Newsletter 353
[5]Survive In The Age Of Distraction
Links:
5. http://b.rw/j5qBKz
Johann Hari | Independent | 24 June 2011
"Keeping yourself on a digital diet will become mainstream soon. Just as
I've learned not to stock my fridge with tempting carbs, I've learned to
limit my exposure to the web—and to love it in the limited window I allow
myself" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/survive-age-distraction
[7]Five Habits Of Highly Effective Terrorists
Links:
7. http://b.rw/mUeHad
Daniel Byman | OUP Blog | 24 June 2011
"Picking the right people, training and educating them, is as necessary for
a terrorist group as for a top corporation. Terrorist organisations must
attract smart people and then train them for violence, both of which are
difficult" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/five-habits-highly-effective-terrorists
[9]The Beer Archaeologist
Links:
9. http://b.rw/jIBxFN
Abigail Tucker | Smithsonian | 22 June 2011
Patrick McGovern, a 66-year-old archaeologist, has an unusual
specialisation. Ancient fermented beverages. Some from as far back as 7000
BC. “I don’t know if fermented beverages explain everything, but they help
explain a lot" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/beer-archaeologist
[11]Gutted
Links:
11. http://b.rw/lyIjG7
Steven Shapin | LRB | 23 June 2011
Interesting and entertaining review of Ian Miller's "Modern History of the
Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800-1950".
Anecdotes of ingenious early medical experiments, social perspectives on
indigestion [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/gutted
[13]Krokodil: The Drug That Eats Junkies
Links:
13. http://b.rw/lWuCSg
Shaun Walker | Independent | 22 June 2011
Step 1: Find iodine, lighter fluid, industrial cleaning oil. Step 2: Boil,
distill, mix and shake. Step 3: Inject. Then sit back and literally rot to
death. Not tempted? Sadly, thousands of Russian heroin addicts are
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/krokodil-drug-eats-junkies
[15]Notes For A Young Gentleman
Links:
15. http://b.rw/iWguTm
Toby Litt | Granta | 23 June 2011
Nicely done. A score or so of commandments for good behaviour, hovering
somewhere between satire and nostalgic sincerity. "A gentleman should never
evince surprise, except whilst opening Christmas presents from his children"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/notes-young-gentleman
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Peter Taylor on Al-Qaeda
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-taylor-on-al-qaeda
The award-winning BBC documentary maker tells us what he’s learned in 10
years investigating Al-Qaeda, and suggests what we should read to understand
where the group came from, and what it’s still trying to do [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-taylor-on-al-qaeda
Featured Topic
[19]Espionage
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/espionage
The irresistible subject - spies. Who are they? What do they really do? Are
today's spies that different from the heroes of the Cold War? Read on to
find out [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/espionage
Reader Recommendations
_@nuzav_ Bromance With the Big Man - [21]nyti.ms/jJBLXc #Browsings [22]More
like this
Links:
21. http://nyti.ms/jJBLXc
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[23]Book of the Day
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/taxi-by-khalid-al-khamissi
[24]Taxi by Khalid Al Khamissi
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/taxi-by-khalid-al-khamissi
[25]Humphrey Davies says: "This is a delightful book. It’s very much the
view from the street"[26]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/humphrey-davies-on-egyptian-writing
26. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[27]True Cost Of Oil
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos/true-cost-oil
Center For Investigative Reporting adds up the hidden costs of a gallon of
gasoline [28]More videos
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[29]James Altucher, on infidelity
Links:
29. http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/06/suicide-and-13-other-ways-to-deal-with-failure
"When a man and woman kiss in Grand Central and then head for different
trains I can tell you one thing: they are both cheating on their spouses"
[30]More quotes
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/quotations