November 2011
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Monkey Business →
Interesting article of the week:
Monkeys, Economy and the Oldest Profession in the World. In 2005 a group of scientists tried to teach some monkeys how money works. The outcome of the experiment is somehow revealing.
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Israel and Iran: Covert Warfare Raises Risks of... →
It’s happening today and you should know about it:
So here is the thing: Last Sunday there was a reported blast (officially two explosions) in a military base in west Tehran, the Iranian capital, which left 17 Iranian guardsmen dead. The government version assures it occurred at an ammunition depot due to mishandling of explosive material. But then, this week international reports started...
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Scientists boost battery strength with small holes →
Please, please, make this happen! Scientists working in batteries that could “charge from flat in 15 minutes and last a week before needing a recharge.”
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Can China's economy thrive with a censored... →
Interesting article of the week: The sad part is that yes, it can as long as companies care more about profits that people’s rights, even if it is its own people… And of course companies are meant to have profits, right? I haven’t heard anything about Deng Xiaoping saying there’s anything glorious in free speech… But I’m sure they´ll get there, eventually they...
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To Stop Iran, Lean On China →
The latest great idea from the US: “To Stop Iran, Lean On China” Sound more like a two-birds-one-stone thing to me…
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UCLA Scientists Invent HIV-Blocking Anal Gel →
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A Masterclass in Twitter storytelling: Man... →
Absolutely brilliant! A guy sitting in a Burger King starts listening to a couple sat next to him arguing. Instead of minding his own business, he decides it would be fun to tweet it and document the whole thing with pics and even a video… It was actually fun to read. But… 1. WTF is wrong with this guy? Get a life! … on the other side… 2. If you don’t want everyone...
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Telling Time With Spices →
Interesting!
A clock that tells the time with spices. “In an age when lighting of a house was not a simple matter, telling time was a difficult problem at night. In France M. de Villayer allegedly solved the problem by designing a clock with a dial that had different kinds of spices inserted in the place of numbers. At night he reached for the point indicated by the hour hand and tastefully...
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WatchThis guy has the gift of the gab! Bloomberg interviews Brad Horowitz, vice president and product manager of Google Inc.’s, about the new Google Pages and the whole Facebook VS Google issue. Apparently Mark Zuckerberg said Google was “building its own little Facebook”, and in this interview Horowitz simply answers “We’re delighted to be underestimated”. It’s worth it to watch the full...
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Sarkozy called Israeli PM Netanyahu 'liar' →
Ha! got ya! This guys will never learn there are mics everywhere… “”I can’t see him anymore, he’s a liar,” Mr Sarkozy said in French. “You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day,” Mr Obama replied.” BTW I didn’t know Obama speaks French…
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Chinese microbloggers rally to pay artist’s tax... →
“Ai Weiwei has a long history with Chinese authorities. The outspoken artist, whose latest run-in with the state saw him presented with a $2.3 million tax bill last week, has been aided by Sina Weibo microbloggers and Internet users who, in just three days, have donated an estimated $830,000 (5.29 million yuan) to help cover the bill, according to Time Out Hong Kong.”
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Olly: A device that lets you smell the Internet →
I’ve been waiting for something like this to make an appearance for quite a while…
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Germany admits accounting blunder but no... →
How is anything supposed to change if people who make 55 billion euros mistakes stay unpunished…
“The German government has no plans to sack the bankers or accountants who made a 55-billion euro ($75 billion) bookkeeping blunder that exposed it to ridicule across Europe, the financeminister said Wednesday.”
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Why Would China Want to Help Bail Out the Euro... →
Must read.
This actually worries me quite a lot… Are we risking too much leverage asking China for bailout money? Yes, probably we are. Plus, the article doesn’t talk about the obvious backing the EU will have to be doing for China in international organisms like the G20, the IMF, etc…
And that picture… oh my! that pic is scary!
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Is English Making Us Dyslexic? →
Interesting article of the week
Today I learned two new words: “chatspeak” (language we employ when using digital devices) and “textisms” (text language, as in terms we use in SMS)
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China now world’s second largest mobile app... →
“Noting a decrease in app store activity in the US, there is a possibility that China could overtake the US to take the top spot by the end of 2013, but that assumes that both countries would continue growth at the the same rate.” Taking in account that “given the fragmentation of Android app stores in China, it is unlikely that Flurry measures Android downloads outside of the...
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Sculpture of Ai WeiWei corpse spooks German town →
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“They told me and I forgot it, I saw it and I understood, I did it and I learned”
– Confucius
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E-readers get heavier with each book →
Well my bag can handle that… :D
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Obama voters, Muslims need not apply for gun... →
No more comments on my side needed.. the ad itself says it all:
Crockett Keller, who owns Keller’s Riverside Store and offers concealed gun license classes ran an ad on the radio station in his rural hometown of Mason, Texas, who said the following:
“If you are a Socialist liberal and/or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class,” Keller said in...
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Despite Mounting Bloodshed, Syria is Unlikely to... →
This? I call this hypocrisy.. pure and plain. As it turns out Syrian civilians are not as important as Libyans…
