December 2007

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personal
Install Wikipedia on your ipod
12.30.07 | Permalink | Comment?

How to install Wikipedia on your ipod (from digg).
business, news, politics
Shopdropping
12.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

From the nyt: Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage

Otherwise known as reverse shoplifting, shopdropping involves surreptitiously putting things in stores, rather than illegally taking them out, and the motivations vary.
Anti-consumerist artists slip replica products packaged with political messages onto shelves while religious proselytizers insert pamphlets between the pages of gay-and-lesbian readings at book [...]
personal, science
The secret to rock, paper, scissors
12.19.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

The secret to winning at rock, paper, scissors (from yc news).

Research shows that stone, also called rock, is the most popular of the three possible moves in the game.
That means that your opponent is likely to choose paper, because they will expect to you to start the game with stone.
By going with scissors, you achieve [...]
reviews
Best movie of 2007: Superbad
12.10.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

If I were king, and the Oscars were called the Sams, Superbad would win best picture of the year.
personal
The Littlest Hustler
12.10.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

From the NYT: The Littlest Hustler: Portrait of a New York childhood, in the extreme (from YC News):

But Alex isn’t like other boys his age. He’s had free rein over the streets of Nolita since before he can remember, and he quickly learned the rules of that playground, turning his relationships with the neighborhood’s shop [...]
politics
United Russia for the sweep
12.08.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

To nobody’s surprise, Putin’s United Russia party won about 64% of the vote in last Sunday’s election. Check out the party share vs. voter turnout graph (from /.). At least Kasparov is out of jail, though his party was not allowed to run for parliament.
The question is where the democratic hegemony lies in the world [...]
travel
Pick a number between one and 53…
12.08.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Just off the top of your head… we’re waiting.
From the NYT: The 53 Places to Go in 2008. We picked #13 Sylt (known for nude beaches) and #27 Buenos Aires (for the first five-star gay hotel in Latin America). Sounds like quite a trip.