Monthly Archives: April 2006

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Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-30

Italian textiles and China:
Keywords: business, economics, fashion
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992):
Keywords: film

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Friday, April 28th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-28

Papers Mull Ways to Profit From Internet:
Keywords: media

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Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-27

EA Agrees to Settle Overtime Lawsuit:
Keywords: business, work
YouTube - ali g interviews noam chomsky:
Keywords: humor, politics
COMPUTERS, NETWORKS, AND THE CORPORATION:
Keywords: business, economics, tech

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DeLanda’s Markets and Anti-Markets series

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

For those unfamiliar with him, this interview serves as a good introduction.
Markets, Antimarkets and Network Economics.
Markets and Antimarkets pt. 1.
Markets and Antimarkets pt. 2.
Markets and Antimarkets pt. 3.
Markets and Antimarkets pt. 4.
Markets and Anti-markets in the World Economy.
Markets, Antimarkets and the Fate of the Nutrient Cycles.
Via the Manuel DeLanda Annotated Bibliography.

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Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-26

The 80 PLUS energy efficient power supplies:
Keywords: environment, tech
Preparing for the Economic Typhoon:
Keywords: economics, politics
Microsoft To Buy Ad Placement In Games:
Keywords: system:unfiled
WorldChanging on RSS:
Keywords: rss, web2.0

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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-25

alg: P&Ls and how books make (or don’t) money: part the first: the mass market original complete failure:
Keywords: business, publishing
Rebecca Huntley on Gen Y:
Keywords: culture
Finland Squirms as Its Latest Export Steps Into Spotlight - New York Times:
Keywords: blackmetal, culture, global
The Pinocchio Theory » Blog Archive » k-punk on “Dis-identity Politics”:
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Monday, April 24th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-24

Polimom, Too: Osama’s lonely game:
Keywords: global, politics
Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain:
Keywords: life
Markets and Antimarkets in the World Economy:
Keywords: economics, politics, reference
Angelina Jolie buying own country:
Keywords: economics, global
Chaordic Commons - Home Page:
Keywords: business, economics, global, reference
Maybe Logic Academy :: Chaos Magic in Business Prospectus:
Keywords: business, […]

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Friday, April 21st, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-21

Eco-friendly: Why green is the new black:
Keywords: activism, environment, fashion
Rwanda survivors say Hollywood has got it wrong:
Keywords: global, politics
Podbop - We Podcast Bands Coming To Your Town:
Not too extensive, but the idea is sound. I’d been thinking about doing something similar and Portland-centric Keywords: blogs, music
Global Green:
Keywords: design, environment
Waco and […]

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Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-20

Micropatronage wiki:
Keywords: micropatronage, web2.0
Adam Greenfield on the WELL:
Keywords: everyware, politics, tech
Thomas Friedman would rather see a nuclear Iran than see BushCo attack Iran:
Keywords: politics
Web 2.0 and the web serf:
Keywords: web2.0
1-800-FREE411:
Free directory assistance. You just have to listen to a 12 second ad Keywords: stuff
How Montana is dealing with […]

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A dance around the world

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Last night I finished watching the director’s cut of Until the End of the World. Even at 4 and a half hours, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. I wanted more.
After all, Wender’s first cut was actually over 8 hours. This is barely over half the material. What I […]

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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-19

Green Scanner:
web2.0 consumer activism Keywords: activism, environment, politics, tech
Enterprise 2.0: The Dawn of Emergent Collaboration:
Keywords: business, tech, web2.0
Health Bloggers to Fill Dedicated Wiki:
Keywords: web2.0
Guide to Portland Neighborhoods:
Keywords: portland
America 2050: Planning Megalopolis:
Keywords: portland, rural, seattle, suburban, urban

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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-18

BLDGBLOG: Concrete Island:
Keywords: urban
Wind Energy Projects in the U.S.:
Keywords: business, environment
CooperationCommons - Resources:
Keywords: culture
City begins eminent domain proceedings, so they can build condos downtown.:
Keywords: politics, urban
Mort en direct, La (1980):
Keywords: film, towatch
Connection between Until the End of the World and Deathwatch:
Keywords: film
C For Cookie (You Tube):
Sesame Street […]

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Monday, April 17th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-17

Boing Boing: Goth subculture may help self-harming kids:
compare BBC, UPI, and New Scientist coverage of this story Keywords: culture, youth
Kottke to begin running ads:
Keywords: blogs, business
The Impact of Ultra-low Cost Handsets:
Keywords: culture, global, mobiletech
Travel (Stranded at the Airport):
Keywords: travel
How high-tech prospectors are trying to squeeze fuel-and fat profits-out of the […]

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-16

Gender bending commerical for booze:
Keywords: gender, marketing, media, queer

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Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-15

Kick procrastination’s ass: Run a dash | 43 Folders:
Keywords: lifehacks

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Friday, April 14th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-14

Why We Need a Corporation for Public Gaming:
Keywords: gamedesign, games, gamesaswork
Hacked signs for next ten miles:
Keywords: activism, streetart

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Time shifting advertisements

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Lots of talk lately about You Tube, and about television advertising. There’s something I find interesting about the whole “everyone w/ digital copies of TV shows just skips all the ads” thing. True, most people will skip all a show’s ads if given a chance. But many people are happy to just […]

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Entertainment Rewards scam allegations

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Rip Off Report’s search listings for “Entertainment Rewards.”

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Exterminate all rational thought

Friday, April 14th, 2006

From my Starbucks cup:
The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating - in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head […]

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Thursday, April 13th, 2006

Link-Soup for 2006-04-13

Why People Think the Economy Sucks:
Keywords: economics
Shark Boy & Lava Girl:
Keywords: comicbooks

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