Links for 06-03-2007
What happens id the buuble bursts, inflatable pub (w00t!), Iain Banks interviewed…
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1 – Music Labels’ Ace in the Hole
“Music lovers have been so preoccupied by the convenience of downloading music that sound quality hasn’t been much of a priority. But the honeymoon could be ending. Better sound could be the next lure for convincing people to buy music … again.”
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2 – Post-bubble is a way of life
“The big fear, should a big crash come, isn’t so much the immediate economic effects, but the political ones. What would a desperate America do if and when it realized that … what we’re seeing now is its supremacy crumbling away?”
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3 – The Inflatable Pub: Blow Up Your Local
“What you really need is your own pub, especially one you can store in the shed when you’re finished. UK company, Amber Iris, is offering you the chance to buy the world’s first inflatable pub, The Hogsmead.” Genius.
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4 – Cultured dissident – Iain Banks interviewed
“…I’d extend the description to ‘Tony Blair hating’. I sincerely hope he and (George) Bush end up on trial for war crimes at The Hague — together.” Via SFBC.
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5 – HotSpots are the new ColdSpots
“An article in the New York Times today calls HotSpots the new Cold Spots of the Internet Age. However, many of the better and more widespread HotSpots you have to pay for…”
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“…an update to the preliminary nominees posted a couple of weeks back for this year’s Prometheus Awards for libertarian SF…”
