Newsletter 408

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

[5]Why Software Is Eating The World
Links:
5. http://b.rw/pjFM6y

Marc Andreessen | WSJ | 20 August 2011

Leading VC says this isn't a bubble. It's more important than that: "We are
in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in
which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the
economy" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-software-eating-world-0

[7]The Genius Who Lives Downstairs
Links:
7. http://b.rw/onuGd4

Alexander Masters | Guardian | 19 August 2011

Simon Phillips Norton. Maths prodigy. IQ of 178. Eton and Cambridge. But one
day his genius, or his confidence, collapsed. Now 60, he lives in a chaotic
flat in Cambridge, eating tinned mackerel and collecting bus timetables
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/genius-who-lives-downstairs

[9]The Barra Bravas
Links:
9. http://b.rw/o4upHY

Annie Kelly | Observer | 21 August 2011

Report on the violent gangs who control Argentine football with "a blaze of
fire fights, drive-by shootings and mafia-style executions". Expect money
laundering, narcotics, corrupt police, gun running. On matchdays. In the
grounds [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/barra-bravas

[11]Asia's Lonely Hearts
Links:
11. http://b.rw/p7kCKX

Anonymous | Economist | 20 August 2011

Marrying age has risen sharply in Asia. But a lot of women are not marrying
later. They are not marrying at all. Greater freedom allowing women to make
this choice is good, but there are also serious social implications
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/asias-lonely-hearts

[13]Advice From A 105-Year-Old Banker
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qZfUcH

David Dudley | Daily Beast | 15 August 2011

In 1928 Irving Kahn started his first job on Wall St. Now, at 105, he's
likely the world's oldest working investment banker. His opinion of current
downturn? “There are a lot of opportunities out there, and one shouldn’t
complain" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/advice-105-year-old-banker

[15]The Story Of How We Got Our Alphabets
Links:
15. http://b.rw/oDoRlt

James Clackson | BBC | 19 August 2011

Beautifully produced five-minute audio slideshow with commentary by
Cambridge classics lecturer James Clackson. Whistlestop world tour through
Mesopotamia, China, the Mayan civilisation of Mexico, ancient Egypt, Greece
and Rome [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/story-how-we-got-our-alphabets

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Turtle Bunbury on Family History
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/turtle-bunbury-on-family-history

The Irish-based writer says studying families is a fascinating way to learn
about the past, and tells us about the books that have inspired his own
investigations [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/turtle-bunbury-on-family-history