Bookmarks for 18 Oct 2011
- Quantum Levitation – YouTube
"Tel-Aviv University demos quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field" (science quantum_physics dopost ) - Jeff Jarvis – Google+ – On the review by Evgeny Morozov
"The thrashing my book and I just received from Evgeny Morozov was as preordained as the last election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." (jeff_jarvis review ) - Amazon Rewrites the Rules of Book Publishing – NYTimes.com
"Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form. It is a striking acceleration of the retailer’s fledging publishing program that will place Amazon squarely in competition with the New York houses that are also its most prominent suppliers." (books publishing amazon disruption dopost ) - Get Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall out of the dog house | Victoria Coren | Comment is free | The Observer
"The problem with eating puppies is that they're playful, trusting, lovable and loyal. But then again, so are pigs. Rabbits are lovely pets yet considered edible. Why should we eat a rabbit, but not a weasel? Perhaps you think a weasel simply doesn't look like food. And a prawn does?" (food vegetarianism animal_welfare ) - Microsoft Will Give Nokia More Than $30 Million To Push Windows Phone In The U.K.
"A source told Mobile Today that the money will fund a massive cross-media campaign for Nokia's Windows phone, and that Microsoft is "desperate to kick the hell out of Android."" (microsoft nokia advertising dopost ) - Not That Many People Play Facebook Games After All – Tricia Duryee – Commerce – AllThingsD
"As it turns out, far fewer people play Facebook games than originally thought." (facebook web_analytics measurement games dopost ) - git Archives: Re: Does GIT has vc keywords like CVS/Subversion?
Linus doesn't hold back: "The whole notion of keyword substitution is just totally idiotic." (git linus_torvalds dopost )
