Newsletter 421
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]The Non-Scenic Route To The Place We’re Going Anyway
Links:
5. http://b.rw/p2usRz
John Lanchester | LRB | 1 September 2011
Would that we were like Belgium, the country of no government where growth
has remained relatively robust. Instead we, the West, are on course for a
decade of hard times and widely shared economic pain. Is there another way?
[6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/non-scenic-route-place-we’re-going-anyway
[7]Syria's Sons Of No One
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pP8IhL
Anthony Shadid | NYT | 31 August 2011
Detailed and gripping account of life with Syrian resistance. From firing
onions at security forces, they've gone past point of no return. "If we
don’t get rid of him, they’re going to come back at us with everything they
have" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/syrias-sons-no-one
[9]Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time
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9. http://b.rw/n2DI2L
Sean Carroll | Cosmic Variance | 1 September 2011
Each one a cracker. "Time" is the most used noun in our language but it's
still a mystery. Oddly, we all live in the past – about 80 milliseconds
back. Stranger still, if we couldn't manipulate time, we couldn't have
consciousness [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ten-things-everyone-should-know-about-time
[11]Doubling In The Middle
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11. http://b.rw/qK3t1q
Gregory Kornbluh | Believer | 1 September 2011
Profile of Barry Duncan, self-proclaimed master palindromist. A strange man
obsessed with reversing vocabulary, he writes hundreds of palindromes each
day, some as long as 400 words. Hates "doubling in the middle". Loves the
"3LVS" [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/doubling-middle
[13]How AT&T Conquered The 20th Century
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13. http://b.rw/pC9DB6
Matthew Lasar | Ars Technica | 1 September 2011
Lots to enjoy in this history of AT&T's stellar growth and monopolisation of
American telephony market. Not least its immortal early advice on phone
etiquette: "Speak directly into mouthpiece, keeping moustache out of the
opening" [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-att-conquered-20th-century
[15]The Towns Italy Forgot
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15. http://b.rw/rtjOgY
Miriam Murphy | National Geographic | 7 August 2011
Charming piece of travel writing. On the novel hotel concept "albergo
diffuso" that is breathing new life into many of Italy's abandoned hill
towns. "Visitors become part of the community—even, at times, the community"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/towns-italy-forgot
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Lloyd Gardner on Egypt and America
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lloyd-gardner-on-egypt-and-america
The historian reflects on the past 60 years of American involvement in Egypt
and tells us, after the Arab Spring, what may make the coming years
different [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lloyd-gardner-on-egypt-and-america
Featured Topic
[19]Cooking
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/cooking
If cooking is your thing, or you want it to be, this is for you. From
interviews with top chefs to articles that range from the perfect appliance,
to food for athletes, to what's in your cappuccino, it's all here. Enjoy
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/cooking
Reader Recommendations
_@polit2k_ MT _@umairh_: lol excellent. RT _@EmanuelDerman_: The Privileges
of Masters of the Universe, a la Stendhal [21]t.co/YCFkagv _#gfc2_
[22]#browsings [23]More like this
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21. http://t.co/YCFkagv
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/moonwalking-einstein-art-and-science-remembering-everything-by-joshua-foer
[25]Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/moonwalking-einstein-art-and-science-remembering-everything-by-joshua-foer
[26]Deborah Blum says: “Foer asks the really interesting philosophical
question, which is, are we defined by what we remember?” [27]FiveBooks
Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/deborah-blum-on-science-society
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]General Mills Fruit Snacks
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/general-mills-fruit-snacks
Does this make you want to buy fruit snacks? If so, you are in urgent need
of counselling [29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Immanuel Kant, on betting
Links:
30. http://kenfeinstein.blogspot.com/2011/01/kant-on-betting-and-prediction-markets.html
Often someone pronounces his propositions with such defiance that he seems
to have laid aside all concern for error. A bet disconcerts him. He
reveals that he is persuaded enough for one ducat but not for ten
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations