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unsold cars around the world (photos)
mother nature gets a respite
interesting article in wired on netbooks
fisheye
-steve
Good primer on the mortgage crisis:
Not sure if this is true, but pretty weird if it is: Voytek the Iraninan honey bear and Polish WWII war hero.
portland, oregon architecture and history - erin
cheever and updike face off on cavett circa 1981.
Another link from my "getting up to speed on the financial world" explorations: fiat world mathematical model. I don't grok it all, of course, but the easier parts are well explained I think.
The site appeals to a more educated, 35-49 audience.
RIP
Reading The Economist about the middle class it has risen fast in recent years over the world and they think the economy downturn will hurt this and with it the values to better the world.
''A reversal of middle-class fortunes could have serious effects. As this report has argued, the new middle class contribute a lot to a country's growth, effeciency and equity-as consumers, as investors in ''human capital'' and because they engage in a wider range of economic activities than the rich and are more likely to create jobs than the poor. They also tend to promote liberalisation and, indirectly, democracy by moving moving their countries away from the politics of patronage. All of these things would be at risk if they would be hurt by recession.''
Digital images shot from a camera attached to a weather balloon from 0 to 117,597 ft and back down again.
a silver lining to australian bush fires? cutest koala pics ever.
erin
Swarthy arab terrorist found with dirty bomb material in the US.
Oh, no, wait, make that white neo-nazi pissed off that Obama was elected found slain with dirty bomb parts in his Maine house.
Let's invade Iran!
CNBC "interview" with Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb. Interesting because I think these two have correctly understood the financial situation and are able to articulate the solution. And the CNBC people demonstrate the sort of mentality that runs through at least some of the financial sector (and most of the major media) that has created all these problems. It's just amazing how dumb the hosts are (and yet, perversely, so arrogant at the same time!)
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Jim 110 by Friday......
classic shorts
how bout getting into dorothy parkers shorts?
Where was the NYC smells like maple syrup thread? In any case: mystery solved.
The editor of The New York Times has hinted that the newspaper might charge again for access to some of its online offerings, less than two years after abandoning fees to boost advertising revenue.
Executive Editor Bill Keller gave no specifics or timetable, and company officials characterized the internal discussions as general and ongoing.
In an online question-and-answer exchange with readers this week, Keller said that although advertising generates the bulk of online revenue, "a lively, deadly serious discussion continues within The Times about ways to get consumers to pay for what we make."
Possibility include charging for full-access subscriptions, developing a micro-payment model in which readers pay a few pennies each time they click on a page and selling news to be distributed on reading devices, as the Times already does with Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle.