Interesting Links, March 28, 2011

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Here are links I found interesting on March 28, 2011:

iPad 2: Faster, Lighter & Thinner – in-depth review of the iPad 2.
The Ruins of Detroit – Amazing photos of a city in decline.
G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether – Maybe I'm dense, but I can't understand why a highly profitable corporation doing business in the U.S. can get away with not paying any taxes. Yet the government is cutting funding to Planned Parenthood and PBS? Hello? Does this make sense to ANYONE?
William Cronon and the American Thought Police – "The Cronon affair, then, is one more indicator of just how reflexively vindictive, how un-American, one of our two great political parties has become. " Read about it in the NYTimes.

Interesting Links, March 27, 2011

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Here are links I found interesting on March 27, 2011:

How D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms Almost Didn’t Bloom – A bit of history about the cherry trees in Washington, DC. On NPR.org. (Are you a member? Support them!)
Solar System – If you don't mind looking at Flash, here's a great animation of the solar system.
The Noyes machine – "PCWorld’s Katherine Noyes overturned a tanker truck full of stupid all over the information highway." The Macalope dons his HazMat suit and goes in to present a few FACTS. (Imagine that.)

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Here are links I found interesting on March 21, 2011:

Why the Quick Bar ("dickbar") is still so offensive – "The Quick Bar isn’t offensive because we don’t want Twitter making money with ads, or because we object to changes in the interface….It’s offensive because it’s deeply bad, showing complete disregard for quality, product design, and user respect, and we’ve come to expect a lot more from Twitter." It's also why I dropped the iPhone Twitter app in favor of Twitterrific. Read more on Marco.org.

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Here are links I found interesting on February 5, 2011:

The Siege of Planned Parenthood – Since the GOP can't deny EVERYONE health care, it's decided to focus on poor women.
The Daily Wait – Review of The Daily iPad app on Daring Fireball. Gruber has a fast Internet connection. Here in the sticks at 1Mbps, I never even got to see the front page before giving up.
Why The Daily Is So Yesterday – A review of The Daily iPad app on TidBITs.

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Here are links I found interesting on January 31, 2011:

Helicopter Salaries – Excellent resource for helicopter pilot salaries.
YouTube – “Goliath” – Erickson Air-Crane – Sweet video of an Air-Crane in action.
The Once and Future Macworld Expo – Ted Landau’s summary was kinder than mine, but I think it says much the same thing.
I’m Comic Sans, Asshole. – The revenge of Comic Sans. (Humor for designers and typographers.)
A lot of Americans can’t even find their own country on a map. So I’m not surprised Fox News has no idea about Egypt! – Yes, it’s true: Fox News can’t even correctly place Egypt on a map.