Newsletter 199
[1]Man Of Mystery
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Joan Acocella | New Yorker | 3 January 2011
Stieg Larsson smoked three packs a day, lived on hamburgers, and worked
around the clock. His Millennium Trilogy was a powerful piece of detective
fiction—but no more than that. Why has it been such an international
best-seller?
[2]Haiti's Reconstruction Hell
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Mac McClelland | Mother Jones | 3 January 2011
Vivid, depressing, horrific report. Eight months after the earthquake, Haiti
is out of the headlines, life for the victims goes on getting worse. A
million live in tent cities "where rape gangs and disaster profiteers roam"
[3]The Dubai Job
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Ronen Bergman | GQ | 4 January 2011
How Mossad killed top Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai a year ago.
Epic story sourced from Dubai's chief of police. Much cloak-and-dagger
detail, including wigs, lock-picking, forged passports, undetectable poisons
[4]How To Pick The Perfect Brand-Name
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Dan & Chip Heath | Fast Company | 3 January 2011
Behind the scenes at Lexicon, naming consultants. Creations include
BlackBerry, Dasani, Febreze, OnStar, Pentium, Scion, and Swiffer. Case-study
here: branding a portable toothbrush for Colgate. Prepare to brush with "The
Wisp"
[5]View full selection
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Renata Salecl on =MODERN MISERY=
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6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/renata-salecl-on-modern-misery
The Slovenian philosophy professor decries the tyranny of choice and says we
now expect long life, a beautiful body, sexual and job satisfaction. The
illusion that we can perfect ourselves dooms us to failure and misery
[7]Continue reading…
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/renata-salecl-on-modern-misery
Topic
[8]Climate Change
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8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Want to know how our planet is faring? Access the definitive reading list on
climate change, as recommended by Jonathan Porritt and others, and read
articles that will get you past the smoke and mirrors of Climategate
[9]Continue reading…
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Book of the Day
[10]Breath
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10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/breath-by-tim-winton
-by Tim Winton -
It’s a novel about a teenager who becomes obsessed with surfing. What’s
interesting are the descriptions of the surfing. It’s the most wonderful
description of coming to the edge, searching for ever new extremes, coming
to the point of death, and then at the last second avoiding it. I chose it
because it picks apart our search for enjoyment in today’s society, and
shows how that is often linked to near-death experiences.
[11]More recommendations…
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Browsings
[12]polit2k iPhone = Mac 2.0 | Apple has close to half of all smartphone
profits, Mac has 90% share in $1k+ segment. [13]t.co/qqsit7V #browsings
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More user recommended #browsings…
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