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Brouhaha de la Reeperbahn et du Sankt Pauli
in Les Explorers, on August 3, 2009
Ils sont des milliers à venir se répandre le week-end sur la grandrue Reeperbahn dans le quartier du mythique club de foot Sankt Pauli . Le club a beau se vouloir anti-fasciste et anti-raciste, le quartier a beau revendiquer ses origines de quartier populaire animé par les travailleurs du port,...
Another stimulus package
in Sox First, on July 6, 2009
Last week, I did a blog entry saying that the appalling jobless figures in the United States were telling us one thing: that 19 months into this bad recession and the economic indicators are getting worse. So it's not surprising then to read Vice President Joe Biden telling George Stepha...
生化危机第四部 Resident Evil: Afterlife 将于 2010 年 9 月上映
in YuleGuan, on July 4, 2009
索尼银幕珍宝公司的游戏改编电影《生化危机》即将开拍"第四集"。日前有国外网站报道索尼银幕珍宝公司初步定于2010年9月17日推出这部作品，第四集《生化危机》命名为《来生》（Resident Evil: Afterlife）。
《生化危机》系列的编剧 Paul Anderson 去年曾表示他在为《生化危机4》创作剧本。
《生化危机4：来生》的故事将紧随《生化危机3：绝种》（Resident Evil: Extinction）。故事将会转向日本东京。其实《生化危机3：绝种》（Resident Evil: Extinction) 的结局就为续集埋下了伏笔。
AMR Research gets new hires for its supply chain group
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
AMR Research, the research firm focused on the supply chain management and its supporting technologies, announced recently that it is expanding its research team with the addition of three new analysts, Paul Lord, Steve Steutermann, and Allen Johnson.
According to PR Newswire , this announ...
Install OS X On SD Card
in Wangtam, on June 30, 2009
• Install OS X On SD Card
• Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia
• iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Software Delayed by Dev Team
• HTC Hero Pre-Order At Amazon UK!
• Microsoft puts Razorfish up for sale
• Telecom firms back standard phone charger in Europe
• Fennec Alpha 2 now available for Win...
国际学校对孩子好吗？
in Wangtam, on June 28, 2009
几乎所有人都认同一点，那就是在国际学校接受教育的儿童就是有点与众不同。
国际学校的孩子的确与众不同
"他们具有相当的国际视野，视野非常开阔。他们更能跳脱框框来思考问题，"国际学校评级机构"国际名校指南"(Good Schools Guide International)的编辑哈丽特·普莱勒(Harriet Plyler)说。
这些孩子往往出自在不同国家不断迁徙的家庭，有时会在多个不同国家的国际学校接受教育，他们甚至有自己的绰号，被称为"第三文化孩子"(TCK)。
"他们非常了解国际事务，当他们回到祖国，他们会碰到...
西方青年怎么买艺术品？
in Wangtam, on June 24, 2009
尽管自去年夏季经济低迷以来，富有的艺术品投机商已停下扩大藏品的脚步，但位于市场较低端的年轻收藏者却对于研究和购买新的艺术品怀有很大热情。很多特殊机构兴起，帮助那些开始积累藏品的年轻人。
向艺术品收藏者提供教育课程的伦敦机构Contemporary Art Society主管保罗•霍布森(Paul Hobson)表示："衰退让一些抱负更为远大的收藏者退出，将当代艺术品视为'品牌'。"霍布森指出，那些预算较低的人可能更为谨慎的考虑潜在购买机会，但他们仍在购买。
他们持续的热情来自于这样一个战略，这种战略对为了快速转手而购买艺术品的做法嗤之以鼻，而是更愿意购买...
Nomen est omen
in Kinderwunsch und Schwangerschaft, on June 23, 2009
© Karsten W. Rohrbach
In der Schwangerschaft haben wir gut neun Monate Zeit uns einen Namen für unser Kind zu überlegen. Und darum werden Bücher mit Namensvorschlägen gekauft, im Internet gesurft und Freunde und Familie interviewt, um auch wirklich den passenden Vornamen für den Nachwuchs z...
