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• I would pay $20 a month for Instapaper if it let me select specific articles and output them... December 27, 2009
  I would pay $20 a month for Instapaper if it let me select specific articles and output them wirelessly to a Kindle, complete with a TOC and sections. But in the meantime: my project for the first quarter of 2010 will be an application that pulls your starred articles from Google Reader, let’s you check off the ones you want, and outputs a formatted ebook fi […]
• Somehow this showed up in my RSS reader this morning. I’ve... December 27, 2009
  Somehow this showed up in my RSS reader this morning. I’ve only seen a one or two pieces lamenting the decline of newspapers that didn’t make me thankful for the internet. Do people really miss Beatle Baily?
• Amazon Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books On Xmas December 27, 2009
  Amazon Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books On Xmas
• Inside the $1 Billion Christmas Tree Business December 27, 2009
  Inside the $1 Billion Christmas Tree Business : Via Gizmodo
• "Is Google going to become the computing platform for the enterprise? Is a bank going to run itself..." December 27, 2009
  “Is Google going to become the computing platform for the enterprise? Is a bank going to run itself on Google? Is an airline going to run itself on Google? Is IBM going to run its supply chain on Google? Is Bharti Wireless going to run themselves on Google? Is the banking system of China that we’ve built going to be on Google? Is the Russian Central Bank [ne […]
• humancomputer: “SCIENTISTS FROM THE RAND CORP. HAVE CREATED... December 26, 2009
  humancomputer: “SCIENTISTS FROM THE RAND CORP. HAVE CREATED THIS MODEL TO ILLUSTRATE HOW A ‘HOME COMPUTER’ COULD LOOK IN THE YEAR 2004.” I bet the new Apple Tablet will use a steering wheel interface. It’s about time.
• Douglas Adams’ “rules that describe our reactions to technologies”: December 26, 2009
  humancomputer: lickystickypickyme: Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented between when you’re 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you’re 35 is against the natural order of […]
• "Avatar is a fantasy about ceasing to be white, giving up the old human meatsack to join the blue..." December 24, 2009
  “Avatar is a fantasy about ceasing to be white, giving up the old human meatsack to join the blue people, but never losing white privilege. Jake never really knows what it’s like to be a Na’vi because he always has the option to switch back into human mode. Interestingly, Wikus in District 9 learns a very different lesson. He’s becoming alien and he can’t go […]
• Illus. by E. Benyaminson for “Hello, I’m... December 24, 2009
  Illus. by E. Benyaminson for “Hello, I’m Robot!” by Stanislav Zigunenko (Russian Kids’ Book, 1989) (Via A Journey Round My Skull)
• The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan December 24, 2009
  The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: Instapaper material for the holidays.