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Off topic: Pushing (away) pennies, imaginary BART map, U.S. of Adultery, magic rules, smell and personality
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530 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: Pushing (away) pennies, imaginary BART map, U.S. of Adultery, magic rules, smell and personality

Death to Pennies, a video argument. (via Freakonomics) For Bay Area dreamers, an imaginary BART map based partly on a 1950s plan. (via Laughing Squid) Speaking of maps, where adultery is legal and illegal Read More →
Tech tapas: TouchPad rises again; e-book pricing probe; Google TV persists; Nintendo game god’s ‘retirement’
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531 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Tech tapas: TouchPad rises again; e-book pricing probe; Google TV persists; Nintendo game god’s ‘retirement’

It's Thursday, time for tech tapas: • The TouchPad is back for the holidays, with TechCrunch reporting that HP will sell the discontinued (and refurbished) tablets on its eBay website starting Dec. 11. The $99 price might Read More →
Quoted: American jailed in Thailand over online ‘insult’ to king
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531 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 3 Comments

Quoted: American jailed in Thailand over online ‘insult’ to king

"I'm not Thai, I'm American. I was just born in Thailand. I hold an American passport. In Thailand there are many laws that don't allow you to express opinions, but we don't have that in America." — Joe Gordon, Read More →
Off topic: Eight-player guitar, master of illusions, visualizing Bach, organ donation, ugly Christmas sweaters
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531 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 3 Comments

Off topic: Eight-player guitar, master of illusions, visualizing Bach, organ donation, ugly Christmas sweaters

An eight-necked, multiplayer guitar. Ladder sold separately. A look at the work of the neuroscientist who uses illusions to produce out-of-body experiences. Visualizing Bach's Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude. (video, via Flowing Data) Should selling Read More →
Facebook photo flaw; Apple iPad trademark in China; Netflix shares up
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532 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Facebook photo flaw; Apple iPad trademark in China; Netflix shares up

A grab bag of news about Silicon Valley companies: • The latest privacy embarrassment for Facebook has resulted in making public previously private photos of CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The flaw was reportedly exposed by a post on Read More →
We have a problem: Flipboard, Xbox Live launch issues
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532 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

We have a problem: Flipboard, Xbox Live launch issues

A couple of launches that haven't worked out/didn't work as planned: • Today is launch day for Flipboard for the iPhone, but the company posted on Facebook and Twitter this morning that the whole service is down because of Read More →
Quoted: on bloggers vs. journalists
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532 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 3 Comments

Quoted: on bloggers vs. journalists

"This should matter to everyone who writes on the Internet." — Crystal Cox, a blogger who has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $2.5 million to an investment firm that sued (lawsuit, PDF) her for defamation. U.S. Read More →
Off topic: U.S. incomes, virtual models, comic-book spreads, eye-bombing, the year in photos
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532 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: U.S. incomes, virtual models, comic-book spreads, eye-bombing, the year in photos

Income distribution in the United States, an infographic. Off with models' heads... I mean, their bodies, in H&M ads. Comic-book fans, have you seen Two Page Spread? (via Coudal) Googly eyes watch you at Read More →
Report: Google Wallet on Nexus Galaxy getting held up by Verizon
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533 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Report: Google Wallet on Nexus Galaxy getting held up by Verizon

As Android fans await the release of the newest Google phone, the possibly big news is one that suggests a conflict of interest related to mobile payments: Verizon will not support Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus, according Read More →
PayPal regrets Regretsy holiday-donation flap
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533 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 6 Comments

PayPal regrets Regretsy holiday-donation flap

PayPal is being branded a Scrooge over the news that it is forcing Regretsy to refund donations it had collected for poor children for the holidays. Regretsy, a Southern California-based website that bills itself as "the fail Read More →

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