Extremely Rare Color Photography of Early 1900s Paris « Curious Eggs Curious Eggs Simply beautiful… QUOTE All the images shown below were taken using Autochrome Lumière technology. It’s an early color photography process, patented in 1903 and invented by the famous French Auguste and Louis Lumière, populary known as Lumière Brothers. They were the earliest […]
In the Wake of Aaron Swartz’s Death, Let’s Fix Draconian Computer Crime Law | Electronic Frontier Foundation So many responses to Aaron Swartz’s untimely death by suicide (many posted to Twitter and/or Facebook), and here is the EFF’s piece, bookmarked to Diigo. QUOTE The CFAA’s vague language, broad reach, and harsh punishments combine to create […]
How guns became gadgets—lightweight, easy to use, and more effective than ever – Quartz Such a good point… QUOTE The AR-15 shows how guns have become gadgets, thanks to technological change and an army of fanboys connected over the Internet. It’s a military weapon in the hands of civilians, so exquisitely designed that it might […]
Resilience Is About Relationships, Not Just Infrastructure – Neighborhoods – The Atlantic Cities Resilience is the new (actually, old) black. QUOTE As cities prepare for climate change in earnest, they’re going to need to harden infrastructure, change building patterns, and overhaul government emergency procedures. But they’re also going to have to put a greater value […]
From clicks to bricks: why some e-tailers now want actual storefronts | SmartPlanet The body (and its many-splendored sensorium) isn’t dead yet. We want to touch, not just watch. QUOTE The past decade has seen a non-stop discussion about the rise of online and virtual channels that are replacing physical storefronts. Now, it seems some […]
Twitter, Instagram, And The Internet of (Disconnected) Things | MIT Technology Review Right on. QUOTE Not being able to share photos seamlessly from one social network to another may be the epitome of a “first world problem;” getting lost in the Australian outback because your smartphone manufacturer replaced a bulletproof mapping app with its inferior […]
America Is Finally Closing Prisons. Now What Do We Do With Them? – Design – The Atlantic Cities Time to re-purpose prisons. QUOTE From the 1920s through the 1960s, the U.S. incarceration rate remained remarkably stable. It wasn’t until the ’70s that all of this changed, that we started both imprisoning more people and holding […]
Worms – a medical miracle for arthritis sufferers? | SmartPlanet Singularly unappealing, but fascinating. And a boon if it works: treat auto-immune disease by ingesting pig worm eggs. QUOTE Biopharmaceutical company Coronado Biosciences is conducting clinical trials using the eggs of the pig whipworm to regulate immune activity. The treatment is centered on the “hygiene […]
The Real Reason Cities Lean Democratic – Politics – The Atlantic Cities Fantastic visuals (maps) and great analysis of why it was inevitable that the Republicans lost in cities (aside from the fact that they openly mock all urban agendas): QUOTE In a good piece on the GOP’s problem with geography earlier this week, The […]
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