Newsletter 238
[1]Ted Serios And Psychic Projections
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1. http://b.rw/fMHhuG
Mikita Brottman | Chronicle Review | 20 February 2011
Bellhop from Chicago could project "dreamlike pictures of his thoughts" on
to film, by holding a Polaroid camera and staring intently at the lens.
Sounds crazy. Perhaps it was trick. But if so, still nobody knows how it was
done
[2]Real Death Of The Music Industry
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2. http://b.rw/hs36ON
Michael DeGusta | Business Insider | 18 February 2011
Sharp graphics tell the story. Per capita spending on recorded music in
America has collapsed by two-thirds in ten years. We're buying a lot fewer
albums—which is where the industry makes its money—and a lot more single
tracks
[3]You Will Commit A Crime In The Future
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3. http://b.rw/ifcWWA
Leon Neyfakh | Boston Globe | 20 February 2011
A look at how criminal justice system tries to predict who will become
criminals. Previously simple psychology and even phrenology were used, now
its all about mechanical crime prediction. But how effective are these new
methods?
[4]A Word On Statistics
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4. http://b.rw/i99l66
Wislawa Szymborska | Caterina | 18 February 2011
This may be the first poem ever recommended on The Browser. And we probably
won't make a habit of it. But this is the equal of a dozen papers on
behavioural economics. And it's from the lovely blog—read more!—of Caterina
Fake
[5]What Would Feynman do?
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5. http://b.rw/fzLLHs
Eric Lippert | Fabulous Adventures In Coding | 14 February 2011
Highly entertaining imaginary account of how Richard Feynman, the late Nobel
prize winning physicist, might fare in an interview for a modern software
company. Gently mocks "lateral-thinking puzzle" format. Essential reading
[6]Species Seekers And Spies
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6. http://b.rw/e0DIBx
Richard Conniff | NYT | 20 February 2011
Many spies are naturalists. It's the same skill-set. Observe, record,
classify. John Le Carré joined MI6 after working as a bird illustrator for
MI5's counterespionage chief, Maxwell Knight, who wrote natural-history
books
[7]View full selection
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7. http://thebrowser.com/best
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[8]H W Brands on =AMERICAN PRESIDENTS=
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8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/h-w-brands-on-american-presidents
Today is Presidents Day in the U.S. In honour of the occasion, bestselling
historian H W Brands introduces five excellent presidential biographies
[9]Continue reading…
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9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/h-w-brands-on-american-presidents
Topic
[10]Art
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10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/art
What are the most influential art books? Is cow dung art? How political was
Picasso? What's the correct etiquette for a gallery opening? All this
answered and more
[11]Continue reading…
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11. http://thebrowser.com/topics/art
Book of the Day
[12]Raising Boys
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12. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/raising-boys-by-steve-biddulph
-by Steve Biddulph -
This is the book I would recommend that all parents read. Steve Biddulph is
saying that males have brains that are marinated in a different hormonal mix
[13]More recommendations…
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13. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
From [14]alecash: This #[15]browsings definitely worth a read: how America
relies on private bounty hunters to pull in bail jumpers. [16]goo.gl/ZD01g
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14. http://twitter.com/alecash
15. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
16. http://goo.gl/ZD01g
[17]More user recommended #browsings…
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17. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
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