Mumbai attacks remain unpoliticised | Faisal Devji | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
In refusing to politicise the attacks, then, Indians have displayed a maturity that contrasts with America's response not only to the devastating strike that was 9/11, but to far lesser threats as well. For 9/11, too, was not a political act in any...

The dark side of Dubai - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent
'Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging.'

'Twitter' declared word of 2009
Global Language Monitor's vast survey of print and social media places Twitter ahead of Obama and H1N1 as most used wordAs world leaders prepare for the climate-change summit in Copenhagen and stock markets around the world get the Dubai shakes, a...

Perfume Museum Barcelona - history of perfume bottles
The historical and geographical evolution of perfume bottles. One travel by the history of perfumery.The Perfume Museum of Barcelona, installed in the Paseo de Gracia 39, it was inaugurated in the middle of the year 1,963 in order to show the perfume...

Canon Boy Meets Nikon Girl : A Rap for Photo Geeks
For computer geeks, the Windows versus Apple war has been going on for many, many years, but who knew that photo geeks were also engaged in an epic battle between Canon and Nikon?[Via Gizmodo]Related posts:Deal of the day: $200 Canon PIXMA MX860...

Pet Holdings, Inc.
现在习惯看一个网站背后的资本和商业运作了。无意中发现一个挺震精的事实：原来刚才推荐的GraphJam.com、FailBlog、LOLCats都是属于Pet Holdings, Inc.的。。。该公司旗下网站：Lolcats &...

Events this week include several movies
Events of Jewish interest this week in NYC.

Google Street View's photos of prostitutes
Here's a gallery of Google Street View photos with people who might be prostitutes.

Goodbye, Google | stopdesign
"Seven years is a long time to run a company without a classically trained designer. Google had plenty of designers on staff then, but most of them had backgrounds in CS or HCI. And none of them were in high-up, respected leadership positions....

Flavorwire Show Us Your Neighborhood: Enter the Create ...
Fred Wilson VC, Union Square Ventures * Lincoln Center. The person voted with the best Flavorpill Neighborhoods page will win a $1500 cash prize, a feature interview on Flavorwire, and a chance at becoming the head of this new local ... (via Google...

A New and Improved Black Friday at Walmart? Hardly.
If you were only reading the major papers, you might think that was the case. They are all talking about how calm Black Friday was. If you look a little closer at some local press, however, you start to see a different story. At many Walmart stores...

Report: Sarah Palin "bus tour" a hoax, more like "private jet tour"
Sarah Palin's "bus tour" to promote her new book simply isn't. Joe McGinniss reports she's in fact flying around America on a private jet, specifically a luxurious "Gulfstream II 12-passenger jet rented from Universal Jet Aviation of Boca Raton,...

How to Make $55,000 by Giving Away Your Work - Digits - WSJ
Film CC-BY-SA

National Day of Listening: A Better Use of a Friday
Whether the reasons are ideological, demophobia-based, or a little bit of both, many of us would rather avoid today's mass shopping chaos. As an alternative to Black Friday, Story Corps is promoting today as the National Day of Listening--an opportunity...

Google Street View's photos of prostitutes
Here's a gallery of Google Street View photos with people who might be prostitutes.