MIT Facilities - In Development & Construction
Here’s the funky Frank Gehry building on the MIT campus. I’m here today for a conference.
(tags: architecture education events)
Poynter Online - The Biz Blog
Investment analyst on local content: “Do people still think of themselves that way?” You used to assume that someone in Peoria was highly interested in that [...]
How to Survive A Disaster - TIME
“Each of us has what I call a “disaster personality,” a state of being that takes over in a crisis. It is at the core of who we are. The fact is, we can refine that personality and teach our brains to work more quickly, maybe even more wisely.”
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David Cohn of Spot.us gets geeky at the MIT Media Lab.
Yesterday I arrived in Boston, where starting this evening I’ll be attending a conference at MIT for winners of the Knight News Challenge. This event is hosted by MIT’s new Center for the Future of Civic Media.
I’ll be covering this event — at first on [...]
Apple - iPhone - Features - GPS
So the new iPhone apparently has Assisted GPS (AGPS), not just cell phone tower triangulation, as used to be the case. I’m trying to figure out if this really yields more accurate geotagging. Anyone know more about this? Please comment!
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Ooops, sorry, Nokia — was that YOUR market?
Nokia has been running a US TV commercial featuring the world’s most inept magician, to tout its high-end N95 8G phone. How appropriate — because today, Nokia’s high-end US market just went “Poof!”
Apple just announced its new 3G iPhone — and I think it’s most of [...]
Gary W. Priester (Click image to enlarge.)
Often, the first challenge in life is simply to see the target.
I really used to hate stereograms.
When they became popular in the early 1990s, they often reduced me to serious frustration and headaches. I would stare at them — glare at them, really — trying to will their embedded [...]
Vurtego Pogo Sticks :: Vurtego V2 Pro Pogo Stick
I SO want this! I would rock out on a pogo stick that could leap over cars!!!
(tags: health fun)
Polyamory is the new ’swing’ - NJ.com
Terrible title, but this is actually a pretty good MSM article about poly.
(tags: polyamory)
On Research… » Astronomy, version 2.0
“American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting this week. Astronomer Pamela Sue Gay “We have had as many or more people viewing our sessions online” as in person. 30 people attended for her [...]
HTML Email Guide
If you’re sending HTML e-mail newsletters, this is a great tutorial to understand what to do/not to do.
(tags: e-mail marketing tutorial)
Sex, marriage, polyamory, group marriage | Salon Life
Great, frank 1st-person story about the ups and downs of growing up in a poly family.
(tags: polyamory people family relationships)
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