Marshall McLuhan on New Forms and Old Assumptions (1960) | Brain Pickings
Marshall McLuhan on New Forms and Old Assumptions (1960) | Brain Pickings. If you like to learn things the link above is a good resource. Everything old is new right?
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Twitter Users Congregate Based on Mood, Study Says – NYTimes.com
Twitter Users Congregate Based on Mood, Study Says – NYTimes.com. “Birds of a feather flock together?” I was surprised by what SharonMcEarchern said:
Hells bells, we still don’t even know what happiness is. Another recent research study found that college students were happier receiving praise rather than sex or money. Oh, come on now!
(there is a link in the above article and comment)
Make: Online Japanese Gravity Marimba Plays Bach In An Ancient Forest
Make: Online Japanese Gravity Marimba Plays Bach In An Ancient Forest. This is a remarkable video that shows a handcrafted rendition of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.
Digging deeper into Apples Time Capsule failure figures Technology guardian.co.uk
Digging deeper into Apples Time Capsule failure figures Technology guardian.co.uk. Too many failures to suggest relying on as a strategy. I would suggest external/internal hard drives instead and Mac OS X Server . What is your data worth?
Have an extra $40k you don’t know how to spend?
Is This The Most Expensive Office Chair In The World? « Office Chair Advice And Tips Blog. This $40k is just ludicrous. Can you imagine spending that without a second thought? I sometimes forget how rich some people are.
Momentum: Hacker with iPhone take over NY Times Square screens
Momentum: Hacker with iPhone take over NY Times Square screen. This was pretty interesting. I guess security isn’t really tight on those famous screens.
19 all time worst apple products
all time worst apple products. This is an interesting list. If you click on the photo you get the reason why it is on the list. Many of these I don’t agree with. The iPod for example had a high failure rate, but it was a bold risk and it only got better. Some of these should never have been released like the Apple III.
Book Review: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger 9781608190362: Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett: Books
Amazon.com: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger 9781608190362: Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett: Books. I really like this book. It has plenty of facts and well-reasoned arguments. It should be required reading in high school. I learned many things from it, but the most surprising is the way that inequality hurts the rich and/or educated as much as the poor and/or ignorant. Wealth isn’t a buffer against societal problems.