Newsletter 376

[5]How One Man Hacked His Way Into The Slot-Machine Industry
Links:
5. http://b.rw/o0Gixd

Brendan Koerner | Wired | 15 July 2011

Astonishing story of the inventive, illegal behaviour of Rodolfo Rodriguez
Cabrera. Mastermind of global counterfeit slot-machine business. His problem
was that he became too successful. Now in Texan prison, stateless
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-one-man-hacked-his-way-slot-machine-industry

[7]Inside Rebekah Brooks' News Of The World
Links:
7. http://b.rw/n23D02

Georgina Prodhan & Kate Holton | Reuters | 16 July 2011

"Journalists who worked there describe an industrialised operation of
dubious information-gathering, reporters under intense pressure attempting
to land exclusive stories by whatever means necessary, and a culture of
fear" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-rebekah-brooks-news-world

[9]Mastering The Machine
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pLxhip

John Cassidy | New Yorker | 18 July 2011

Profile of Ray Dalio, head of Bridgewater Associates, world's strangest
hedge fund. Macro-economist, aspirational philosopher, radically transparent
manager. And hunter. Not only of profits but buffalo. Armed with bow and
arrow [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mastering-machine

[11]We're Spent
Links:
11. http://b.rw/pJlDQB

David Leonhardt | NYT | 16 July 2011

Futile to think that America's economy and jobs market will recover soon.
"We are living through a tremendous bust. It isn’t simply a housing bust.
It’s a fizzling of the great consumer bubble that was decades in the making"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/were-spent

[13]Michele Bachmann's Hazardous Love For Israel
Links:
13. http://b.rw/q8NZss

Jeffrey Goldberg | Bloomberg | 18 July 2011

"To much of the Christian right, Israel isn’t a real nation-state facing
painful choices. It is, instead, a biblical fantasyland, and an instrument
of Christian salvation." There are dangers in this, both for US policy and
Israel [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/michele-bachmanns-hazardous-love-israel

[15]The Cuban Grapevine
Links:
15. http://b.rw/p8ojC5

James Scudamore | Intelligent Life | 11 July 2011

Anecdote-rich despatch from Havana shows how Cuba is changing. Masses of
mobile phones now but price of texting means people send each other "missed
calls" instead. Still only 2% of Cubans online. Information is shared by USB
stick [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cuban-grapevine

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Randall Grahm on Wine
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/randall-grahm-on-wine

The Californian winemaker gives us a fabulously eclectic reading list for
understanding and enjoying the world of wine [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/randall-grahm-on-wine