans coming to reality, she draws attention to the underlying feeling of competition:
That statement evoked cheers from the crowd and sent shivers down my spine. The way forward is cooperation in space, not competition; the research station at the...
The iPad’s split keyboard has phantom buttons →
Attention to detail.
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In Praise of Cheap Labor →
These improvements have not taken place because well-meaning people in the West have done anything to help—foreign aid, never large, has lately shrunk to virtually nothing. Nor is it the result of the benign policies of national governments, which are as callous and corrupt as ever. It is the indirect and unintended result of the actions of soulless multinationals and rapacious local...
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