http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/ recent bookmarks from patrix 2012-02-01T00:24:39+00:00 http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/01/29/the-apple-boycott-people-are-spouting-nonsense-about-chinese-manufacturing/2/ patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:a31a2cc24ef3/ 2012-02-01T00:24:39+00:00 http://twitpic.com/8e5coh patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:e9c539f70c85/ 2012-01-28T18:51:35+00:00 http://www.macworld.com/article/165072/2012/01/the_state_of_apple.html#lsrc.twt_jsnell patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:7c8fd7dd4bfa/ 2012-01-26T22:40:48+00:00 http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2012/01/sync-a-wi-fi-iphone-once-a-day-with-launchd/ patrixiphone itunes sync wifi automation http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:91aeab4d28d1/ 2012-01-25T19:57:53+00:00 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/full-transcript-salman-rushdie-to-ndtv-about-the-controversy-over-his-jaipur-litfest-visit-170122 patrixreligion India SalmanRushdie interview http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:1091cd16d584/ 2012-01-25T19:55:36+00:00 http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/productivity-roundups/20-must-have-alfred-extensions/ patrixAlfred is now one of my favorite Mac apps and the most commonly used in a day. Moreover, there is this nifty upgrade called the Alfred Powerpack that contains features that enable me to do so much more with Alfred—features that will surely boost time efficiency and productivity better than ever before.]]> Alfred Mac apps scripts howto http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:fa12e3666140/ 2012-01-25T13:19:04+00:00 http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=1b8bb83236f1ecd6&hl=en patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:26a3a34d1c45/ 2012-01-21T16:50:31+00:00 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2012/01/21/megaupload/ patrixAnd right now everyone’s fighting to control distribution channels, which is why I can’t watch Star Wars on Netflix or iTunes. It’s fine if you want to have that fight, but don’t yell and scream about how you’re losing business to piracy when your stuff isn’t even available in the box I have on top of my TV. A lot of us have figured out how to do this.

An excellent post by Jonathan Coulton from the perspective of an artiste who, according to the industry and the government, supposedly is going to be bankrupted by online piracy.]]> piracy content megaupload copyright pb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:b3f4708e8127/ 2012-01-21T16:36:12+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/how-big-time-sports-ate-college-life.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all patrix“Here is evidence that suggests that when your football team does well, grades suffer,” said Dr. Waddell, who compared transcripts of over 29,700 students from 1999 to 2007 against Oregon’s win-loss record. For every three games won, grade-point average for men dropped 0.02, widening the G.P.A. gender gap by 9 percent. Women’s grades didn’t suffer. In a separate survey of 183 students, the success of the Ducks also seemed to cause slacking off: students reported studying less (24 percent of men, 9 percent of women), consuming more alcohol (28 percent, 20 percent) and partying more (47 percent, 28 percent).

As much as I love college football, there is much wrong with institutional football especially given its tradeoffs with academics and misplaced priorities.]]> sports football pb college academics http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:2c9fff1a3062/ 2012-01-20T02:34:33+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupload.ars patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:5e023df629e7/ 2012-01-20T02:26:58+00:00 http://109.236.83.66/ patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:71bd31307c78/ 2012-01-18T18:14:14+00:00 http://www.behance.net/gallery/Movies-From-An-Alternate-Universe/2783319 patrixmovies poster design http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:601f50f285fc/ 2012-01-18T17:04:48+00:00 http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html patrixSOPA PIPA legislation Internet http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:bbbea2159cef/ 2012-01-17T22:30:41+00:00 http://topazon.com/?s=99 patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:9a6840db4a69/ 2012-01-17T17:48:43+00:00 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2012/01/13/nearly-transparent-store-planned-for-france/ patrixOne of the most unusual and amazing architectural designs for an Apple store will reportedly appear in Aix en Provence (France), featuring a nearly all-glass structure enabled by new technology developed by Apple’s glass suppliers

