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A Christmas Message From America’s Rich | | Rolling Stone
Makes for very sad reading. The more things change, the more they remain the same. Human nature hasn’t really changed a bit – just look at the way civilizations & societies evolved, and you’ll see the same story being repeated everywhere & every time. And best of all, it’s all happening in the land of liberty & capitalism.
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Zittrain in Technology Review: The personal computer is dead
Now you know why they’re calling it the “post-pc” era. It’s the “personal” bit that’s history.
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Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair
Follow up to the “Security Theater” post. Pretty much highlights how nicely the governments and security agencies have actually helped in spreading the “terror”.
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ifakesiri.com | Generate your own Siri conversations
I now wonder whether all those Siri screenshots that showed up were genuine or not
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Daring Fireball: BlackBerry vs. iPhone
All points pretty valid even today, and RIM has pretty much sealed its fate.
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The Art of Borrowing | OPEN Magazine
A classic piece on how to borrow & get rich in a kinda sorta questionable way. In all likelihood, we have dozens of examples of such elite in India.