Some fresh bookmarks from delicious.com
- Something, Something, Something, Detroit – Lazy journalists love pictures of abandoned stuff – After suffering through the nation’s worst and most concentrated examples of racial violence, industrial collapse, serial arson, crack war, and municipal bankruptcy following years of municipal kleptocracy, Detroit is being descended on by a plague of reporters.
- Analysis vs Algebra predicts eating corn? – "Back when I was in grad school there was a department lunch with corn on the cob. Partway through the meal one of the analysts looked around the room and remarked, "That's odd, all of the analysts are eating corn one way and the algebraists are eating corn another!""
- In Search of Jackboots: Estonia’s chronic negative image in the western press – The fairness of Estonian language and citizenship laws aside, it seems Estonia has a case to be made that the language law’s enforcement is humane. But when it comes to defending its view in the western press, Estonia seems capable only of creating a case study in public relations disasters.
- Design for Hackers: Why Monet Never Used Black, & Why You Shouldn't Either – Why you shouldn't use black in your designs.
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