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Fred Hoyle has ingeniously speculated that, if we had been born with eight digits and therefore became accustomed to octal arithmetic instead of decimal, we might have invented binary arithmetic and hence electronic computers a century earlier than we did (since…
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Lovely little interview with John Hodgman: famous writer and minor television personality
Back when I was a freelance magazine writer, I wrote a profile of a sculptor. … I was in his studio, and he had a sculpture of, I think, Robert Kennedy. … And we were across the studio, and he said,…
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Jesus Venn diagrams are funny! Via rands.
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Jesus Venn diagrams are funny! Via rands.
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A true periodic table.
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A true periodic table.
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stevenf: Nice Redesign CNN overlaid a FULL PAGE Flash ad on their front page. I use ClickToFlash. So, predictably…
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stevenf: Nice Redesign CNN overlaid a FULL PAGE Flash ad on their front page. I use ClickToFlash. So, predictably…
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Kindle in Japan: Any questions?
The International Kindle, released last week, finally came into my eager hands last night. This is my first eReader. The reason I purchased it is — ironically enough — my love for paper books. I love to annotate, but I would…
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$20 refund on international Kindle
Just got this email from Amazon: Good news! Due to strong customer demand for our newest Kindle with U.S. and international wireless, we are consolidating our family of 6” Kindles. As part of this consolidation, we are lowering the price of…
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