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"We’ve gone over a number of apps today and out of all of these apps we would have to say that the following apps are definitely worth having in our camera bag and yours: Camerabag, Photoboard, Photogene, Picoli and Panolab. While not flawless all of these apps have something to offer that the others do not." - MiniMage, enterRUPPted from Bookmarklet

Just dl'ed Photogene last week. I'm so impressed by this app! - Carmen wBabby

And a happy New Year. - Michael Forian

OMG there's a meme going on and Mona doesn't know... - anna sauce

Blog of Eric Drexler! Since a few days he is silently blogging. Engines of Creation is one of the few books which twenty years ago shocked me into the awareness that through nanotechnology and artificial intelligence something like the technological singularity could be possible in our foreseeable future. - Siggi Becker

Iceland's going tits up from the top down. - kris. nuttycombe from Bookmarklet

Yeah even more interesting that what's going on in Canada. http://search.twitter.com/search... - Ryan

A must read review by Ebert of Stein's "Expelled". And a classic cartoon at the bottom. - Christopher Galtenberg from Bookmarklet

"You discover a small, promising production company named Premise Media. You like the sound of that word premise. It sounds like a plausible alternative to the word theory. To confirm this, you look both up in your dictionary: premise noun. A previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion: if the premise is true, then the conclusion must be... more... - Christopher Galtenberg

"There are millions of conservative scientists, and only a tiny handful disagree with evolution, because rejecting scientific proof is not permissive conservative behavior. In that one use of the word "liberal" the Creationist religious agenda is peeking through. I would translate it as "evolutionists side with anybody against a cherished Evangelical belief." Why are they always trying to push evolutionists over the edge, when they're the ones clinging by their fingernails?" - Christopher Galtenberg

I have a cat that likes to hang out like that: http://www.flickr.com/photos... :-) - Jason Wehmhoener

داره دختر همسایه رو دید میزنه :)))))) - Alooché

Likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D - Farzad

That Yudkowsky pulls this into the light of the public does say something. Not at least that Kurzweil is partly intellectually annoying. As I said somewhere: Kurzweil is in the business of being Kurzweil. - Siggi Becker

"Credit: Phaedra Wilkinson New ways to manipulate neural plasticity--the brain's ability to rewire itself--could make adult brains as facile as young ones, at least in part. Drugs that target these mechanisms might eventually help treat neurological disorders as diverse as Alzheimer's, stroke, schizophrenia, and autism. But first scientists will need to figure out how to harness this rewiring capacity without damaging vital neural circuitry." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

Recovery from spinal injury or brain trauma os one area that sounds very possible. On the more far out end, I can imagine "educational steroids" treatments that would allow one to acquire language or become more proficient in math or music. I wonder would people sacrifice some memories if it meant having a "new brain"? - william

"In the last in the series Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist, finds out that empty space isn't empty at all, and investigates the differences in our perception of the world in the universe and the reality." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

I saw your interesting Tweet about why you love Twitter article http://tinyurl.com/66buku first on FriendFeed, which is funny. - Robert Scoble

well said, well said - Jason Calacanis

"Or how computer geeks can enable the electric car, save the planet and millions of lives using near-term A.I. to make taxis and trucks deliver, park, recharge and drive themselves." - Michael Nielsen

I would be more inclined to believe this if automated cars hadn't been promised on the covers of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science almost every year for the last 60 years. - Richard Akerman

I'm impressed by the advances of the last 10 years at automated driving, especially the recent introduction of automated collision avoidance in high-end production vehicles. - Michael Nielsen

Gregory, thanks for the comment, I was particularly interested in what you would think. And how can we determine where it is self-importance or really trying to share the news from site? - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl

Charlie, the thing is that I have seen it here in Russia in a similar terrorist attack situation that traditional media outlets were accused of interfering with police operations by reporting things they should not mention at all. So I think such situations are possible both on Twitter and with traditional media without big difference probably. - Svetlana Gladkova

