All plants want is a little water, a little sun, and a little company. And in return they’ll grow and change and reward you occasionally with explosions of beauty. VISIT LINK: Plants don’t blog. They don’t post stupid comments. They don’t have follower counts and they don’t care how many followers you have. (tags: article [...]

"I long have been fascinated by the extraordinary achievement from the ex-Paypal team and wonder about the reasons behind their success." VISIT LINK: Why did so many successful entrepreneurs and startups come out of PayPal? (tags: advice article blog business career cool culture entrepreneur entrepreneurship history inspiration management paypal startup productivity startups strategy tips success [...]

The law shields Internet services from claims of copyright infringement as long as they promptly remove illegal content when notified of a violation. VISIT LINK: YouTube built itself on copyrighted material but just won case against Viacom (tags: article copyright DMCA google law lawsuit ip legal read tools twitter youtube video viacom win …)

New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It! VISIT LINK: Foursquare is an endless string of meaningless buzzwords we just couldn't bring ourselves to transcribe (tags: 2010 article critique culture facebook foursquare fun funny humor humour internet journalism media mobile network networking news nytimes satire social socialnetworking socialnetworks socialmedia technology twitter web [...]

A hedge fund, Magnetar, helped create arcane mortgage-based instruments, pushed for risky things to go inside them and then bet against the investments.<br /> And make sure to listen to the full story (free streaming) on This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/405/inside-job VISIT LINK: Magnetar: How One Hedge Fund Helped Keep the Bubble Going (tags: Magnetar ThisAmericanLife [...]

"One of the main reasons "Arrested" was so beloved by some but alienating to most was that it required active viewing. They were going to take their 22 minutes and pack them so full of jokes, allusions, references and callbacks that you couldn't afford to blink. I'd say you have to watch each episode at [...]

"Facebook's contention was robots.txt had no legal force and they could sue anyone for accessing their site even if they scrupulously obeyed the instructions it contained. The only legal way to access any web site with a crawler was to obtain prior written permission. Obviously this isn't the way the web has worked for the [...]

"The iPad and iPhone are closed compared to personal computers, yes. But they are remarkably open compared to so many kinds of computing devices." VISIT LINK: The openness of the iPad and its impact on future computing generations (tags: apple article articles children computers culture development discussion education future ipad iphone open opensource programming table [...]

"Those words could stand alone as a monument to Wales’ wrongness – a warning for future generations on why we must never heed the advice of a man who calls himself ‘Jimbo’. But the very fact that Wales was invited to opine about the future of news at a major conference despite having no identifiable [...]

The real story of the completely unethical way that they are going about achieving that success. In short, for users who won’t pay cash, a wide variety of “offers” are available where they can get in-game currency in exchange for lead gen-type offers. Most of these offers are bad for consumers because it confusingly gets [...]

I’ve been blatantly cheating at foursquare for the past week. Last Sunday, I wondered, “Can I become the mayor of the North Pole?” VISIT LINK: Mayor of the North Pole – Cheating Foursquare (tags: funny social apps humor security article hack hacks game mobile hacking socialsoftware api socialmedia spam location abuse geo Fake foursquare geolocation [...]

iPhone Explorer Turns Your iPhone or iPod touch into a Disk Drive "The iPhone and iPod touch lack the ability older iPods had to run in Disk Mode. That's where iPhone Explorer steps in, allowing you manually manage files on your device, or just use it as a flash drive, without jailbreaking. iPhone browser is [...]

The Credit Card Prank: Who checks the signature? "Nobody checks the signature. Credit card signatures are a useless mechanism designed to make you feel safe, like airport security checks. So my question was, how crazy would I have to make my signature before someone would actually notice?" (tags: fun funny humor security article interesting humour [...]

You should probably buy a shredder today "The Torn-Up Credit Card Application – I get a heck of a lot of credit card applications in the mail. I almost always tear credit card applications in half and throw them away. Is that good enough? Could a determined and dexterous criminal gather all the bits, tape [...]

Conversations With An Anonymous Facebook Employee The Rumpus: Do you save everything ever entered into Facebook at any time, whether or not it’s been deleted, untagged, and so forth? Facebook Employee: That is essentially correct at this moment. Rumpus: When you say “click on somebody’s profile,” you mean you save our viewing history? Employee: That’s [...]