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JanuaryJan 24 Monday 10

Why Bernanke should be reconfirmed

Jim Hamilton nails it.  Excerpts:

Please permit me to suggest that intellectual stamina is the most important quality we need in the Federal Reserve Chair right now.
And:

How could there possibly be an alternative whom Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) would …

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JanuaryJan 4 Monday 10

Not my actual lecture text

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Fascinating but scary times.
But more or less what I'm planning to say.

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Winner: Pixel Qi's Everywhere Display

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This is really slick, but I always geek out about displays. Maybe it's what the Apple tablet will use.
Pixel Qi's screen gives you color when want it, power when you need it



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4G in the U.S.A.

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I'm pulling for WiMax and Sprint :-)
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WiMax is spreading in the United States, but it could soon be overshadowed by a rival technology



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DecemberDec 31 Thursday 09

Long Bets in 02010

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I love this stuff. Some of them are very sci-fi, others economic, but all are interesting. I would kill to hang out with this crew. I actually got to meet Danny Hillis back in 2005 along with Bran Ferren. Fascinating, cool people.
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DecemberDec 22 Tuesday 09

Alma

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This is totally bizarre and creepy. (thx Josh!)

This is a just a great little piece of 3D animation.
Credits:

Written and Directed by: Rodrigo Blaas

Produced by: Cecile Hokes

Music: Mastretta

Art Director: Alfonso Blaas

Lighting Supervisor: …

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DecemberDec 10 Thursday 09

The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas - Magazine - NYTimes.com

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Wow!
  In April, the world was introduced to Ruppy, the first known fluorescent dog. In natural light, Ruppy seems to be an almost-normal beagle — though his paws look as if he has stepped in pink ink. Under ultraviolet light, the effect is …

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<span style="text-decoration:line-through">99</span> 10 Red Balloons

Earlier this week DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, moored ten, 8 ft red, weather balloons in undisclosed locations across the United States.Balloon7 The DARPA Network Challenge offered a prize of $40,000 to the person or group who first identified all the …

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DecemberDec 9 Wednesday 09

Flexing of the Manhattan Bridge

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Ummm... I know it's supposed to do this, but wow.
Watch as one of Manhattan's main arteries pulses with the entering and exiting subway trains.

Tags: NYC   video

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DecemberDec 8 Tuesday 09

SpaceShipTwo by Virgin Galactic

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Back in my previous life, when working on a project with Scaled Composites, I got to see a test flight of SpaceShipOne and had dinner with one of the test pilots. It was definitely an event I'll never forget... although going to space would be …

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Brilliant frequent flyer miles scheme

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Arbitrage! Sneaky... people are hilarious
At least with the cheese and pudding, you were actually buying perishable non-returnable products. But hundreds of travelers recently discovered the mother of all frequent flyer schemes: buying …

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DecemberDec 1 Tuesday 09

How to sell a dollar for more than a dollar

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Wow. This is great. Thanks Josh!
In this time of cutbacks and furloughs professors need a quick source of extra cash.  David Zetland explains how to sell a dollar for more than a dollar (and teach some game theory and something about political …

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Spinal Tap Amps

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But it adds a click of granularity!
Wow, that's less than $200 per ... uh ... that's a good deal!

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How Bad Could Obama Screw Up and Still Beat Sarah Palin?

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I still love this statistical political stuff. Forgot how fun Nate Silver is to read.
Although I'm fairly bullish on Sarah Palin's prospects of winning the Republican nomination, I also subscribe to the conventional wisdom that, were she to be the …

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"He is a second Dirac, only this time human."

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Like most nerds, and probably lots of others, I think Richard Feynman is about the coolest dude around. If you haven't read his books (or his book of letters, which is also fascinating and hilarious), it's definitely worth the time. He's …

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NovemberNov 29 Tuesday 09

Experiment

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NovemberNov 22 Sunday 09

ULTIMATE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ON WHEELS | THE 1970’s VAN CUSTOMIZATION CRAZE


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Once upon a time — or more accurately, back in the 1970s — the van reigned supreme.  Riding in right on the heels of the fading muscle car era, the custom van became the ultimate self-expression vehicle– tricked-out and personalized to show all the world …

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NovemberNov 21 Saturday 09

Geithner Not the First Treasury Secretary to Spar With Lawmakers

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I'm probably tainted from watching too much Deadwood, but I would love to read a book of heated interactions in Washington. Back in the day Congress was a bit more violent, with Charles Sumner nearly being beaten to death in the Senate over some …

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