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I often make HTML files that I drag directly into Adobe Acrobat in order to convert them to PDFs. The program inserted a very annoying footer each time that showed the location of the file on my hard drive. Something like “file:hardrive/folderfolder/etc/etc.lah…”. I could delete it manually, but never was there an option in the … Read more
http://m.fastcolabs.com/3009577/open-company/this-is-what-happens-when-publishers-invest-in-long-stories/ Update a single topic node rather than churn out story after story. Sounds like a writing an encyclopedia entry, but with a narrative twist. Wikipedia but with a more restricted circle of authorship.
http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/09/xkeyscore_prism_obama_ignores_latest_surveillance_revelations_at_press_conference.html We are not talking about the content of our communication, so ignore any “I’ve got nothing to hide” arguments. This is about the arena in which we play. An indiscriminately surveilled society’s freedom is illusory. Today’s civilian is tomorrow’s terrorist, if someone with authority say so and there is no consequential scrutiny of that … Read more
http://m.techcrunch.com/2013/08/09/meta-the-ar-glasses-that-aim-to-be-what-google-glass-is-not-go-up-for-pre-order/ If your brain thinks it is real, is it real?
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/08/10/us/10iht-currents10.html?smid=tw-nytimes& Essay too general to be that effective. You can still be poor but you will have a huge commute. Still, NYC will drive out those with nothing eventually, part of a broader cultural trend: those failing to meet the society machine’s strict demands for participation will find it harder to survive and thrive.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3624798 Works better if not in a crowded city. But take a peek outside your tunnel of lists. Good advice.
Subscribe to Kindle News (and Amazon Prime) and get a 4g smartphone/Kindle reader for free. News and price comparison are two huge mobile phone activities. Ready by Christmas! But if that was the plan, why wouldn’t Amazon buy the paper? Who knows. In any case, I want a Kindle phone if they can figure out … Read more
Sarah Stillman: The Use and Abuse of Civil Forfeiture : The New Yorker. Whether this should be the law—whether, in the absence of a judicial finding of guilt, the state should be able to take possession of your property—has been debated since before American independence. Officers can take your belongings for any ol’ reason they … Read more
Court Rulings Blur the Line Between a Spy and a Leaker – NYTimes.com.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/feb/22/four-day-week-less-is-more Work norms failing to adapt to changes in gender roles, economic opportunities, need for constant education, increased complexity. Anything normal once was not.