March 2010
Ferris Bueller's Ferrari Up For Auction - Ferris... →
To give you the full story, the 250GT Spyder California isn’t actually one of the 100 originals made by Ferrari—it was a replica created by John Hughes and Paramount. It’s a working model, but I doubt the buyer will be wanting to risk it.
“But what is worth noting is how and why this classified Report was made publicly...”
– The war on WikiLeaks and why it matters - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | US Not... →
“Homeland Security’s cybersecurity director, Richard Marshall, warns that universities aren’t turning out enough cybersecurity experts and urges greater scholarship funding. “Look at all the great football and basketball programs. They’re all on scholarships. They’re not playing for fun — they’re playing for money,”“
In Manhattan, Driving Is Toughest on Wednesdays -... →
Thanks Sally!
If you are thinking of driving in Manhattan on a Wednesday, perhaps to take in a Broadway matinee, think again: it is the most congested day of the week.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Life at Google →
Google presents arguably the Internet’s largest attack surface. Appropriately, nobody’s talking about the volume and flavor of everyday attacks, but I bet the appropriate adjectives are “huge” and “nasty”, respectively. And those aren’t the ones that make the daily news. The people who are working on this stuff seem smart, the policies and tools appropriate, and to the (very minor) extent they’ve...
Pinching the Ostrich: Event Cancelled! →
Here’s what they came up with. Where ever they find a illegally put up poster of an upcoming event, they glue a sticker on it that says “Cancelled” or “New date”. Done.
Magnus Carlsen, the chaotic and lazy chess... →
Carlsen: At the age of 15, Nunn started studying mathematics in Oxford; he was the youngest student in the last 500 years, and at 23 he did a PhD in algebraic topology. He has so incredibly much in his head. Simply too much. His enormous powers of understanding and his constant thirst for knowledge distracted him from chess.
“Google will rue the day that it can’t meet the unrealistic expectations that it...”
– Courting Google, City Fathers Turn to Silliness - NYTimes.com
Pope John XXIII High School Robotics Team Wins New... →
The robots are built to compete in a new game announced at the start of each season. This year’s game is called “Hot Shot!” It requires the robots to harvest wiffle balls off the arena floor and shoot them into various goals.
Working for Demand Media: The Web's Biggest,... →
All told, it may take less than a day, at a cost of less than $10, for a short article to move through the system and get posted on one of Demand’s sites, where it immediately starts earning ad revenue.
Watchhave a listen to a few tracks from our great friend, Pete Francis.
“The fact that it started out as a private enterprise is not surprising. There is...”
– Fred Wilson, via The NYC Subway System
MySpace Selling User Data - PCWorld →
The data will include any activity or information that is attached to an account. That includes blog posts, location, photos, reviews, and status updates-among others. InfoChimps, an Austin, Texas company that collects and sells structured data, is one of the firms that is selling the data.
“Canyon Ranch is nominated for a Luxist Awards’ Readers’ Choice Award...”
– Canyon Ranch: A Life-Changing Experience
@SXSW: The Expansive Reach Of Music Bloggers →
Blogs Are Not the New Record Label
Google's Biggest Blunder | The Big Money →
Sooner or later, policymakers were going to think of Google as the New Borg. But by raising questions about who was really dominating the search market, the company catalyzed that process. Google provoked the excitable alpha dogs who run Microsoft, irritated investors, and called attention to its own supremacy. And it saved its worst enemy $44.6 billion.