Don't walk into it.]]> Apple design store upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:11be6642f891/ 2012-01-17T15:14:31+00:00 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/282896/20120117/top-reasons-why-apple-trump-amazon-digital.htm patrixAmazon Digital Books uses its proprietary format called MOBI (also called Kindle format), while Apple uses an open format called ePubWait! Apple is open?]]> Apple Amazon textbooks ebooks pb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:5af8d66e7ff2/ 2012-01-16T17:48:20+00:00 http://pandodaily.com/2012/01/16/why-i-started-pandodaily/ patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:6f598f8a9428/ 2012-01-16T05:23:31+00:00 http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2012/01/prisoners-of-style-201201 patrixhttp://instapaper.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:07ce1d2b19ce/ 2012-01-14T21:43:42+00:00 http://esbueno.noahstokes.com/post/15674346663/thirty-five patrixlist tips advice http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:df1a7f8af669/ 2012-01-13T15:41:06+00:00 http://www.firstpost.com/mumbai/when-dharavi-grows-up-it-does-not-want-to-be-shanghai-174578.html patrixThese neighbourhoods are hives of building activity. The houses here have long passed the hutment stage and are now as pucca as your own homes, albeit in constrained conditions. Unlike most flat owners (this means you), these homes occupy a plot on the ground and rise to a height that will not get them in trouble with the BMC. They are built in RCC and brick masonry, finished with ceramic tiles, both inside and outside, are clean and largely maintenance-free. They have electricity and piped water running to their kitchens and toilets. This is clearly seen by the miles of running pipes over ground, on both sides of the streets. The roads outside their homes are paved with interlocking tiles, just like any other part of the city. Despite this, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) chooses to name these localities as ‘difficult’ areas, and damn them to the eternal hell of rehabilitation.

Managing cities is often more about understanding how people that live in them use the spaces where they work and live rather than imposing an outsider view of how cities should be.]]> India slums neighborhood business Mumbai upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:be2a02ac4d39/ 2012-01-12T19:13:27+00:00 http://www.easyfreehdtv.com/ patrixcordcutter cabletv television http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:a422b56c4b9a/ 2012-01-12T17:41:07+00:00 http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/khanna20120112 patrix“Smart” cities herald a new age where information technology, not roads, buildings or bridges, will form the core infrastructure. A network of sensors, cameras, wireless devices, data centres and powerful analytics will enable the government to provide more efficient services, maintain a low carbon footprint and create an entrepreneurial environment for its citizens. Given the potential for such intelligent governance, cities with digital infrastructures are called “smart” cities. Today, there are over 125 smart city projects of varying sizes all over the world, including new cities like Songdo in South Korea and Masdar in the UAE, and existing cities like Stockholm and Rio de Janeiro.]]> smart cities trends upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:7c6c1e6cc683/ 2012-01-10T13:05:07+00:00 http://boltipustake.blogspot.com patrix Marathi AudioBooks http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:3373a04175f2/ 2012-01-10T02:01:16+00:00 http://www.macworld.com/article/163996/2012/01/how_to_use_services_in_mac_os_x.html patrixmacosx Apple mac http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:32d1fc52103c/ 2012-01-09T18:38:52+00:00 http://beamer-app.com/ patrixmac video streaming appletv http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:8f39560eee5a/ 2012-01-09T15:18:20+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJINiK9azc patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:ff50a02f34fb/ 2012-01-08T16:43:12+00:00 http://www.iflicksapp.com/ patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:d7820e3ab06b/ 2012-01-06T17:38:06+00:00 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12006/1201648-153-0.stm patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:9fc95679a084/ 2012-01-06T08:34:27+00:00 http://blog.reconciliationecology.org/2012/01/hamsadhwani-inner-dialogue.html patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:32df74227007/ 2012-01-04T22:41:22+00:00 http://www.booooooom.com/2011/10/04/remake-submissions/ patrixremix painting art photographs http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:b366bfb7d15e/ 2012-01-03T22:02:56+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/12/under-pressure-venice-could-raise-city-above-water-using-water.ars patrixTwo factors are exacerbating the flooding risk to the city: global sea level rise and subsidence. In short, sea is rising and the city is sinking. Like other cities built on river deltas, the sediment beneath the city is compacting over time. In a natural setting, this compaction would be offset by the deposition of fresh sediment at the surface, but the rivers feeding the lagoon were diverted in the 1500s. As a result, the land surface is sinking, and the salt marshes are suffering for it.

I won't spoil on how exactly water is being used solve Venice's water problem.]]> Venice floods water upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:52ee10b4396c/ 2012-01-03T18:00:35+00:00 http://pragati.nationalinterest.in/2011/12/a-fair-auto-fare/ patrixUnfortunately the system in most cities in India is broken, and most notably so in Chennai. The government-mandated meter is never switched on, and the passenger has to negotiate the fare upfront before boarding. Residents of the city consider the system to be highly overpriced, and a significant section doesn’t even venture to travel by it. In Bangalore and Mumbai, rickshaws refuse to ply to areas from where they are unlikely to get onward passengers, and in a number of cities, it is rumoured that the number of autos on the road far exceeds the number of licenses issued.

