Tracking Quotas for October 10, 2008:


(Oct.10.08) -

Henry van de Velde: I Love Machines  ---»

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Henry van de Velde once said:
“I love machines; they are like creatures of a higher order. Intelligence has freed them of all the woes and joys…



(Oct.10.08) -

How to Survive a Worldwide Financial Depression  ---»

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With the recent Asian, European, New York, and world wide financial stock market selloffs, VIX Volatility Index drops, and falls out of recession territory into depression territory…



(Oct.08.08) -

Frank Herberts Birthday  ---»

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Yes, its that time of the year again. Frank Herbert’s birthday: October 8th, 1920. The man who brought us intelligent kelp, desert societies, matriarchs, and extensive otherworldlies…



(Oct.06.08) -

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan: 6.6 Earthquake Death Toll  ---»

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In the world of quake tracking: looks like a magnitude 8 earthquake struck Kyrgyzstan last night. The death toll stands at at least 58. Kyrgyz Emergency Ministry…



(Oct.01.08) -

Skype Surveillance Targets Skype Surveillance Users  ---»

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New news from the nytimes on the information warfare frontlines: besides the somewhat documented Golden Shield Surveillance Project of China, also known as the Great Firewall of…



(Sep.25.08) -

Crusoe Originator, End of an Era?  ---»

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Apparently, Transmeta is for sale. I must confess that I am currently working on my ancient crusoe-based laptop, which has far outlasted the standard consumer-churn metrics by…



(Sep.19.08) -

Plant Threats to Privacy and The Source Of All Stupid On The Internet  ---»

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A couple of interesting presentations during some web thing ignitenyc in ny this week… Sam Lessin gave a hyper-perceptive talk on privacy (a brief history of privacy).…



(Sep.18.08) -

Oliver Sacks Podcast on Mania, Madness, Memoirs  ---»

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The New York Review of Books has an interesting podcast page up, apparently ushering in the new age of interconnected cellphone facebook video novellas and streaming hyperembeddable…



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