Genuitec Intros MyEclipse 7.5
in Java Entrepreneur, on June 21, 2009
Genuitec this week released version 7.5 of both MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench and MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench Blue Edition .
"For our Blue Edition customers we're proud to share new design and advanced layouts that IBM shops will feel comfortable adopting," says Genuit...
Starke Teams: 109 Boote beim Seeshaupter Opti-Preis
in Das Segel Blog, on June 16, 2009
Unter der bewährten Wettfahrtleitung von Ernst Wunder lief am Wochenende, 13./ 14.Juni 2009, unterstützt die zweite Auflage des Opti Bayern-Cup A + B auf dem Starnberger See.
Insgesamt 109 Starter in den Gruppen Opti A (40 Teilnehmer) und Opti B (69) aus dem süddeutschen Raum, aber auch aus Sa...
Web 2.0 被列为第 100 万个英语词汇
in Wangtam, on June 11, 2009
全球语言监测机构 (GLM) 周三称，"Web 2.0"是第 100 万个英语词汇。有语言学家认为这不过是个噱头而已。
GLM 表示，"Web 2.0"出现在搜索中的次数超过了 2.5 万次，得到了广泛认可，成为"第 100 万个英语词汇"名副其实。"Web 2.0"最初是一个技术性词汇，意指下一代 Web 产品和服务。但在最近 6 个月，"Web 2.0"的使用范围大大增加。
有语言学家指出，GLM 将"Web 2.0"列为第 100 万个英语词汇纯属炒作，是不科...
Blame the recession on Reagan: Paul Krugman
in Sox First, on June 1, 2009
Some fascinating comments from Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman blaming America's economic woes on Ronald Reagan. Basically, Krugman says deregulation, the piling up of debt and the scrapping of financially prudent rules like for example limiting the ability of families to buy h...
Mike Hawthorn, Britain's First F1 Champion, Remembered in Art
in Classical Drives, on May 29, 2009
On January 2nd, 1959, I was working the morning shift at CKFH in Toronto. The station's news policy was of the "rip and read" type, where we announcers ripped off items endlessly flowing from a Broadcast News paper roll. As a motor racing fan I couldn't help but notice a news fl...
Krugman, Soros and Roubini: how to fix the crisis
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
Hard to go past this piece from the New York Review of Books where they run a symposium on the financial bloodbath with comments from a team that includes financier George Soros and economists Paul Krugman and Nouriel Roubini. Krugman says he is concerned about the long run solvency of the US...
Sun CEO Announces Plans for Java App Store
in Java Entrepreneur, on May 22, 2009
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz this week announced plans to launch an app store (currently called Project Vector) for Java software.
"It will be modeled after Apple's iPhone App Store and will allow users to download and install new software over the Internet," wr...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
How much are business schools to blame for the recession? Writing in The Times , Phillip Delves Broughton says MBA should actually stand for Master of the Business Apocalypse. Broughton writes: "Harvard Business School alumni include Stan O'Neal and John Thain, the last two heads of ...
1957 年款 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
in Wangtam, on May 19, 2009
官方新闻稿：
MARANELLO, Italy, May 17 /PRNewswire/ - RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's made history at the Ferrari factory in Maranello today as a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR, chassis no. 0714TR sold for € 9,020,000 at the third-annual Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event to set a new world record...
Bad retail figures expose recovery myth
in Sox First, on May 14, 2009
While there is still talk about green shoots, the data suggests something else. The US economy is still in serious decline and things are not really looking better. First, there are the reports of US companies winding back their inventories to cope with demand that's just vanished. While ...
Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
in Wangtam, on May 13, 2009
• Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
• MSN QnA Beta Is Closing On May 21st
• "中国最美女黑客"被疑是宅男
• 《纽约时报》推出实时新闻阅读产品
• 谷歌Android上网本详细配置曝光
• 鲍尔默否认微软收购SAP传闻
• Chinese rumor claims 2009 iPhone will be modest upgrade
• An approach to fair ad blocking
• Nightline Teams Up W...
Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 12, 2009
WHAT: "Taking the Pulse of Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis" is a report prepared and supported by Battelle. BIO commissioned the report and had the input and support of the Biotechnology Institute.
