Green roofs, Digg scamming, the tenth dimension, the Long Tail…

• 1 – WC Retro: Green Roofs
  Worldchanging.com wonders why there aren’t more ‘green roofs’ around the world. It’s an archive post, but still a winner.
  (tags: architecture design health futurism ecology roofs green environment energy economy)
• 2 – GOING LONG
  Article at the New Yorker that also supports my post from yesterday about the ‘long tail’ of books. Via Deep Genre.
  (tags: culture economics media publishing tail long internet business books)
• 3 – Taking on Iran’s air force
  A war journo at DefenseTech thinks a conflict with Iran is a bad move, if only because it might involve biting offr more than the US can chew at the moment.
  (tags: US politics Gulf fighters force air diplomacy nuclear conflict Iran Iraq war)
• 4 – Digg This! 55,500 hits in ~4 Days
  A blogger explains how he ‘milked’ Digg for a major spike in traffic. Meme engineering in action; fascinating stuff.
  (tags: Wikipedia Google visits article post tail long spike scam traffic blogging blog meme Digg)
• 5 – Imagining the Tenth Dimension
  Visual guide to grokking multiple dimensions; a bit of a head twist. But worth it, despite the unfeasably long load times for the flash segments. Set aside a half hour; you have been warned. Via Metafilter.
  (tags: flash multiple visualization relativity perception dimensions theory physics science)
• 6 – New moves to wrest internet from US
  The Guardian reports over fresh moves to wrest control of the ‘net from Icann, at least in the UK.
  (tags: UN US government Icann debate administration control neutrality internet)
• 7 – Q&A with Firefox’s Blake Ross: Extended version
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: futurism internet technology innovation software interview Ross Blake mozilla firefox)
• 8 – Music sales falling in the Head, rising in the Tail
  In a synchronous happenstance, Chris ‘Long Tail’ Anderson posts music indusrty figures that back up my post from yesterday.
  (tags: distribution sales profits companies record industry music tail long economics)
• 9 – Multi-Finger 3D Display
  Ooooh! Looks fun, if a little rough-and-ready so far. Early days though – this has been a good year for 3D display technologies so far.
  (tags: video graphics futurism interaction gestural technology Toronto display volumetric 3D)
• 10 – For self-folding 3D electronics – just add water
  Does what it says on the tin. Crafty idea, though; gotta give ‘em credit for that.
  (tags: nanotech technology 3D origami water hot circuit selfassembly electronic)
• 11 – Europe Eyes Space Tourism
  Good thing too; I’m itching for a jaunt in space, and having to fly half way round the planet before being able to leave it just strikes me as wasteful, not to mention ecologically unsound…;)
  (tags: enterprise private industry futurism proposals startup business tourism space ESA)
• 12 – Shuttle blasts into orbit on third try
  What a relief – and what a lovely 4th of July present for our American colleagues. Happy holidays, guys.
  (tags: States United July 4th success launch shuttle space Discovery)