October 2008
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the giant pool of money
the absolutely brilliant this american life, produced by Chicago Public Radio, ran a podcast, back in sept, on how the U.S. got itself into a housing crisis which eventually lead to the global economic downturn.
other than amazing coverage, they sure know how to produce podcasts. it’s over an hour but i couldnt stop listening.
listen
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3 things the government doesn't get about piracy
read this
1. piracy isn’t stealing. there is an economy around it. people do pay for pirated goods. the take away? there is a price point consumers are willing to settle for. there is money to be made. obviously VERY good money, going by the never declining number of pirates.
2. pirates are early innovators in the retail space. they understand how and what consumers want to buy. and they...
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i find some of the most interesting music in my...
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Watchin the future, we ought to have more ‘commercial’ works available under CC licences.
in the future, people will come to understand that IP really means Intellectual Pursuit, not Intellectual Property.
btw, i recently read Matt Mason’s The Pirate’s Dilemma. I bought the book after downloading it for free from the official website. and, watch this video. I really like the...
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globalisation is a one way street named 'america'
free trade doesn’t exist. the only thing ‘free’ is america’s ability to impose its ‘values’ freely on emerging (or ‘should-have-already-emerged-by-now’) markets.
the only thing ‘global’ is the monotony of our increasingly homogeneous society. we travel halfway around the world to find ourselves standing on the same street corners....
sex sells, but we're not dealing
im particularly proud of this latest ep on ‘the fairly current show’. there is a soul behind every face. im really glad mark and fahmi invited her on the show. this is a simple example of how technology can create value for society. firstly, the mainstream press would ignore such topics, and even if they did feature someone like nisha, she’d be painted as a social menace.
this...
we could have ruled the lunar-cafe business!
i actually honestly thought that the teh-tarik experiment was a rare display of intelligence by the malaysian government. too bad they bowed to public pressure. lost opportunity yet again. India is now in space, they will be needing their chai.
yes i am being serious. space tourism is technically a reality. everyone needs their cuppa, grounded or spaced!
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big brother UK
they gave us the IC - we perfected the art of creating a national register. then registered mobile phones. perhaps soon on to registering blogs. The UK is playing catch-up.
Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones via boingboing.
barcamp berlin 3
barcamp berlin 3 was loads of fun. pictures below.
laptop+coffee+net=geekdom