WHEN: Monday, May 18, 2009, 2 p.m. EDT
WHERE: BIO 2...
SpringSource Buys Hyperic
in Java Entrepreneur, on May 11, 2009
Enterprise Java vendor SpringSource has purchased Hyperic . Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"The move will expand SpringSource's Java offerings and allow the company to provide a more comprehensive open source stack," writes Ars Technica's Ryan Paul . "Spring...
Google Chrome ads on TV
in Wangtam, on May 10, 2009
• Google Chrome ads on TV
• Verizon to Support Bans on Driving While Texting
• NASA astronaut will tweet, take YouTube questions ... live from space
• Guest post: Hackintosh FAIL
• Mozilla Prism v1.0
• Google Chrome 2.0.172.23 Beta
• Nuts: Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Proje...
OIN Seeks Prior Art in TomTom Patent Suit
in HackITLinux, on May 1, 2009
© Elliot Moore
The Open Invention Network (OIN) this week announced an effort to find prior art for Microsoft's FAT patents as used in its lawsuit against TomTom .
"The OIN's new FAT-busting project is a response to a lawsuit that Microsoft settled earlier this year with n...
Seagate Announces Replica Drive
in On Storage, on May 1, 2009
Seagate this week introduced the Seagate Replica , an automated backup system for Windows.
"Seagate's new Replica drive aims to be for PC users what Time Machine is for Macs (in fact, there's no Mac software included), and seems to do a pretty good job of it," writes Eng...
50 Ways to Leave your Outsourcer
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 28, 2009
© simplified complication
Robert Jaques, in an article posted on WhatPC yesterday, talked about the difficulties involved in exiting outsourcing arrangements.
Mr. Jaques rightfully points out that offshoring and outsourcing relationships have clearly migrated from "non-core" busin...
Another sucker's rally
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
Should we read anything into the gyrations of the Dow Jones industrial average? Should we take heart when the market starts trading higher? If the experts are right, it's just a sucker's rally. As Dr Doom, Nouriel Roubini told Steve Forbes in this interview , the extent of the contract...
Hedge Funds in the Cayman Islands
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 21, 2009
Cayman Island law firm Solomon Harris is today hosting its inaugural Webinar on the highly topical subject of 'Managing Distressed Cayman Funds and lessons learned for new funds'.
"This fits in perfectly with our firm's progressive approach to business and our focus on keeping...
Paul Smith für Männer
in Das Schuh-Fashion-Blog, on April 20, 2009
© 7_70
Da ich mich im Bereich Männerschuhe immer erst mal zurechtfinden muß, habe ich mich unter meinen Freunden mal umgehört, was man denn so zum Thema zu sagen hat und bin tatsächlich auf ein männliches Exemplar gestoßen, der es zahlenmäßig mit uns mithalten kann. Natürlich kam meine Frage ...
Back door bank nationalisation
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
Earlier this year, I did a blog entry looking at how the Obama administration was opening the door to nationalizing banks where the US government is repaid with common stock giving it a stake in the business. Now the New York Times reports that the US Government is now moving in this directio...
Economic recovery a long "slog" - Volcker
in Sox First, on April 19, 2009
While Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn suggests that the worst of the recession might be over, the impact of the economic catastrophe is likely to last for some time. With unemployment figures increasing, people are unlikely to feel more secure. Former Federal Reserve chairman and se...
发行货币的英美城镇
in Wangtam, on April 18, 2009
在美丽的苏塞克斯市(Sussex)路易斯小镇(Lewes)-距离英国南部海岸10英里的内陆地区，一项有趣的实验正在进行。
乍看之下，路易斯似乎是过去风景明信片上的一座城市：高低起伏的街道，稀奇古怪的商店，一座铺着鹅卵石的拱桥，一个维多利亚时代的啤酒厂，喜欢穿着古装游街庆祝坏人和殉道者百年历史的民众。但在幕后，这个18世纪改革家托马斯·潘恩(Thomas Paine)的故乡正在实践其社会激进主义的传统。
两年前，路易斯镇参加了一项日益国际化的活动-"城镇转型"。参加该活动的城镇分布在多个不同国家，包括美国、日本、澳大利亚和意大利等，这些城市的居民认为，维护其社区价值观、应...
