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March 1, 2012

24: Infallibly fresh









Hello.


James Murdoch
".people value honest, fearless, and above all independent news coverage that challenges the consensus. There is an inescapable conclusion that we must reach if we are to have a better society. The only reliable, durable, and perpetual guarantor of independence is profit"
James Murdoch's 2009 MacTaggart lecture (titled `the absence of trust')

Foursquare moves from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap
http://blog.foursquare.com/2012/02/29/foursquare-is-joining-the-openstreetmap-movement-say-hi-to-pretty-new-maps/
[they're using MapBox Streets http://mapbox.com]

Adafruit `Internet of Things' printer
http://www.adafruit.com/products/717
[via Phil Symonds. Thanks Phil.]
See also:
0. http://schulzeandwebb.com/blog/2006/10/06/my-printer-my-social-letterbox/
1. http://tomtaylor.co.uk/projects/microprinter 
2. http://rooreynolds.com/category/microprinter/ 
3. http://bergcloud.com/littleprinter/

James Bridle, A Ship Adrift
"A Ship Adrift takes the data from that weather station and applies it to an imaginary airship piloted by a lost, mad AI autopilot. . If the wind whips eastwards across the roof of the Southbank centre at 5mph, then the Ship Adrift floats five miles to the East. See the sharp tack the Ship made on the night of the 27th / 28th January? That's the weather turning"
http://booktwo.org/notebook/a-ship-adrift/ -> http://shipadrift.com/

Babak Radboy: Spam-erican Apparel
"Zazzle itself, as a brand, currently holds an inventory of over 20 billion unique products . rigorous process-based design yields infallibly fresh results . one sees in Zazzle's machinations a new horizon for a capitalism in decline"
http://dismagazine.com/dystopia/evolved-lifestyles/27226/spam-erican-apparel/
[via @russelldavies and @stml]

Gmail keyboard shortcuts
Once you've enabled keyboard shortcuts, the ] key will archive the current email and move to the next one. I use these a lot.
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6594&rd=1

"This knife has one tool too many"
"My only disappointment is that it doesn't have a golf club"
"THE TOOLS ON THE KNIFE CANNOT BE USED TO REPAIR THE KNIFE. I REPEAT, THE KNIFE CANNOT REPAIR ITSELF"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DZTJRQ/?tag=047-20


Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds

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