January 2011
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Psychological death is worse than physical death.
– An Egyptian Protester in response to questioning why they are risking their lives (via krona)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Supergrass (19)
The Beatles (11)
The Future Sound of London (7)
dEUS (7)
Lamb (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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A brave new world of fossil fuels on demand →
dubliner:
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In September, a privately held and highly secretive U.S. biotech company named Joule Unlimited received a patent for “a proprietary organism” – a genetically adapted E. coli bacterium – that feeds solely on carbon dioxide and excretes liquid hydrocarbons: diesel fuel, jet fuel and gasoline. This breakthrough technology, the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Marilyn Manson (14)
David Holmes (8)
Björk (7)
The Cardigans (6)
PJ Harvey (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Facebook runs on a very stiff, crude model of what people are like. It herds...
– Lev Grossman’s profile on Mark Zuckerberg for Time
I think this is the best analysis of Facebook I’ve ever read. “The social equivalent of liver failure” is a genius phrase.
(via buzzandersen)
I believe that they will fix this.
(via mikehudack)
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Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it,” said Eric...
– Apple and Google used to be allies. Now they’re firmly at odds. Intelligent Life magazine examines the clash of cultures between two technology giants. (via theeconomist)
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