Month: February 2011
ReadWriteWeb – Libya Shuts Down Internet
Looks like Libyan domains such as bit.ly are still up however.
NYTimes.com – China, Twitter and 20-Year-Olds vs. the Pyramids
Do you really need a better explanation for why the revolts happened?
Mathias Bynens – Optimizing the asynchronous Google Analytics snippet
This is some micro optimizations but still improvement none the less, however the comments give me some pause on implementing it just yet.
Al Jazeera English – North Korea’s cinema of dreams
This was an incredibly interesting 25 minutes.
NYTimes.com – From Sputnik to SunShot
60% drop in about 15 years, another 75% percent drop over next decade with more emphasis on renewable energy sources seems totally doable.
Quora – What will happen to http://bit.ly links when Gaddafi shuts down the Internet in Libya due to protests?
I use their bit.ly pro service to for my short links through http://jty.me/.
Subtraction.com – The Interactive TV You Already Use
This invites this exact problem where a product almost entirely designed by engineers is marketed towards average people, leading to a failed product.
NYTimes.com – Public Workers in Wisconsin Protest Plan to Cut Benefits
The second part doesn’t make a lot of sense as far as a partial solution to solving the deficit, the collective bargaining wouldn’t reduce any current state payments to employees.
TimKadlec.com – Death to Captchas
I tend to agree, captchas create a cruddy user experience.