Jaunty Jackalope Released
in HackITLinux, on April 17, 2009
The final pre-production code for Ubuntu 9.04 , codenamed Jaunty Jackalope, was released this week.
"The Ubuntu team behind it has reported that the release candidate is 'complete, stable, and suitable for testing by any user,' but that it does provide the caveat that there are...
Großbritannien: Royales Urlaubsvergnügen
in Das Reise-Weblog, on April 17, 2009
© Paul Keleher
Ob die Fuchsjagd nun PC ist oder nicht steht auf einem anderen Blatt. Doch immerhin haben künftig auch Uneingeweihte und nicht Adlige die Möglichkeit, an den Vergnügungen der britischen Aristokratie teilzunehmen. Als Urlauber sozusagen, denn die Reiseveranstalterin Veronica Jol...
Five Fantastic Golf Locations
in Wandalust, on April 16, 2009
© Shaggy Paul
It may still be a little cool in your part of Glasgow or Leeds, but much of our half of the world is warming up. And it's providing some marvelous weather for golf . Consider some of these fantastic locations where you could be walking the fairways...
The Papillon Ayscha ...
Schuhe bei Urban Outfitters
in Das Schuh-Fashion-Blog, on April 6, 2009
© NCinDC
Seit letztem Jahr gibt es die US-Ladenkette Urban Outfitters auch bei uns in Deutschland. Zwar bisher nur in Hamburg, aber ich hoffe sehr, daß weitere folgen werden. Zum Glück kann man im Onlineshop auch von Deutschland aus bestellen, denn die Schuhe sind wirklich bezahlbar und es ...
Hermes Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 6, 2009
Fine French Jewelry
Hermès is a French fashion house specializing in leather, ready-to-wear, and lifestyle accessories. The company was founded by Frenchman Thierry Hermes in 1837. It specialized in saddles and leather goods during those early years. The first women's collection was shown i...
Introducing MindTouch 2009
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 2, 2009
MindTouch today announced the release of MindTouch 2009, "extending the development platform's collaboration capabilities through a bidirectional message bus," according to InfoWorld's Paul Krill . "With the bus, push-based e-mail notifications can be sent. MindTouch ...
福布斯评出最具发展潜力10大搜索引擎
in Wangtam, on April 1, 2009
美国知名财经杂志《福布斯》网络版周二评出了最具发展潜力的美国10大新型搜索引擎，称这些新型搜索服务商今后将从不同业务领域向搜索巨头谷歌发起挑战。
《福布斯》称 ，虽然谷歌目前市场优势非常明显，但互联网搜索的后来者仍在加强技术开发。美国风险投资协会此前发布的Money Tree报告显示，2008年期间，美国50家搜索引擎创业公司融资总额达3.3亿美元。事实上，就Cuil.com、Powerset及Wolfram Alpha等新型搜索引擎而言，已经被外界所逐渐了解。
以下为《福布斯》所评出最具发展潜力的美国10大新型搜索引擎简介(以其名称首个英文字母排序)：
Seagate Intros BlackArmor NAS 440 and NAS 420
in On Storage, on March 28, 2009
Seagate this week introduced its new Seagate BlackArmor line of SMB storage solutions.
"The new products... include the NAS 440 and NAS 420 storage servers, which can support up to 8TB each," writes SlipperyBrick's Shane McGlaun . "Both of the devices are four bay, ho...
Avoid the Tax Rush and Save Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 24, 2009
© Paul Keleher
Filing taxes every year is a ritual that many people hate. Of course, most people do not like paying income taxes, but some people actually take advantage ahead of time and save money at tax time. Waiting until the last minute is apt to cause problems - and unnecessary stress -...
Why Geithner's plan won't work
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
So Timothy Geithner outlines his plan to save the US financial system this morning in The Wall Street Journal . in that piece, he unveils the Public Private Investment Program which will use US Treasury Capital and financing from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a...
