Archive for the ‘Mental Note’ Category

Journal Register Company Files for Chapter 11

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Another casualty of unmanageable debt.

We Live in a Giant Cosmic Hologram?

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Via New Scientist. The holographic principle was given a precise string-theory interpretation by Leonard Susskind, in order to tackle black hole information paradox (and Stephen Hawking in the process). Read his books, they're great.

The New York Times 2008 YTD Classifieds Sales Fell Over 26%

Friday, January 16th, 2009

A whopping 26,8% down from year before. Also display was down 20,9%. No word about debt restructuring yet.

Life on Mars?

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Recent methane discovery hints at biological activity on Mars...

Dapper MashupAds Contextual Ad Platform

Monday, November 10th, 2008

This is one of the most interesting advertising solutions I've seen recently.

The New FT.com Homepage Looks Like a Blog

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Yes, it does.

New Revolutionary C64 Music Routine Unveiled

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

This is simply impossible! I repeat, impossible.

MTV Opens Online Music Video Service

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Tired of questionable quality of YouTube videos?

New York Times (NYT) Running On Fumes

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

The Q3 result was not as bad as I thought, to see something positive in the third quarter.

Newcomb’s Paradox

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

If you have no trouble sleeping, after reading this you will have.