Weekly newsletter 9
Best of the Week
[1]5 Technologies That Will Shape the Web
Links:
1. http://b.rw/ikMvhz
Elise Ackerman & Erico Guizzo | IEEE | 31 May 2011
The future of the web, as predicted by leading lights of the technology
world – analysts, investors, executives and engineers. Discusses mobile,
video, "internet of things" and gesture control [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/5-technologies-will-shape-web
[3]The Man Who Had HIV And Now Does Not
Links:
3. http://b.rw/jm8mAp
Tina Rosenberg | New York | 29 May 2011
Could it be possible to cure AIDS after all? Consider the case of Timothy
Brown, who shows no sign of HIV more than four years after undergoing
innovative treatment. Perhaps a ray of hope, despite the costs and research
needed [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tina-rosenberg-ny-mag-29th-may-2011
[5]Basta Bunga Bunga
Links:
5. http://b.rw/mENPem
Ariel Levy | New Yorker | 30 May 2011
He says what he does is only natural and what any man would do if he could.
But this romp through the life of Silvio Berlusconi suggests why Italians
may finally be tiring of their hedonistic prime minister [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/basta-bunga-bunga
[7]Life, The Universe And Everything
Links:
7. http://b.rw/lxHnN6
Stewart Brand | European | 30 May 2011
Wonderful, wide-ranging interview with Stewart Brand, biologist and
environmental activist. Addresses how and why humans are becoming less
violent, whether there is a future for nuclear power, benefits of technical
innovation [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/life-universe-and-everything
[9]Why I’m Putting All My Savings Into Bitcoin
Links:
9. http://b.rw/lINjAx
Rick Falkvinge | Falkvinge | 29 May 2011
Would you risk investing all your life savings in a new, unproven online
virtual currency? Well, Rick Falkvinge is doing just that. Despite the
numerous risks, he believes this might be the investment of the century.
Here's why [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-i’m-putting-all-my-savings-bitcoin
[11]A Trip Around Our Solar System
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ihQqi2
Various | Atlantic | 27 May 2011
Wonderful photo gallery showing the full variety of our solar system. From
close-up shots of Mercury's surface to craters on Mars, giant asteroids and
comets as you have never seen them before. An awe-inspiring collection
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/trip-around-our-solar-system
[13]Lady Gaga Takes Tea With Mr Fry
Links:
13. http://b.rw/lizTnM
Stephen Fry | FT | 27 May 2011
Eccentric British polymath interviews outrageous global music superstar.
Seriously. Irresistible from the start: "You get a strong sense of the
character and behaviour of a great star by smelling the mood of those around
them" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lady-gaga-takes-tea-mr-fry
[15]Short History Of The Campsite
Links:
15. http://b.rw/jtNXqq
Martin Hogue | Design Observer | 31 May 2011
"Modern sites embody a peculiar contradiction: They are defined and serviced
by an increasingly sophisticated range of utilities and conveniences, and
yet marketed to perpetuate the cherished American ideal of the backwoods
camp" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/short-history-campsite
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Joseph Nye on Global Power
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joseph-nye-on-global-power
The Harvard academic talks about changing power in the 21st century – and
how whose story wins matters as much as whose army wins
Featured Topic
[18]Crime & Thriller Writing
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/topics/crime-writing
Leading writers discuss their genre and select their top five essential
reads, plus selected articles on the murky world of thrillers and whodunnits
Reader Recommendations
_@billallison_ RT _@TheAmScho_: Blue-Collar Brilliance - Questioning
assumptions about intelligence, work and social class.
[19]tinyurl.com/3qqupwx [20]#browsings
Links:
19. http://tinyurl.com/3qqupwx
20. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Week
[21]My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes by Gary Imlach
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/my-father-and-other-working-class-football-heroes-by-gary-imlach
[22]Steve Bloomfield says: "It’s a beautiful social history from a time when
footballers lived in the same area as the fans, drank in the same pubs with
the fans, and caught the bus to the game with the fans"
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steve-bloomfield-on-world-football
Video of the Week
[23]"Too Big To Fail" In 80 Seconds
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/videos/too-big-fail-80-seconds
Bank-crash film boiled down to its essential narrative: bankers swearing
Quote of the Week
[24]Rosemary Hill, on London's Shard skyscraper
Links:
24. http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2011/06/01/rosemary-hill/great-glass-millefeuille
"It will apparently be ‘dynamic’ and ‘vibrant’, neither of which is a
desirable quality in a tall building"
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