A shape-shifting robot! Looks rather like a self-inflating soccer ball. gulfstream/2651
Annie Leibovitz owes $24m and is in a bunch of financial trouble. “There was only one man Leibovitz deemed qualified to work on anything involving air-conditioning … gulfstream/2636
NY Times’s “Global Edition—; replaces the International Herald Tribune. Still rather US-centric though (compared to, say, the BBC’s international … gulfstream/2608
Paul Graham on Hacker News, and building community on news aggregation sites: “The most dangerous thing for the frontpage is stuff that’s too easy … gulfstream/2589
Winning over hearts and minds: the CIA is offering Viagra to ageing Afghan warlords with multiple wives. gulfstream/2565
Lehman and AIG FAQ, from two of Levitt’s UChicago colleagues. gulfstream/2525
Small profile on the German camera company Leica, and their difficult transition to digital. “In the 1970s, the company invented the auto-focus lens … gulfstream/2521
Excellent timeline of the chain of events that led United Airlines’ stock to plunge from $12 to $3 on the strength of a false news story that it had … gulfstream/2516
Unusual response from Stephen Hawking, in response to a question about whether he thought he’d get a Nobel Prize: “If the LHC were to produce little … gulfstream/2512
The Earth’s Facebook feed: “Georgia is no longer friends with Russia,” etc. gulfstream/2492
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Lady Gaga Meets The Queen (PHOTOS)
Lady Gaga meets the queen in a latex gown.
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a bear kills sheep and gets called "savage"?!