Nikon's web app Universcale lets you see how the entire universe fits in one 'infinit yardscale', side by side, spanning from 100pm (atom) to light year.
L'homme n'est qu'un roseau, le plus faible de la nature ; mais c'est un roseau pensant. Il ne faut pas que l'univers entier s'arme pour l'écraser : une vapeur, une goutte d'eau suffit pour le tuer. Mais quand l’univers l'écraserait, l'homme serait encore plus noble que ce qui le tue, puisqu'il sait qu'il meurt, et l'avantage que l'univers a sur lui ; l'univers n'en sait rien. -Pensées, VI : Les philosophes, 347, Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662
...par l'espace, l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point ; par la pensée, je le comprends. -Pensées, VI : Les philosophes, 348
( in English / Japanese ) Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But, if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this.
...By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world. - Pansées
Premier is closing its print edition, keeping its online operation only. So are the InfoWorld and Life magazine. Even the Morton-Grove Newspaper Newsletter published its farewell edition, saying;
Many newspapers in the largest markets already “have passed the point of opportunity” to save themselves. (Well-summarized on Reflections of a Newsosaur)
Tim O'Reilly is hearing the SF Chronicle is in "deep trouble." Dave Winer and Robert Scoble promptly called for revolution of J-school, but I think the main reason is, as the InfoWorld editor-in-chief's says, because "the ad-driven economic model that supported print magazines for years [...] is unraveling. "
The fundamental of journalism stays the same, while advertisement doesn't. I wonder how we can preserve the 4th estate on the web.... One thing is sure; bloggers love the way Washington Post has handled the transition.
...the news business 'is broken, and no one knows how to fix it.' ('And if any other paper says they do, they're lying.')' 今のニュース産業は破綻している。そして誰もその解決方法を知らない。（知っているという他紙の話は全部デタラメだ）
Many newspapers in the largest markets already “have passed the point of opportunity” to save themselves. “For those who have not made the transition [by now], technology and market factors may be too strong to enable success.”
This is the certified mail I received 12 years ago on the last day in Italy.
I picked it from our management office and opened it on the way to Linate Airport, Milan.
Inside, there was this photo of our second stolen car (the first one was stolen 3 days after we arrived) that we had reported to the police 3 months before.
"Oh, they finally found it! This time, they did it!" All excited, we read the second page.
It said,
"This is the photo radar speeding ticket. You car was speeding 152km/h (95mph), exceeding 22km/h on A1SUD (Autostrada del Sole = Highway of the Sun, southbound) in Rome. Immediately pay your fine of 224,300 lire."
"At this point in time, we are very focused on the software, not the phone," The Australian Financial Review today quoted Kimber as saying during his speech at the Search Engine Room conference in Sydney. - Google quashes mobile phone talk - The Sydney Morning Herald
「でも、PayPalは日本語がなあ…」と思ったら、先ほどちゃめさんがブクマしたHit Okano's blogで「完全に日本語対応になった」ニュースを知った。PayPal日本語版はこちらから。たぶんこれでアカウント作ったら日本からでもKivaが使えるんじゃないかな？（UPDATE: Hit Okanoさん一番乗り！最初の返済通知メールが届いたようです。氏の解説はこちらです）
Above: Windows Vista "Wow" campaign. Microsoft spent about $500M for this. Below: Mac OS X "Wow" campaign that Shri photoshopped. No affiliation with Apple. (Large image).