HP Upline and Yahoo! Briefcase Shutting Down
in On Storage, on February 28, 2009
Both HP and Yahoo! this week announced plans to shut down their online backup services.
" HP's Upline service got off to a rocky start last year, suffering an outage soon after it launched in a blow for one of the cloud storage market's higher-profile entries," notes...
The Bernanke-Obama dance
in Sox First, on February 25, 2009
Write it down, store it away and let's take a look at it next year. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says the US recession could end in 2009 and recover in 2010. That, of course, is assuming that the White House's latest bail-out will unblock lending to households and businesses. ...
iPoint 3D - Der Finger als Fernbedienung
in Daily Innovation, on February 23, 2009
Das Frauenhofer-Institut stellt auf der Cebit 2009 die mögliche Zukunft der Fernbedienung vor: Den Finger. Die Technologie nennt sich iPoint 3D und ermöglicht die Fernbedienung von Fernsehern durch die Bewegung der Hände.
Der Empfänger ist etwa so groß wie eine Tastatur, welches entweder an der D...
穿出成功 老派成新宠
in Wangtam, on February 21, 2009
在Bickel & Brewer律师事务所，即使是收发室的职员都穿西装打领带。就在不久之前，人们可能会认为这样着装有些极端。而眼下，"权力着装"的风潮正卷土重来，使律师事务所的老派风格成为新潮。
随着律师事务所的裁员风愈演愈烈，人们对失业的恐惧似乎正在为权力着装风潮的回归推波助澜，就连年轻一代也概莫能外。波士顿的一位沟通咨询师格莱勤•尼尔斯 (Gretchen Neels)说，实习律师已经开始摒弃商务休闲装，改穿正装。尼尔斯专门为律师事务所和研究生院提供咨询服务。她说，"在眼前的经济形势下，人们都迫切希望保住工作。因此，在着装方面再怎么正式也不过分...
Duffy闪耀全英奖 Coldplay空手归
in YuleGuan, on February 21, 2009
美国格莱美音乐发奖会之后，又一个音乐盛事令人瞩目的 The Brit Awards 颁奖典礼在伦敦 Earl's Court 隆重举行了，威尔士女歌手 Duffy 成为发奖会上最风光的明星。
Duffy 惊喜连连
发奖会之前，已经有众多猜测 - 刚刚在美国格莱美发奖会上红了一把的英国乐队 Coldplay 和女歌手 Duffy 将会是本届全英音乐大奖发奖会上的大赢家，两者分别得到四项提名。
现在，尘埃落定，人们的猜测对了一半。正如人所料，来自威尔士小镇腼腆而秀丽的女歌手 Duffy 成为昨晚伯爵宫最令人瞩目的明星 - 赢得三项大奖 ：最佳女歌手奖、最佳新人奖，和最佳专辑...
The Great Depression Ahead by Harry S Dent
in Sox First, on February 21, 2009
With billionaire investor George Soros and former federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker saying the global financial meltdown is worse than the Great Depression, it might be time to look at Dent's book . Dent, an economist and professional forecaster says we ain't seen nothing yet. H...
ACCESS Demos Linux Platform 3.0
in HackITLinux, on February 20, 2009
ACCESS demonstrated the newest version of its Linux mobile software platform, the ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP) 3.0 , this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
"Hardware advancements and more powerful chips, such as TI's OMAP3 series, make it possible to create inter...
TIME 评出 2009 年最佳的 25 个 Blog 和 5 个被高估的 Blog
in Wangtam, on February 18, 2009
TIME 近日评出 2009 年最佳的 25 个 Blog 和 5 个被高估的 Blog，以下是 2009 年最佳的 25 个 Blog 详细列表：
✔ Talking Points Memo
✔ The Huffington Post
✔ Lifehacker
✔ Metafilter
✔ The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
✔ The Freakonomics blog
✔ BoingBoing
✔ Got2BeGreen
✔ Zen Habits
✔ The Conscience of a Liberal: P...
