Category: Internet (Page 7 of 40)

Great analysis of The Economist and why it's doing so well. Interestingly, while I was design director of Economist.com for three and a half years, it was the print edition that I became addicted to, and I remain a paid subscriber to this day.

"NBC, which had scheduled a one-hour tribute to Farrah Fawcett tonight at 10 p.m., has now expanded that special to two hours, beginning at 9 p.m., to cover the deaths of both Ms. Fawcett and Mr. Jackson."

Oh my do I agree with you, Rafe. "I feel like I didn’t make the contributions I could have back in the olden days. I was there to bear witness but didn’t take advantage of the opportunities to make a bigger impact. Fortunately it’s not as though I’m out of chances."

"Please inform me of any prior experience in this kind of situation."

Baseball infographics = nerdy bliss

Great edit

"Clear Lanes Are No Longer Available. At 11:00 p.m. PST on June 22, 2009, Clear will cease operations. Clear’s parent company, Verified Identity Pass, Inc. has been unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor to continue operations."

So much I could say

I suspect that if it didn't have such a negative social stigma, I'd still be playing (and learning from, and enjoying) D&D

This is a riot: the U.S. Mint is selling dollar coins at face value with free shipping, which the bonus-program wonks figured out is a great way to earn frequent flier miles. Order the coins with a mileage-program credit card, get them delivered to your door, then dump them in the bank and pay off the credit card bill. The website allows orders of up to $5,000, which is a nice bundle of bonus points essentially for free. Well, free plus figuring out how to shlep five thousand dollar coins to the bank. (The FlyerTalk thread where this originates dates to last summer but is new to me and still viable.)

Yup

"over the past 25 years, average college tuition and fees have risen by 440 percent — more than four times the rate of inflation"

Interesting (and dangerous!)