Here.
And here’s for instance the first edition of the Origin of Species (links to a PDF of about 90 MB; you can also listen to the audio version of the book in 21 .mp3
→ Read more Category: technology
Chinese (Couch) Potato
“Tudou.com” (=”Potato”, in Romanized Chinese) is one of the several Chinese “Youtubes”, seemingly the largest one at present (possibly larger than YouTube itself in some dimensions). Tudou’s stated goal is “to move couch potatoes from the TV screen to computer screens, a process very much under way in China“.
→ Read more Econlinks for 06-02-’08
-
Why we kiss, in case you were wondering… Not much to do with economics per se, unless you want to make the link to things some people consider related, such as when to say “I love you” (4th bullet point):-).
CES 2008 and Bill’s last keynote speech
SciAm’s full coverage of the ’08 CES. From where surely you won’t miss the Bill Gates bits: Bill on the future of robotics; Bill giving a personal tour of MS’s new “surface”.
→ Read more To admire: Women through the ages
A treat for Saturday afternoon: creativity+ superlative art + modern technology=3 minute video overview of 500 years of female portraits in Western Art– with a most appropriate Bach’s ‘Sarabande”, interpreted by Yo-Yo Ma, in the background.
→ Read more