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Let’s catch some rays TO MAKE electricity from sunlight you can convert it directly, using a photovoltaic cell. Or you can use the heat of that sunlight to boil water, and then drive a turbine…

theconversation.edu.au 6min

Ordering the vegetarian meal? There’s more animal blood on your hands

Being vegetarian saves cows' lives, but threatens the future of other sentient creatures. nunro The ethics of eating red meat have been grilled recently by critics who question its consequences for…

economist.com 1min

China's currency

Dec. 7, 2011

BACK in July, a souped-up version of The Economist's Big Mac index indicated that China's currency actually seemed to be near its fair value. That didn't prevent politicians in America and elsewhere…

goodreads.com 1min

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States,..."

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural…

elezea.com 2min

Please let this not be the future of reading on the web

Nov. 23, 2011

In The Pummeling Pages, Brent Simmons sums up the experience of reading on the web, which is something I’ve become increasingly frustrated with as well: I was there because I just wanted…

nytimes.com 3min

How About Better Parents?

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Nov. 19, 2011

IN recent years, we’ve been treated to reams of op-ed articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if only the teachers’ unions would go away, our kids would score like…

andymangold.com 2min

Skeuomorphism: The Opiate of the People

It probably goes without saying that I am a huge fan of Apple ; as is almost everyone in the design field. However, their UI, especially in iOS, has always bothered me. For a company with such…

nytimes.com 9min

A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs

By MONA SIMPSON Oct. 30, 2011

I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind…

daringfireball.net 2min

Obsession Times Voice

March 27, 2009

My friend Merlin Mann and I had a session at SXSW Interactive about two weeks ago. It certainly wasn t a panel, and it wasn t really a presentation. It was more like an hour-long duet rant, the main…

maura.tumblr.com 1min

naming blogs is easy

I guess one of the benefits of beginning my blogging career * while I was still living with my parents was treating every semi-public piece of content I placed on the Internet like something my mom,…

economist.com 3min

Yes to Palestinian statehood

Sept. 24, 2011

THE Palestinians are edging closer to getting a recognised state, at least on paper. Their application to the UN’s Security Council, pencilled in for September 23rd, will be rebuffed by an…

James' Favorites

A novel approach to solar power may help to improve its efficiency

Ordering the vegetarian meal? There’s more animal blood on your hands

China's currency

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States,..."

Please let this not be the future of reading on the web

How About Better Parents?

Skeuomorphism: The Opiate of the People

A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs

Obsession Times Voice

naming blogs is easy

Yes to Palestinian statehood

A novel approach to solar power may help to improve its efficiency

Ordering the vegetarian meal? There’s more animal blood on your hands

China's currency

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States,..."

Please let this not be the future of reading on the web

How About Better Parents?

Skeuomorphism: The Opiate of the People

A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs

Obsession Times Voice

naming blogs is easy

Yes to Palestinian statehood

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