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Den svenske brännvinskungen Lars Olsson Smith
www.popularhistoria.se/o.o.i.s?id=43, posted 2008 by peter in business history inspiration stockholm toread
Hans bild sprids i massupplagor över hela världen. Ändå är han så gott som okänd för den stora allmänheten – den svenske brännvinskungen Lars Olsson Smith.
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frontline: secret history of the credit card | PBS
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/credit/, posted 2008 by peter in business history security toread video
In "Secret History of the Credit Card," FRONTLINE® and The New York Times join forces to investigate an industry few Americans fully understand. In this one-hour report, correspondent Lowell Bergman uncovers the techniques used by the industry to earn record profits and get consumers to take on more debt.
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P2P-Radio: Peer to Peer Streaming
p2p-radio.sourceforge.net/, posted 2008 by peter in free linux mac media music p2p software streaming toread windows
P2P-Radio is a program that can distribute audio and video streams (MP3/Ogg Vorbis/NSV) over the Internet in a peer-to-peer manner. It's possible to create your own internet radio station with P2P-Radio!
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SWT, Swing or AWT: Which is right for you?
www.ibm.com/developerworks/grid/library/os-swingswt/, posted 2008 by peter in development howto java reference toread
By providing a comparison of Eclipse's SWT with the Java Swing and Abstract Windows Toolkit (AWT) GUI tool kits, this article helps developers of new applications decide which to choose. Read descriptions of each tool kit's basic features, and the pros and cons of using each.
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Midori musings: Thoughts on a "post-Windows" OS
arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080804-midori-musings-thoughts-on-a-post-windows-os.html, posted 2008 by peter in cloudcomputing opinion toread windows
As well as running directly on hardware like a normal OS, Midori will be able to run under the Hyper-V hypervisor, coexisting side-by-side with Windows and Linux. It can also be run as a process on a Windows machine.
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Printing a Book with CSS: Boom!
www.alistapart.com/articles/boom, posted 2008 by peter in css design howto html toread typography
HTML and CSS, two of our favorite acronyms, are normally associated with web pages. [...] But, are they suitable for off-screen use? Can CSS be used for serious print jobs?
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Cloud versus cloud: A guided tour of Amazon, Google, AppNexus, and GoGrid
www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/07/21/30TC-cloud-reviews_1.html, posted 2008 by peter in cloudcomputing google howto list toread
Cloud computing offerings differ in depth, breadth, style, and fine print; beneath the heady metaphor lurk familiar pitfalls, complex pricing, and many questions
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Patent Gridlock Suppresses Innovation
online.wsj.com/article/SB121599469382949593.html, posted 2008 by peter in opinion patent politics toread usa
[...] today's patent system causes more harm than good. Litigation costs, driven by uncertainty about who owns what rights, are now so huge that they outweigh the profits earned from patents.
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Handwritten Typographers
www.themaninblue.com/articles/handwritten_typographers/, posted 2008 by peter in design list toread typography
So, to satisfy my own curiosity I asked a number of prominent typographers to send me a scan of their handwriting. This is the result.
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Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,6827615.story?coll=la-home-headlines, posted 2008 by peter in business environment health politics propaganda toread
At the same time that the foundation is funding inoculations to protect health, The Times found, it has invested $423 million in [...] the companies responsible for most of the flares blanketing the delta with pollution, beyond anything permitted in the U
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