Archive for November, 2013
The Mercenary
Posted by samdemic in Uncategorized on November 29, 2013
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Roy Petersen pops the cap off a Leo, one of Thailand’s cheapest beers. It’s getting dark out, and the lizards are laughi…
There is a love story here….. ignore the title…..
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Requiem for a welterweight: Manny Pacquiao may be broke, but is he broken, too?
Posted by samdemic in Uncategorized on November 29, 2013
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Manny Pacquiao may be broke, but is he broken, too?
There is a word in the English vocabulary "contentment" It sure is starnge to most fellows.
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The Awá Indians of Amazonian Brazil: The Most Endangered Tribe on Earth
Posted by samdemic in Uncategorized on November 29, 2013
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Alex Shoumatoff hits the forest trails in Brazil’s eastern Amazon.
This is what the writer and or the Awá think about the missionaries — "the services its missionaries were providing had a hidden agenda, to get them to renounce their animism and their own big guy in the sky, Maira, and to come to the Lord and be saved from eternal hellfire.” SMH!
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CABINET // A Philosophy of Tickling
Posted by samdemic in Uncategorized on November 28, 2013
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Cabinet Magazine a quarterly of Art and Culture
The Romans took every bad thing from the Persians and perfected it into a bad thing.
The incident of a goat licking someone’s sole of the feet to death on application of salt was just gross!
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The Secrets of Bezos: How Amazon Became the Everything Store
Posted by samdemic in Uncategorized on November 28, 2013
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The surprising story of how Amazon.com became one of the most successful companies in the world
I honestly think this guy is a mad genious. Really!
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Lauren Collins: The Search for the Hottest Chili
Posted by samdemic in Uncategorized on November 21, 2013
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Like computers, superhot chilis are evolving at a rate that embarrasses the phenomena of just a few years ago.
Hot! I thought Tabasco was hot……. That was a funny idea.
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G4S: the inside story – FT.com
Posted by samdemic in Uncategorized on November 21, 2013
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On an overcast Friday evening on a rundown suburban street in Boston, Lincolnshire, a part-time plumber and a retired policeman are sitting in a large white van outside a cell-block, waiting to hear from the police.
You have no idea how much people are willing to pay for security…
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Tech- Ben Heck's Alexa clock crane June 24, 2018While the element14 Community is running a design challenge to help those with mental and physical impairments (which you can join in on), Sean and Connor Miller work with Ben, Felix and Karen to help a family member with multiple sclerosis. Watc...element14
- Google adds anti-tampering DRM to Android apps in the Play Store June 24, 2018Google has made a small change to Play Store apps that could prove a significant help to the security of your Android phone. The company is now adding a "small amount" of security metadata to Android APKs to be sure that they were distributed throug...Jon Fingas
- Cell-sized 'microlasers' could regulate brain activity June 24, 2018Scientists have spent years creating ever-smaller lasers. Berkeley Lab's latest invention, however, is something special -- and could lead to a significant change in medicine. An international team at the school has developed "microlasers" that are s...Jon Fingas
- 'Snapdragon 1000' chip may be designed for PCs from the ground up June 24, 2018Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850 processor may be intended for PCs, but it's still a half step -- it's really a higher-clocked version of the same processor you'd find in your phone. The company may be more adventurous the next time, though. WinFuture say...Jon Fingas
- Scientists are building a DNA database to fight illegal logging June 23, 2018DNA evidence could put criminals behind bars, but only if there's something to compare it to. That's why a project that aims to combat illegal logging is now building a DNA database of trees, which could help authorities determine if logs being sold...Mariella Moon
- World's tiniest 'computer' makes a grain of rice seem massive June 23, 2018You didn't think scientists would let IBM's "world's smallest computer" boast go unchallenged, did you? Sure enough, University of Michigan has produced a temperature sensing 'computer' measuring 0.04 cubic millimeters, or about a tenth the size of I...Jon Fingas
- Mercedes pulls its plug-in hybrids to prepare for new models June 23, 2018We hope you weren't dead set on buying one of Mercedes' existing plug-in hybrids, as they won't be long for this world. Autocar has learned that Mercedes has stopped producing PHEV versions of the C-Class, E-Class, S-Class and GLE. This doesn't mea...Jon Fingas
- Security researcher bypasses iPhone's limit on passcode attempts (updated) June 23, 2018It's not easy breaking into a locked iPhone. Try too many times and you can get locked out for years, even decades, or lose the device's data altogether. That's why law enforcement had to put pressure on Apple to unlock the San Bernardino shooter's i...Mariella Moon
- Tesla's Model 3 catches up on Autopilot and WiFi features June 23, 2018Tesla is still rushing to give the Model 3 some of the features you might take for granted in its EV stablemates. As part of a broader update across the lineup (including increased Autopilot nagging), Model 3 units now support a few key features, mos...Jon Fingas
- Apple quietly kills Modern Buckle Watch band in the US June 23, 2018Apple regularly kills off products in silence, simply yanking it from stores without so much as a notice. That's how its super expensive gold Edition watches and even something as big as the iPod Classic went the way of the dodo. This time, Apple has...Mariella Moon
- Ben Heck's Alexa clock crane June 24, 2018
