Jul
30
2008
links for 2008-07-30
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“Has the phrase ‘jump the shark’ jumped the shark? Or, more to the point, should we be saying that it has ‘nuked the fridge’?”
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“In Africa, [Coca-Cola] is so pervasive that it acts like a key indicator of political stability … Alex Cohen talks with Jonathan Ledgard from The Economist about this unusual political indicator.”
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“Radford spent at least two years … as a prisoner in Italy and Germany during World War II … He found that although economic activity as a prisoner is severely curtailed, the ideas and habits of the outside world can still be found in daily life.”
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“The Highlands offer gorgeous landscapes and stunning views. But three bed-and-breakfast inns are making the region a culinary destination as well.”
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“This progressive and mystically lovely South Carolina city, surrounded by water and wilderness, can be a destination for the budget-conscious.”
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An idea for web font licensing: “The idea is something like what Google does with its embedded maps application. In other words, you would pay for the license, register your domain and then serve the font files you need by linking back to the server.”
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“Is the Internet the enemy of reading, or has it created a new kind of reading, one that society should not discount?”
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“A wave of entrepreneurs are using free software to buy niche Web sites and fix them up with the hope of reselling them.”
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