Links for 21-12-2007
Mobile phones and reality mining; crazy geoengineering plans; under-sea landgrab; Kim Stanley Robinson interviewed …
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1 – Reality mining and your cell phone
“… one of the great benefits of the cell phone as a data mining tool is that it provides raw, unfiltered information, which ends up being more reliable than information “self-reported” by people.” Well worth a read.
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2 – 12 Essential Firefox Extensions for Web Developers & Designers
Does what it says on the tin.
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3 – The Year’s 10 Craziest Ways to Hack the Earth
“In increasing order of unorthodoxy, here are the 10 craziest geo-engineering schemes of 2007.”
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4 – HOWTO – HDR photography in Gimp or Photoshop
“High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is the process of taking several images at different shutter speeds and combining them into a single photo that contains no washed out or underexposed areas.”
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5 – The Real Cost Of Copyright Extension In Korea: $170 Million
“So, for all the talk of how copyright extension is necessary to protect the publishing industry, in South Korea, it seems to be costing taxpayers at least $170 million — while making sure that fewer books are published.”
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6 – Deep Space
“Never before has the world’s attention been so fixed on the deep ocean. Inflated oil, mineral, and gas prices, coupled with collapsing global fisheries, are pushing industries into remote seas once too expensive to tap.”
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7 – Comparative Planetology: An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
Another brilliant interview from BLDGBLOG. You need to read this. Now.