The Return of Depression Economics and Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman
in Sox First, on February 14, 2009
Paul Krugman's book lays it on the line well, with its acute analysis of how things went wrong. One of the most striking features about this book is the way Krugman tracks economic meltdowns over the ages. And after a while, they start bearing a striking similarity. He looks at the implos...
Mary & Paul hearts aNNa.FrOst
in Feschsamma, on February 7, 2009
Mary & Paul heißen nicht nur meine Tante und ihr Sohn (ehrlich!), sondern auch eine Online-Boutique mit einem großen Angebot an Designerkleidern, wie etwa Tiger of Sweden , Phillip Plein , Hüftgold Berlin , Filippa K . & Denham . Ein Vögelchen hat mir gezwitschert, dass auch Marc J...
The Difficulty of Getting a China Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on February 5, 2009
Getting a visa for China can be a knotty problem. Paul Traynor describes it well: To begin, there are no regulations set in stone in any one place that details what kind of state the Chinese visa situation is in at any one time. Each city in China is different in terms of what they can offer forei...
Intel Releases Moblin 2 OS for Netbooks
in HackITLinux, on February 1, 2009
Intel this week announced the alpha release of Moblin v2 , its new Linux distro optimized for Atom processors.
"Moblin is based largely on Fedora , and it's still a work in progress, but its main goal is to optimise performance for Atom and Core 2 processors running on small...
Nuvolari, Greatest of All Grand Prix Racers, Honoured in New Artwork
in Classical Drives, on January 30, 2009
Michael Schumaker, Ayrton Senna, Jimmy Clark, Juan Fangio... if your acquaintance with Grand Prix race drivers is limited to contemporary heroes you may not be aware of Tazio Nuvolari . In the postwar years, and shortly after, Nuvolari was feted as the finest of them all. Dr. Ferdinand Porsc...
Coming Soon: Concours in the Desert
in Classical Drives, on January 26, 2009
Pebble Beach , Villa d'Este , Amelia Island ... watch out! Your concours may be world class but there's a bright new competitor ready to join you in the list of "events not to be missed." It's the Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance in Palm Springs, California, headi...
Worker Spreads Peanuts in Peanut-Free Factory
in Allergies, on January 22, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4282905 I agree with food allergy blogger Janeen , this guy ought to be in sued for deliberately scattering peanuts in a manufacturing plant that's supposed to be peanut-free.
Paul Bentley scattered peanuts round his nut-free factory - causing the p...
Back to the Fifties and Loving It
in Classical Drives, on January 16, 2009
This baby looks like a combination of several small sports racers of the 1950s and in a way it is. But the HB Special is actually brand new and in very, very "limited production." Developed by two Dutch brothers, Tino and Paul Huet, it is based on a modified Triumph TR6 chassis, usi...
Club Tester Unique in Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 15, 2009
Rankmark is an interesting company within the golf industry in North America.
The firm conducts a wide range of club testing, using amateur golfers of varying handicaps, both men and women and publishes the results on its website.
Rankmark was founded a decade ago by Charlie Mandel and is now...
第66届美国金球奖获奖名单
in YuleGuan, on January 13, 2009
电影类：
最佳剧情片 《贫民窟的百万富翁》(Slumdog Millionaire）
最佳音乐/喜剧片 《午夜巴塞罗那》（ Vicky Cristina Barcelona）
最佳导演 丹尼·保尔 Danny Boyle -《贫民窟的百万富翁》（Slumdog Millionaire Fox Searchlight)
剧情类最佳男主角 米基·洛克 Mickey Rourke -《摔角王》(The Wrestler)
剧情类最佳女主角 凯特·温斯莱特 Kate Winslet - 《革命之路》 （Revolutionary Road)
音乐喜剧类最佳男主角 科林·法雷尔 -《杀手没有...
Lisbon on a Budget
in The Flyaway Weblog, on January 13, 2009
If you're looking for an easy Budget -friendly destination in Europe, you might be looking for Lisbon. That, according to Paul Ames at the Associated Press. The most memorable Lisbon experiences can be absolutely free: strolling beneath freshly laundered linen strung over the alleyways of t...
