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On the Domain

An absolutely beautiful video that shows off the place I live. Watch it in HD if you can, it’s worth it.

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Origo is a company who’s developing an extruded-plastic 3D printer that’s easy enough for kids to use. As they say on their site: “Right now, I am just an idea. I will be as easy to use as an Xbox or Wii. I’ll be as big as three Xbox 360’s and as expensive as 3 Xbox 360’s. I will sit on your desk and quietly build your ideas, drawings and dreams. There are other 3D printers. But none will be as easy to use as I will. None will be as reliable or work as hard for you. I’m not a kit or an industrial machine. I’m not complicated. I’m an appliance, like a toaster or a microwave. Only I’m purple and make your stuff.”

Origo: a 3D printer for ten year olds

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Apple is now within $20 Billion of the combined Market Cap of Microsoft & Google….

Apple is now within $20 Billion of the combined Market Cap of Microsoft & Google. And as MG says, they still haven't announced the iPhone5, or the iPad3.

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apple is approaching $400 billion market cap

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parislemon • It has been almost a month since Steve Jobs…
It has been almost a month since Steve Jobs officially stepped down as CEO of Apple. Today the stock is literally off-the-charts at a new all-time high. Apple’s market cap is now nearly $25 billion……

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Library-types: What are your special collections/archives using for digital asset…

Library-types: What are your special collections/archives using for digital asset management? I'm looking for suggestions, mainly to be used for for internal findability, not external display. Thoughts?

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Truly strange decisions by Netflix…there are a few reason this is probably happening,…

Truly strange decisions by Netflix…there are a few reason this is probably happening, none of them good for consumers. sigh

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Why is Netflix splitting its world based on business models rather than users' mental models? They're being foolish. Where are movie ratings going to go? To the Qwikster website? Will it or won't it affect the streaming recommendations? ::faceplant:: And why the hell change the brand for the DVD delivery when DVD-only users are the least likely to understand what the changes mean? Wow for brand cluelessness. And OMG did the CEO's "apology" make him look even more out of touch:

http://blog.netflix.com/2011/09/explanation-and-some-reflections.html

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I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation. It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked re…

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Reading Rainbow for the iPad generation from the article: “LeVar Burton, a children’s literacy advocate and a former star of Star Trek: The Next Generation, plans to make an ambitious comeback, giving the once-loved Reading Rainbow brand a 21st-century upgrade. Burton’s for-profit venture, RRKidz, plans to launch an educational iPad app that lets children explore topics of interest—such as, say space—in a multimedia-rich environment, with voice-over-enhanced children’s books, familiar videos of Burton at real-life places (like NASA), and, of course, games.”

Reading Rainbow: The Next Generation

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One more…love this.

One more…love this.

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I’m all about random music from YouTube today.

I'm all about random music from YouTube today.

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Get through the afternoon slump with The Ramones

Get through the afternoon slump with The Ramones

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Exploded View of MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D Printer
The New York Times is featuring a wonderful exploded view of a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer illustrated by Frank O’Connell.

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