Pigeons fly near the burning Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, where Indian commandos battled on with armed Islamist militants to free hostages. - Amir Homaiy from Bookmarklet

"Max Boot, a violently hawkish neoconservative blogger and McCain campaign staffer, professes himself surprisingly impressed by Barack Obama's staff picks." - Sean McBride from Bookmarklet

Gregory - I've read much of this literature, and agree that yoga and other ancient and Eastern traditions intuitively discovered human faculties that we still don't understand yet. Intuition and imagination always lead science and technology. - Sean McBride

"Since its debut in 2007, iPhone owners have been capable of consuming video in two ways: via iPod software as well as a YouTube application. And these options presumably remain the exclusive utilities employed for viewing clips. But they are other methods available now. The launch of the App Store this summer enticed a number of third-party developers to make use of the iPhone’s video playback capabilities. The Web-based television outfit Joost [iTunes] is the latest to joint the fray. Naturally, we thought it’d be fitting to see what’s what in that part of the iPhone market as a whole." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

I want hulu on my itouch - Anthony

"On behalf of ~C4Chaos…, we're excited to offer you and your friends FREE subscriptions to PhilosophersNotes. Yepperz. Free." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

@Brain: speaking of Bali, looks like you're having a grand time there. thanks for sharing your video - http://bit.ly/uVxK - ~C4Chaos

geilgeil - Julius Eckert from Bookmarklet

wow. sehr geil :D - Udschal Imanov

"The blogosphere is undergoing a shift toward lifestreaming. The efficiency and clarity of lifestreaming offers an alternative and a complement to blogging that enables time-strapped internet content creators and enthusiasts a better way to display, distribute and champion the content that matters to them. It’s a game-changer that also hints at the increasingly seamless way the internet is part of every aspect of our lives. 2008 has been a year of transitioning to lifestreaming for me. An increasingly time-strapped life has left me less time to devote to blogging, but my drive to share content with friends and strangers hasn’t relented. Lifestreaming has allowed me to point out more content and share more pieces of my life than I could have if I focused on longer pieces. I still love and appreciate blogging —I read dozens of blogs each day—, but lifestreaming is the future of how we share on the internet." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

Thanks for linking to this entry, ~C4! - Apollo L

"To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to me. I was 24 years old, with no experience of, or particular interest in, guessing which stocks and bonds would rise and which would fall. The essential function of Wall Street is to allocate capital—to decide who should get it and who should not. Believe me when I tell you that I hadn’t the first clue." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

Oh, my god. The financial industry got caught by a runaway recursion - an unbounded pair of corecursive functions. They blew their fucking stack. - kris. nuttycombe

"The Seattle Times Company, publisher of the Seattle Times lost 98% of its value in the past four years.... The Times is privately held, so these figures might prove wrong, but if you own a newspaper, or your inheritance is dependent upon a newspaper, take this as a warning, and think about selling before there is no value left." - Sean McBride from Bookmarklet

Robert - I find long-form text (like books and long articles) to be much easier to read on a small screen (like a handheld device) than on a large screen. The small window on the text focuses one's attention, and is much less distracting than seeing huge swathes of text on a desktop or laptop screen at once. - Sean McBride

"The curse of deflation is that it increases the burden of debts. Incomes fall: debts stay the same. This way lies suffocation." - Anthony Citrano

at this point I feel that this is a greater danger than inflation, perhaps not by much... - Anthony Citrano

I agree and clearly inflation is the "less bad" option, but.... - Anthony Citrano

"The Integral Map is nothing less than a map of the human experience - a composite framework that honors the key insights of the world's greatest traditions and distills them into five simple factors, five keys to unlock and facilitate your growth and development. Sound too daunting and complex? Well, that's the thing. Life is complex enough as it is, so we’re sharing this map with you as a means to help you find your way. And what you’ll find, with just a little perseverance and a willingness to learn and "not know," is greater understanding and love for yourself, others and the world you live in. Watch this introductory e-learning program to begin the journey and find out how to better navigate your life." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet