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Isn’t it delightful how geek culture works? During my Christmas shopping last year, I stumbled into a favorite little pop culture shop in Little Collins Street in Melbourne which is well known for its comprehensive stocking of all things Lovecraftian. I was looking for some stocking fillers for the kids; instead I walked out with [...] The combination of a cloud service and verification that does not involve sharing data has allowed one company to provide a true bumper-to-bumper insurance policy, reports Victor Cruz. One legacy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has arrived on the southern border of the United States.
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Eco-Singularity is the event, when our (growing) capacity to solve the totality of anthropogenic problems is superseded by the volume of the ( growing) totality of anthropogenic problems . ( Part II ) The definition’s strength is that it meets the intuition, that there is a race between the problem elements of the system (total biosphere) and the solution elements of the system (total biosphere). There are some challenges of the concept – find more about it in the appendix beneath.
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Did you wake up fresh today, a new start, a blank slate with resources and opportunities... or is today yet another day of living out the narrative you've been engaged in for years? For all of us, it's the latter. We maintain our worldview, our biases, our grudges and our affections.GigaOM has updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Review the updates here . By continuing to use the site, you are agreeing to our updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service .
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Brendon Grimshaw was editor to some of the most important newspapers in Africa. But in 1972, he gave it all up to go and live on Moyenne Island, which he purchased for ten thousand pounds. In the thirty-six-years that he has lived on the island, Brendon and his friend, Rene Lafortune, planted sixteen-thousand trees, built 4,8 kilometres of nature paths, and brought and bred 110 giant land tortoises, creating an island of incredible beauty now worth 34 million Euros.
Lian Li has introduced their latest mini-ITX PC case, the PC-Q09FN. This aluminum case is equipped with a front-placed I/O panel with 2x USB 3.0 ports, one 5.25-inch external drive bay, one 3.5-inch HDD bay, three 2.5-inch HDD bays, a 300W 80-PLUS certified power supply and has one 120mm fan at the rear. The PC-Q09FN sells for $149.99 in black and silver color options. [ Lian Li ]
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I'm Jeremy Gutsche , and I founded Trend Hunter as a place to get inspired by new business ideas and cutting edge trends. Over the last few years, Trend Hunter has evolved to become the world's largest, most updated trend spotting website... But as you dive into your Trend Hunter adventure, take note that there's a big difference between Trend Hunter and Trend Hunter PRO . In short, Trend Hunter is our crowdsourced front page. It features thousands of unique ideas and micro-trends fueled by our global network of 96,140 members.We are happy to announce the release of a new TrendsSpotting research report uncovering major trends in Mobile Accessories. Based on exploration of over 2000 new accessories released since 2011 + CES 2012 and a market analysis of major market trends characterizing this growing market, TrendsSpotting has identified about 150 recently released products that reflect new emerging trends in mobile accessories. The innovations analyzed in this report are profiled according to Product Categories (Protection, Power, Entertainment, Smart Solutions), User Experience Categories, Marketing and Consumer Trends. Major findings: 1.
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Over the past seven years, at our creative agency, Access , we have worked with a number of residential and commercial property developers from Abu Dhabi to Sydney, helping them with development and strategy. Yet we see so often the sad sight of yet another mediocre building going up. We see city councils approving mediocre design and we see cities looking uglier because of it.
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2nd April . No-frills chic hotels have appeared on our virtual pages on numerous occasions over the years, but recently we came across a new example with an interesting approach. Through a combination of innovative building techniques and a sharp focus on a limited set of specific luxury details, UK-based Bloc Hotels aims ... Read More
A Texas-based Linux admin was charged with hacking into the websites of at least 4 police groups after FBI agents engaged him in an online manhunt that mined photo metadata, Facebook profiles, and other digital evidence. He says he's surrendered all accounts in his control, but his status as a cooperating witness is anything but clear.
Ars Technica
TechCrunch
SoMe is a film about the rise (and fall?) of social media. Produced by web rabble-rouser and satirist, Loren Feldman , the film will feature Feldman’s signature puppet act (it will be cool, I promise) and interviews with and segments about web luminaries like:Entrepreneurship
Boston’s Fenway Park turns 100 on April 20 and the Red Sox marketing machine is cranking out a season’s worth of promos, events, a coffee table book--and even a symphony recording. Are the Red Sox in danger of over-romanticizing (and over-commercializing) America's most classic ballpark? READ MORE ›
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