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cnnmoneytech:

We’re about a decade past pop-ups being cool, but the fact that this is mostly HTML is. HTML 5 is going to be wild fun to create things with — designers can do mind-bending tricks with the canvas element. -Stacy

Chrome Experiments: The Wilderness Downtown

cnnmoneytech:

So with bids #8 (Dell, $32/share) and #9 (HP, $33) now in for 3PAR, what exactly is it that the eventual victor will take home? Take a peek inside 3PAR’s development lab to see. (Hint: Servers. Many many servers — most of which HP will recognize.)

cnnmoneytech:

Even Woz got a shout-out at yesterday’s Apple music showcase, but the iPod Classic went utterly unmentioned. Over on MacRumors a fan blasted Apple for “not, at least, saying goodbye to the device that put them on the map.” 
It’s still for sale on Apple’s website and may yet have a long life ahead (we’ve put in calls to Apple — no word back yet), but the discussion prompted us to take a look at what the original iPod did for Apple’s sales. Turns out that it wasn’t until the smaller, cheaper Mini appeared that iPod sales really took off. -Stacy

cnnmoneytech:

Even Woz got a shout-out at yesterday’s Apple music showcase, but the iPod Classic went utterly unmentioned. Over on MacRumors a fan blasted Apple for “not, at least, saying goodbye to the device that put them on the map.” 

It’s still for sale on Apple’s website and may yet have a long life ahead (we’ve put in calls to Apple — no word back yet), but the discussion prompted us to take a look at what the original iPod did for Apple’s sales. Turns out that it wasn’t until the smaller, cheaper Mini appeared that iPod sales really took off. -Stacy

I tried to fingernail some of the stickers off that HP laptop, and it was a disaster. When you’ve just spent big bucks on a laptop, should you really be obligated to spend the first 20 minutes trying to dissolve away the sticker goop with WD40? (There’s a missed promotional opportunity for HP.)
NY Times’ David Pogue on laptop stickers, in “Laptops Look Like Racecars — and Not in a Good Way.” (via cnnmoneytech)

futuramb:

Intressant fortsättning på “Radical Transparency” projektet

futuramb:

Saw reference to this article when it was published but couldn’t find it. Now I saw the reference again and found it!

Some of the basic assumptions about an individual is changing, it is challenging the legal framework. Interesting!!

The art of Worldbuilding comes from knowing what to omit, from knowing what needs to be surveyed and what can be tacked up as a Potemkin Future.

Intressant concept to think about!

futuramb:

Chicken chicken chicken (via yorambauman) - extremely funny comment on presentations!!

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According to recent research, warm water running over you body can stimulate the outer layer of your skin releasing molecules that ‘talk’ to your nerve endings,” Tammy Tibbetts writes. “These molecules include beta-endorphins which trigger brain activity.