The Things He Carried
Jeffrey Goldberg on his experiments that show the current airport security practices in the United States are theatre and nothing more.
Marketplace
Paddy Hirsch, senior editor at Marketplace, has made two very clear and concise videos about credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations to help you understand the current financial crisis and all of the buzz words. Very well done.
GOOD: Getting Gas
Good Magazine has a useful info-graphic (which I admit, I have a weakness for) about where your money goes when you pay for gas.
Debt Loss
An excellent article on the Consumerist from a reader who paid off $14,330 in 20 months.
The Great Drain Robbery
The Sun on how much water Starbucks wastes:
The giant coffee chain has a policy of keeping a tap running non-stop at all its 10,000 outlets worldwide, wasting 23.4 MILLION litres a day.
That would provide enough daily water for the entire two million-strong population of drought-hit Namibia in Africa or fill an Olympic pool every 83 minutes.
Immigrate
So, what don’t you understand about immigrating legally to the United States? Here’s a helpful chart.
Mirrors Edge Release Dates
Xbox 360 and PS3 versions this November 11th for the US, November 14th for Europe. PC version delayed.
As Brands are to Taste
Here’s a fun little list of analogies based on my brand preference:
Apple is to computers as…
- Nintendo is to game consoles;
- Moleskine is to notebooks;
- Sharpie is to markers;
- Pilot is to pens;
- Pentel is to mechanical pencils;
- Citizen is to watches;
- Aeropostale and American Eagle are to shirts;
- Orbit is to gum;
- Square-Enix is to video games;
- Gentoo is to Linux;
- The open source world is to server software;
- Dove is to soap;
- Crest is to toothpaste;
- and Head and Shoulders is to shampoo.
Make of it what you will.
Corporate Equality Index, '09
The Human Rights Campaign has released their 2009 Corporate Quality Index, or, in English, their GLBT-friendly company report. Here’s a direct link to the PDF.
For Your TF2 Pleasure
A Team Fortress 2 kill alert generator, and the movie The Dark Knight told with such alerts.
Free Savr
Until September 15th, File Savr, an alternative to Rapidshare, is giving away lifetime memberships.
Citibank, Theif
Citibank was ordered to pay back the $14 million USD it stole from customers with positive credit card balances, from 1992 to 2003. This makes having a Citibank loan not look so fun to me anymore.
Diablo III Overture
For a limited time, you can download the Diablo III Overture free on iTunes.
Chrome, the Comic
Google explains their browser project, Google Crome. But with a comic book. I want my computer science textbooks to be entirely like this.
Fubiz
I am now subscribed to Fubiz, which finds the most amazing creative projects on the web and talks about them. I can’t even read it and I love it.
Fontpark
Fontpark is a Flash-based game/tool where you draw pictures using only font glyphs from the Morisawa font.
I Plead the 10th
Stardock and Gas Powered Games have created a Gamer’s Bill of Rights.
Superhero HP
Brand New has an article on the currently unofficial HP logo change. The redesign is rather hideous.
Eight Myths
Henry Jenkins, an MIT professor, wrote an article for PBS detailing eight myths about video games. This is required reading, parents, students, everyone. I’m not kidding. I will find you. I will make you read it.