上：マイクロソフトが約5億ドルを投じたWindows Vistaの “Wow”キャンペーン。 下：Shri氏がCorbelで作ったMac OS X版（拡大）。アップルとは無関係よ。
Innovative hairstyle for those who take a nap while working. 勤務時間内に堂々と居眠りできる夢のヘアスタイル。
It's turned out to be an ad for Brazilian coffee maker, Suplicy Café. Creative team and English copy published on Ads of the World. ブラジルの老舗コーヒーハウス「Suplicy Café」の広告みたいだね。ココにコピーとクレジットがあったので追記しておこう。
It's not even a bad idea. In a study released last month, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and in Athens reported that Greeks who took regular 30-minute siestas were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease over a six-year period than those who never napped. （Boston Globe）
Yoram Bauman's "Greg Mankiw's 10 Principles of Economics, Translated" has been already subtitled on Jimaku.in, a non-profit video hosting service for anyone with subtitling needs. It's also recognized on Greg Mankiw's Blog...:)
ちなみにサイトによれば、「不況5回のうち9回まで当てた」のジョークは1970年ノーベル経済学賞ポール・サミュエルソン氏がウォール街の株価指数について皮肉った名言からの引用だし、「wrong about things（ミクロ経済学者は特定の物事で間違っていて、マクロ経済学者は物事全般に間違っている、の下りかな？）」の出典はP.J.オルーク著「Eat the Rich」。
あと、アインシュタインの名言「Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.（”すべてのことは可能な限りシンプルに。ちょっとシンプルにするぐらいで満足しちゃダメ”って意味かな？）」は、字幕見て「あれ？」って思った部分だけど、「わざと間違えて解釈しちゃってる」そうだよ。
J:Welcome, everyone. In the last three years, Apple Computers has introduced the iTechnologies that have changed the world. The iPod, the iMac, the iBook, the iPhone, the iPicture Frame, the iLamp, the iMicrowave, and the iVacume Cleaner. Tonight I will unveil to you our newest iTechnology that will synergize our iproducts... Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... the iRack!
Woman: The iRack looks unstable... J: Trust me. Intelligence briefings I got on the iRack are completely ...credible. Man: The iRack looks like something we shouldn't be involved with. It looks like you put it together with no directions. J: I'm confident that the iRack will work without any directions or plans of any sort. Man: But the iRack looks all shakey. I mean you're gonna fix it, right? J: Wrong. This is the iRack as we intended. Mission accomplished. Now I'm going to put our iProducts into the iRack.
MC: Ah,... Mr. Steve Jobs, don't force them in there. J: I know what I'm doing. I'm not done dumb. Woman: The iRack looks like it doesn't even want those things in there. J: Don't worry. I know what's best for the iRack. MC: Don't put war in the iRack, or it will collapse on itself. J: Wrong. What the iRack needs is more things. MC: You shouldn't be putting more things. You should be taking things out. Man: Yeah, get things out of the iRack. J: Does everyone here want me take things out of the iRack? Everyone: Yeah!! Take things out! J: I hear what you're saying and the answer is "NO." I'm going to put even more things in the iRack.
Man: But the iProducts don't even look they're getting along in the iRack. They look like they hate each other in there. Woman: Look! The iRack is starting the smokes! J: That's... That's just the beginning of the synergy. I will help the process along by throwing the rest of our money of the iRack. MC: Stop it! You're ruining the iRack! Man: Stockholders, we will not support you in this. J: I don't care. Guess what? I am going to put 21,000 more things in the iRack. MC: Oh, the iRack's on fire. Man: Oh, my God. The fire from the iRack going throught the entire building! MC: Everybody out! Man: Where's the exit? How do we get out of here!? J: You cannot get out of here. There is no exit strategy. I want you all to start stop focusing on the iRack, and start focusing on our newest product. The iRan.
"I bet the owners of the other 49 cars are extremely happy about this. The guy that crashed his Enzo last year made the value of the other 99 in the world go up 250k, so the other 49 of these must have gone up significantly more than that."
Maybe he's talking about the 2003 Enzo Ferrari that crashed on PCH in Malibu last Feb... I'm not sure where he got those numbers, but yes, he made a good point...
Crashed while racing a SLR on 162 mph. Behind the wheel was former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson. One of only 399 2003 Enzo Ferrari ever made. More on here, here, here and here.
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