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  1. Visit You've got too much e-mail - Los Angeles Times You've got too much e-mail - Los Angeles Times

    http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-et-email31-2008jul31,1,913036,full.story

    Tantek is quoted ("EMAIL shall henceforth be known as EFAIL") in this LA Times article on the tyranny of email.

  2. Visit graphpaper.com - The Peculiar 20th Century graphpaper.com - The Peculiar 20th Century

    http://www.graphpaper.com/2008/03-02_the-peculiar-20th-century

    Prompted by my proposal for this year's Reboot, Christian Crumlish pointed me to this post by Christopher Fahey that echoes my assertion that the Twentieth Century might turn out to be just a blip on the cultural timeline.

  3. Visit Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone | The New York Sun Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone | The New York Sun

    http://www.nysun.com/editorials/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone

    The heartening story of a mother who allows her child some independence instead of living in fear of a Black Swan.

  4. Visit A Few Notes on the Culture A Few Notes on the Culture

    http://www.futurehi.net/phlebas/text/cultnote.html

    A great 1994 newsgroup posting by Iain M Banks that gives us a peek behind the scenes of the Culture: fascinating and fun.

  5. Visit Understanding art for geeks - a photoset on Flickr Understanding art for geeks - a photoset on Flickr

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulthewineguy/sets/72157603619920398/

    Normally LOL is a throwaway little phatic interjection but I really did laugh out loud at some of the pictures in this photoset.

  6. Visit Flickr: The Commons Flickr: The Commons

    http://flickr.com/commons

    Here's a fantastic collaboration with the Library of Congress. We are being asked to collectively tag historic pictures with no known copyright restrictions. Wonderful idea! Are you watching, British Library?

  7. Visit Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark's clock | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark's clock | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,2217067,00.html

    In a bold move of reverse vandalism, a group of French cultural guerrillas secretly repaired the broken clock in the Pantheon.

  8. Visit Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Getting Overheated Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Getting Overheated

    http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=27

    A wonderful piece of writing by Stephen Fry that frames the problems communication in cross-cultural settings and then works through said problems.

  9. Visit John Logie Baird: the home of the inventor of the medium has been reduced to rubble - Independent Online Edition > Media John Logie Baird: the home of the inventor of the medium has been reduced to rubble - Independent Online Edition > Media

    http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article3104963.ece

    With a disgusting disregard for history, the Bexhill home of John Logie Baird has been demolished. Here's a potted biography of the proto-geek who steampunked his way into our living rooms.

  10. Visit Chinese Culture Versus German Culture » Adino Online Chinese Culture Versus German Culture » Adino Online

    http://www.adinochang.com/archives/chinese-culture-versus-german-culture.html

    A series of infographics comparing Chinese and German culture. Amusing and astute.

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