Reforming any form of dispersed and piecemeal transportation utilities is a gargantuan task in India.]]> transportation rickshaw Chennai India regulation upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:1f1bab9cc8ca/ 2012-01-03T05:06:08+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html?_r=2 patrixhttp://instapaper.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:9e25cc4f111e/ 2012-01-02T19:58:35+00:00 http://www.pixiq.com/article/lightroom-timelapse-presets-now-updated-to-version-3 patrixlightroom video timelapse photography howto http://pinboard.in/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:46e371f22e0b/ 2012-01-01T23:04:24+00:00 http://www.salon.com/2011/12/31/the_bold_urban_future_starts_now/singleton/ patrixAmerica doesn’t do big projects anymore — we’re too broke, no one can agree on our priorities, that era of bold thinking is over. That canard has been repeated so many times that it’s now accepted as gospel. Except it’s not true. In cities in every region of the country, pie-in-the-sky ideas are moving from brainstorm to blueprint to groundbreaking — and 2012 will prove it.]]> unitedstates urban projects upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:9446ff07fbb3/ 2011-12-25T15:05:45+00:00 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/front-end-editor/ patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:5396e60df77f/ 2011-12-25T14:57:04+00:00 http://wplift.com/review-of-the-year-165-of-the-best-free-wordpress-themes#personal patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:f66da079e635/ 2011-12-24T01:10:34+00:00 http://aquaticstatic.blogspot.com/2011/12/pause-for-reflection.html?spref=tw patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:555c171562ba/ 2011-12-21T13:39:30+00:00 http://mmminimal.com/mmmerry-xmas-10-minimal-gifts-to-fill-those-stockings/ patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:f9ea9a35a643/ 2011-12-21T02:52:33+00:00 http://www.newdream.org/resources/sao-paolo-ad-ban patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:9a7d2641b37c/ 2011-12-20T16:07:47+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/8967979/A-year-in-space-30-pictures-of-Earth-taken-from-the-International-Space-Station-in-2011.html patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:c0af2239afbf/ 2011-12-17T21:18:49+00:00 http://lareviewofbooks.org/post/12555828808/zell-to-l-a-times-drop-dead patrixhttp://instapaper.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:cd3d8716bf6c/ 2011-12-17T20:46:12+00:00 http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ patrixhttp://instapaper.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:24090828bf83/ 2011-12-15T03:26:26+00:00 http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/01/frictionless-kills-facebook-social-article-readers-dead/ patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:3590621cd83b/ 2011-12-12T22:38:09+00:00 http://crappypictures.typepad.com/crappy-pictures/2011/06/what-it-is-like-to-not-sleep-at-night-illustrated-with-crappy-pictures.html patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:eedfdc4f800f/ 2011-12-12T19:12:05+00:00 http://www.marco.org/2011/04/10/fanoboy-fan-boi patrixApple http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:d24d6edd61c8/ 2011-12-10T17:38:19+00:00 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/readnow/id409349978?mt=12 patrixReadNow gives you access to your Instapaper (paid subscription membership needed) and Read It Later (free) account in a single easy-to-use application. Within ReadNow you can manage your read later accounts without logging in to the services via the browser, all stored articles are just one mouse click away. It's minimalistic design offers you a fast navigation and will save you time storing and accessing articles you are planning to read. ]]> mac apps instapaper http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:dbc820b0efaf/ 2011-12-09T18:55:56+00:00 http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2011/12/transportation-planning-law-every-city-should-repeal/636/ patrixThe source of the disconnect between San Francisco's transit-first heart and its car-centric hand is an arcane engineering measure called "level of service," or LOS. In brief, LOS suggests that whenever the city wants to change some element of a street — say by adding a bike lane or even just painting a crosswalk — it should calculate the effect that change will have on car traffic. If the change produces too much congestion, then a great deal of time, money, and additional analysis must go toward the project's consideration.]]> transportation reform regulation upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:bbd4b26caec3/ 2011-12-09T18:54:42+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/business/global/hip-cities-that-think-about-how-they-work.html?_r=2 patrixThis survey is not based solely on quality of life, number of trees or the cost of a month’s rent. Instead, we examine some cities that aim to be both smart and well managed, yet have an undeniably hip vibe. Our pick of cities that are, in a phrase, both great and good:]]> cities innovation upb http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:2af9d4247f92/ 2011-12-07T01:12:27+00:00 https://gist.github.com/1440914 patrix http://twitter.com/ http://pinboard.in/u:patrix/b:24015d8d8fb4/