Newsletter 403

16 Aug 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]A Very Important Speech About Social Media
Links:
5. http://b.rw/mVbkI9

Admiral Gary Roughead | Damn I Wish I'd Thought Of That | 15 August 2011

Transcript of remarkable speech given by US chief of naval operations on
importance of social media. Rare insights from a most unexpected source.
Something for everyone involved in business to read, consider, learn from
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/very-important-speech-about-social-media

[7]First Life
Links:
7. http://b.rw/nFUDJt

Michael Marshall | New Scientist | 15 August 2011

We know life must have started with a self-replicating molecule. And now we
have a clearer idea than ever before of how to make one. Here's a
fascinating recap of recent scientific developments in the search for the
first replicator [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/first-life

[9]The Body On Somerton Beach
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pUIFHU

Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 12 August 2011

An unidentifiable man in a city suit, dead on a beach. A secret code hidden
in a fragment of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rare poisons so dangerous
their names couldn't be mentioned in court. A most curious cold case
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/body-somerton-beach

[11]Diner For Schmucks
Links:
11. http://b.rw/nfiwL9

Alan Richman | GQ | 16 August 2011

Veteran restaurant reviewer takes friends out to fashionable New York diner.
Service is slow, it's a bit hot and cramped. Disappointing, yes. Disastrous,
no. But that was before an email from the owner arrived the next day
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/diner-schmucks

[13]Life After Death
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qSi549

Michael Harris | Walrus | 15 August 2011

"We are the first generation of gay men to grow up free of oppression and
imminent crisis. Growing up after Aids means profiting from the civil rights
battles it occasioned. But in some ways we are still hopelessly lost"
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/life-after-death

[15]Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam
Links:
15. http://b.rw/pUqYck

Anonymous | Onion | 14 August 2011

Classic satire. "The group's typical con involved direct solicitation
through letters supposedly written by the CEO himself, which praised the
recipients by name and stated they had been hand-selected for favoured
treatment" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/visa-exposed-massive-credit-card-scam

FiveBooks Interview

[17]David Lebovitz on Desserts
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lebovitz-on-desserts

Great desserts can be amazingly simple, and even low in fat. The pastry chef
and author cooks up a mouth-watering reading list to bring your repertoire
of recipes up to date [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lebovitz-on-desserts

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