Richard Eriksson's Bookmarks
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Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead
http://www.sugarboukas.com/X/DCFM/wDCFM01
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Proof that you can have entire conversations quoting The Simpsons.
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Evan Osnos spends time with Tang Jie and China's "angry youth"
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/28/080728fa_fact_osnos
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More courteous than angry-sounding, "pro-China youth" still sounds like a better phrase to describe them than "angry youth".
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From the erotic domain, pole dancing as exercise increases popularity in China
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/world/asia/25pole.html
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Little mention that it's already a fitness trend in North America. With video.
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William Deresiewicz on the disadvantages of an elite university education
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su08/elite-deresiewicz.html
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It makes you incapable of talking to people unlike you; inculcates a false sense of self-worth; offers too much security; and trains leaders, not thinkers, argues Deresiewicz. Also, he discusses the importance of solitude.
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Joe Clark takes over editorship of the Tea Makers blog
http://teamakers.blogspot.com/2008/07/under-new-management.html
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I was never particularly interested in the criticism-by-pseudonymous-insider blog about the Ceeb. This changes everything.
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ShoZu on the iPhone 3G has missing GPS information
http://forum.shozu.com/showthread.php?tid=991
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Not ShoZu's fault, evidently. I'm going to assume that ShoZu will release a fix just as I get my phone delivered.
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Discussing the iPhone 3G geotagging bug when syncing with iPhoto
http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72157606135368444/
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iPhoto strips out the "minus" in longitudes, making photos taken in California appear as if they were taken in China. Good thing I don't use iPhoto.
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Why homeownership might not be a good idea
http://allaboutcities.ca/tougher-home-ownership-credentials-better-for-cities/
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For cities and for young people. Essentially: for some, homeownership locks then in a trunk.
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Sameer Vasta on ad networks: the new cool kid clique?
http://eloquation.com/2008/07/04/ad-networks/
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"I feel that there’s more room in the market (but only a little, nobody wants market over-saturation) for the smaller, elite networks that are prestige badges as well as revenue streams."
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nciku Chinese characters and pinyin dictionary
http://www.nciku.com/
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So many features. Handwritten character recognition, audio in both a male and female voice, phrases suggested and rated by users. Hard-to-remember name, though.
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