Der Autor und die Wissenschaft
in BiblioBlog, on January 11, 2009
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Wann immer wir wissenschaftliche Werke aus den Bereichen Kommunikation, Kybernetik, Psychologie und Soziologie aufschlagen, werden wir mit einem Vokabular konfrontiert, das nicht von dieser Welt zu sein scheint. Auf die Frage, warum man so schreiben w...
Ein altes Buch ganz neu - Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein
in BiblioBlog, on January 11, 2009
Wenn ich Ihnen dieses Buch empfehle, werden Sie vielleicht sagen. "was, das gibt es noch?" Die Rede ist von Paul Watzlawicks bekanntestem Werk, der "Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein", das eigentlich eine Persiflage auf die US-amerikanische Ratgeberliteratur darstellt, aber wege...
Crunchies 2008 评选揭晓
in Wangtam, on January 11, 2009
旨在表彰年度最佳科技公司的 2008 年 Crunchies 大奖 今天揭晓。Google Reader 夺得最佳应用服务奖，Windows Live Mesh 获最佳技术创新奖，年度大奖则由 Facebook 获得。
Crunchies 大奖由几家科技 Blog 和新闻网站 TechCrunch、GigaOm、Silicon Alley Insider 及 VentureBeat 联合评选，超过 17 万人参与了今年大奖的提名，35 万人投票选出了最终获奖者。
颁奖典礼由知名科技 Blogger Erick Schonfeld 主持，风险投资公司 Y Combinator 合伙人...
Vietnam Mandates Open Source
in HackITLinux, on January 10, 2009
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The Vietnamese government has announced that it will require the use of open source applications by the end of the year.
"Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has mandated that applications such as the OpenOffice.org...
Investment in Smaller Companies Can Still Pay Big
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 4, 2009
Paul Elliott over at Motley Fool had an entertaining story this weekend about the value of smaller, lesser known stocks. A Midwest billionaire once claimed he could earn 50% per year on a portfolio of ordinary common stocks. Of course, there was one condition. As the story goes on you find out...
Merb to Merge Into Rails 3
in Java Entrepreneur, on December 24, 2008
The Merb and Ruby on Rails projects this week announced plans to merge Merb into Rails 3 .
"Both are open-source development frameworks for creating Web applications and services in the Ruby programming language," writes Computerworld's James Niccolai . "Rails has ...
Introducing Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux
in HackITLinux, on December 18, 2008
Adobe Systems today announced the general availability of Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux .
"Adobe AIR allows you to seamlessly run Flash and Javascript-based applications on the desktop," writes Wired's Scott Gilbertson . "Like regular desktop apps, AIR applications are downl...
由 FriendFeed 国际化引发的自杀事件
in Wangtam, on December 8, 2008
（点击小图看大图）
✔ 可恶的猥琐雷，又做猥琐事情了，居然删回复。 - ǝǝl ƃunɥ,z
✔ 没，我没删。。。。 - foxmachia
✔ 你说我删回复以后，我来看，发觉回复确实没了，可是我真没删，冤枉啊。。。 - foxmachia
✔ 愿望得以实现了 - 腮红 || 兔子控
✔ 奇怪了，难道是多国语言升级的时候，"回档"了？……囧 - ǝǝl ƃunɥ,z
✔ 撞鬼了。 - foxmachia
✔ 明白了，猥琐雷已经把 Paul Buchheit、Jim Norris、Sanjeev Singh 和 Bret Taylor 一众四人帮给雷到了。 - ǝǝ...
Life's a Clearance Sale
in Bizinformer, on December 5, 2008
It's your store. Would you rather:
a). sell one thing-a-ma-bob for $29.99 (and net $10 on it)
b). sell two thing-a-ma-bobs for $24.49 each (and net $9 on the two of them)
or c). sell eight of these thing-a-ma-bobs for $20.99 each (and net $8 of the lot of them)?
Of course the obvious ans...
Personal Branding and Your Sales People
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 5, 2008
If you're struggling with the question of personal branding at all, Paul McCord over at the Sales and Sales Management Blog has an excellent approach to figuring out the issue...
Paul points out that personal branding has been around a long time in some industries - like insurance and realty....
