Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I just finished reading “More Awesome Than Money” by Jim Dwyer about the rise and “fall” of Diaspora as a viable alternative to Facebook. I’ve often thought of Diaspora* as something that “came and went”; much of the story had passed when I heard about it, but while the project started in 2010, the story…
While the world’s attention is glued to events in Greece, the real action continues to evolve quietly thousands of kilometers east, in China, where the near record surge in new loans remains unable to offset the dramatic slowdown in shadow banking issuance. And while China’s bubble-chasing, animal spirits have recently reoriented themselves from real estate…
Entry Text WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Monday that will temporarily prevent the Obama administration from moving forward with its executive actions on immigration while a lawsuit against the president works its way through the courts.The order, by Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court in Brownsville, Texas, was…
New NSA spying scandal emerges, highlighting the scale of cyber wars Agency can access hard-drives made by major U.S. producers Computers in over 30 countries, including NATO allies, were hacked Iran and Russia were main targets Revelations may impact technology sector in the U.S. as institutions around the world seek alternatives Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based…
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Monday, February 16, 2015, 10:06 PM Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 2:49 PM They’re 500 feet apart: the city’s most expensive penthouse and a 50-year-old homeless man swaddled in five blankets. “I just survive,” Deuce said Monday, as he burrowed deeper to escape the brutal cold just half a block…
The Reading Level of the State of Union Address is in Decline Feb 17, 2015 · 2,239 views Recently, the Priceonomics team released a tool that measures the reading level of any text. To achieve this, we use five of the most commonly used reading indexes — the Automated Readability Index, the Coleman-Liau Index, the…
Significant questions have arisen after a large number of images were disqualified from this year’s World Press Photo competition because of excessive — and sometimes blatant — post-processing. After independent experts examined the images being considered for prizes in the final rounds, and presented their findings to the jury, 20 percent of the photos were…
coins metadata inserted by kblog-metadata At some point Thursday, the title of Jon Ronson’s essay changed from “How One Stupid Tweet Ruined Justine Sacco’s Life” to “How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life.” The change helps, because while “blew up” is figurative language—and thus, obviously not to be taken literally—the statement that Sacco’s life was…
Claustrophobic hallways, demonic monsters, deadly traps at every turn: These are just a few of the perils our fantasy heroes confront in the name of earthly riches. But what is the psychological price to pay for fame, wealth, and glory? Darkest Dungeon, from Vancouver-based Red Hook Studios, explores the traumatic reality of diving into the…