December 2011
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Dec 29th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Do Not Buy Dad a Tie | The economist’s guide to... →
economics of gift giving. really, i just like any article that uses smart words to talk about things we already know
Dec 23rd
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Fact Checking Santa Claus →
a nerd’s approach to santa futurejournalismproject: The Physics of Santa and His Reindeer  Not to be a buzz kill but… Via Snopes (and with apologies for quoting in its entirety): No known species of reindeer can fly.  BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 21st
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and i’m buying the book! theatlantic: theatlanticvideo: The True Story of the Baghdad Country Club Joshuah Bearman’s “Baghdad Country Club” is a stranger-than-fiction story that begins with a chance conversation between two guys stranded in the Baghdad airport. Here, the tale comes to life through animation by Colleen Cox and sound design by Pat Walters. Baghdad Country Club was...
Dec 21st
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Can an App Make Grocery Shopping Fun and... →
Dec 3rd
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futurejournalismproject: The Year According to Twitter Yesterday it was Facebook with its most shared links of 2011. Today it’s Twitter with its “most important”. Among the mix is “Welcome back Egypt #Jan25” for the Arab Spring and “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)” which foretold the raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.  So too is “my daughter her...
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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