Craigslist knows the score, NASA <3 Google, Dubai’s pointless solar-power tower, Ellis sells an sf novel,  Shakespeare stimulates your brain…

• 1 – The Time Function Of Profits; Or Why Craigslist Is Doing A Fine Job Maximizing Revenue
  “It should be obvious to anyone that it doesn’t make any sense to maximize short-term revenue at the expense of long-term viability, but apparently some bitter Wall Street types and confused journalists haven’t quite figured that out yet.”
  (tags: business internet viability long-tern revenue advertising profits maximise Craigslist)
• 2 – NASA and Google to Bring Space Exploration Down to Earth
  “As the first in a series of joint collaborations, Google and Ames will focus on making the most useful of NASA’s information available on the Internet.”
  (tags: internet dissemination sharing data exploration space agreement partnership collaboration Google NASA)
• 3 – Rotating tower to be solar-powered
  “Dubai’s latest mind-boggling project will be yet another global first – a fully rotating tower powered by the sun.” Well, OK. But why, exactly?
  (tags: gimmick power solar rotating housing block tower architecture Dubai)
• 4 – Another Small Step Before the Giant Leap
  Hey, look who went and got the Slashdotters riled up with his Futurismic essay…
  (tags: slashdot colonies space essay Futurismic Anarchist Armchair)
• 5 – Second Novel: LISTENER
  “LISTENER is, god help me, a near-future sf novel.” As it’s been written by Warren Ellis, I know I’m going to be buying it. w00t!
  (tags: announcement book novel near-future sf scifi fiction science Listener Ellis Warren)
• 6 – Defining the Centipede
  “‘Centipedes’ are covert conspiracies meant to drive politicians from power by creating moral panics.” Captain Sterling explains a word-usage that has baffled me for months.
  (tags: panic moral political conspiracy definition Centipede)
• 7 – Reading Shakespeare has dramatic effect on human brain
  “By throwing odd words into seemingly normal sentences, Shakespeare surprises the brain and catches it off guard in a manner that produces a sudden burst of activity – a sense of drama created out of the simplest of things.”
  (tags: language literature stimulation intellectual drama Shakespeare reading research imaging activity brain MRI)
• 8 – Catalogue of Websites for UK Public Libraries
  “Most library sites are now competent at presenting the services they offer. But most don’t say anything exciting about libraries or convey much enthusiasm about being online.” Yup.
  (tags: comparison list presence internet websites library public UK)

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