January 2011
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Netflix Gets It
Netflix maintains a tech blog where they discuss everything from their database set-up to their innovative cloud architecture to how Netflix performs across different ISPs. If you’re a developer who’s at all interested in how a large online business manages scale and implements new features, it’s a must read.
While much of the content is very technical, anyone with an interest...
A 12-Year-Old Explains the Information Age's Facts...
I don’t know what kind of stories you’ve heard from your friends or the ladies in your book club. Sometimes, old people will spread around what they’ve heard from other old people. This can make things even more confusing and scary. That’s why it’s important you get the straight facts from me.
Classic McSweeney’s
(via Linklog)
Queue: The Communist Version of Monopoly
Instead of Chance and Community Chest, players will draw wild cards that can be positive - getting them sent to the front of the queue because of a Communist Party connection - or negative, such as seeing a shop closed down for ‘decadence’.
I’m sure they’ll be queuing up to buy this one (sorry, I could not resist).
(via Marginal Revolution)
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US State Economic Equivalents
I have long been a fan of the anecdote that, if counted separately from the US economy, California’s economy would rank in top 10 worldwide. To me, it’s an excellent illustration of just how large the US economy is compared to the rest of the world. Now, The Economist has taken it a step further and assembled a map showing US states as their nearest counterpart by size in the world...
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Beware Bears
The Seattle Seahawks Marshawn Lynch had a 67 yard touchdown run that literally made the ground shake during his team’s upset win on Saturday:
Vidale said a seismic monitoring station located about 100 yards west of the stadium registered seismic activity during Lynch’s run. The shaking was most intense during a 30-second stretch about the time Lynch broke free from the line of...