July 2010
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“Dalle pagine che seguono qualche lettore frettoloso potrebbe farsi l’idea...”
– Carlo Fruttero e Franco Lucentini, I ferri del mestiere, Torino: Einaudi, 2009, p. 201
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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Jul 29th
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telemarket.tk →
Una roba di una bellezza commovente [via Matteo Bordone]
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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Joshua Jackson Explains Pacey-Con →
[via minimae]
Jul 28th
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Bloggingheads: Dangerous Leaks? - Secrecy and Transparency [with @normative and Stewart Baker]
Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Wireless in the world 2: Utopian and radical architects in the 1960s predicted that cities in the future would not only be made of brick and mortar, but also defined by bits and flows of information. The urban dweller would become a nomad who inhabits a space in constant flux, mutating in real time. Their vision has taken on new meaning in an age when information networks rule over many of the...
Jul 27th
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“Albi di giornalisti! Idea da pedanti, da falsi professori, da giornalisti...”
– Luigi Einaudi, Il buongoverno (Laterza, 1973, Vol. II, pagg. 627-629) [via Riccardo Chiaberge]
Jul 27th
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Jul 23rd
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How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker - The... →
Jul 23rd
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“According to San Francisco police, the 31-year-old city resident rode a bicycle...”
– SFGate [via Luca Sofri]
Jul 22nd
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“Abbiamo preso Allegri perché è un maestro, ma ricordate che io sono un...”
– Silvio Berlusconi
Jul 21st
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Twitter magnets - A delicate push →
[via Gabriele Caramellino]
Jul 18th
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Monitor: Stay on target - The Economist →
“CLEAR your screen and clear your mind.” That is the philosophy behind a new wave of dedicated software utilities, and special modes in word-processing packages and other applications, that do away with distractions to enable you to get on with your work. The problem with working on a computer, after all, is that computers provide so many appealing alternatives to doing anything useful: you can...
Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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“I’ll tell you what: I wouldn’t want to write a memoir. In the first...”
– Jeffrey Eugenides
Jul 17th
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2010 Fifa World Cup: Most Serious Referee Mistakes Infographic
Jul 17th
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“The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to...”
– Ludwig von Mises, Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow, p. 17 [via Alex Chafuen]
Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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“Perché noi poveri, voi e io, corressimo urgentemente in soccorso dei ricchi,...”
– Michel Serres [via 2+2]
Jul 16th
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The Social Network [via Francesco Costa]
Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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As the World Cup Ends, How to Make Soccer Less... →
A Modest Proposal for Improving a Dull Game
Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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“I ladri di beni privati passano la vita in carcere e in catene, quelli di beni...”
– Catone (234 a.C. – 149 a.C.) [via johnjoejosh via tattoodoll via forgottenbones via beautifulcrap via emmeintumblerland via goddamnwalls via luciacirillo via pellerossa via falcemartello]
Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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The Art of Analog Computing
Jul 12th
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“Un tale, accortosi che i cretini erano la maggioranza, pensò di fondare il...”
– Dino Risi [via filippocioni via aitan via progvolution via lapitzi via cubeinthedesert via lavampadelleimpressioni via untemporale via mirri-inherlostland via thediamondage via rog2]
Jul 12th
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Da dove vengono i 736 giocatori del mondiale? [via Estadao]
Jul 11th
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Refait [via Giavasan] “Refait” is a remake of the football WorldCup match between France and Germany (Seville, Spain, 1982). Shot by Pied La Biche in Villeurbanne (France), every aspect of the fifteen last minutes of the match was carefully reconstructed : players, positions, gestures, intensity, drama etc. It consists in shifting the traditional game area into the urban...
Jul 10th
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“Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is...”
– Oh Yeah Facts
Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 9th
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“Luca Serafini, in occasione della presentazione a Pesaro del Libro...”
– Le chicche straordinarie di Milan news
Jul 9th
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“Gentile direttore, la domanda se sia meglio risparmiare o meglio spendere, che è...”
– Lettera di Hayek al Times (19 ottobre 1932), in risposta alla lettera di Keynes
Jul 9th
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Jul 9th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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The Stimflation Contest →
Jul 8th
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“È morto Luttazzi. L’originale.”
– gravita’ zero
Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
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TechHub →
TechHub is a new and exciting project creating a physical space in London for tech companies not just based nearby but entrepreneurs and others in the tech industry from across the UK, Europe, the US and beyond.
Jul 7th
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FreeSouls →
Jul 7th