This Is The Physics Student And Used Book Seller Who Allegedly Ran The 'Silk Road' ..
• Business InsiderRoss William Ulbricht is extremely smart — let's get that out of the way first.
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5 Top Auto Designers Pick Their Favorite Old-School Cars
• Business InsiderThis post originally appeared on Details.com. Keep reading to see car experts' surprising automotive obsessions—and how much the vehicles cost today.
Insurance markets open to surge of new customers
• Associated PressThe online insurance marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul struggled to handle the wave of new consumers Tuesday, the first day of a six-month open-enrollment period.
To Attract Urban Investment, Build a Bus Line
• Wired.comStreetcars may be sexy and light rail may be alluring, but it turns out that building a bus line is how a city can get the most bang for its buck when it comes to attracting development.
When Sharing Doesn’t Make Sense in the Sharing Economy
• Wired.comIn the ideal vision of the “sharing economy,” people own less stuff, while the stuff they do own gets used far more, thanks to hyper-efficient marketplaces that use mobile technology to share all this stuff with the rest of the world.
Revisiting Ecuador's “Give Me the Money or I'll Shoot the Trees” Idea
• slate.comBloomberg’s Alex Morales sums up one of the major takeaways of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report:
While EPA shuts down coal plants in the USA, China unveils monstrous greenhouse gas polluters ....
• naturalnews.comOne of the primary reasons why the U.S. does not sign onto global treaties limiting so-called greenhouse gas emissions is because some of the world's biggest polluters won't sign on or, worse, will sign on and cheat, leaving American industry and bus
My Booze-Soaked, $12,000 Round-Trip Junket to Nowhere
• foreignpolicy.comQatar Airways sits reporters in vibrating seats, loads them with 39-year-old wine, and never explicitly asks for glowing press coverage.
Can aquaponics feed the German capital?
• smartplanet.comAt the furthest end of a century-old beer brewery yard in Berlin, a shipping container with a greenhouse on top hums with the gentle sound of pumping water.
Private Space Race: 2 Commercial Spaceships Now Available for Space Station Deliveries
• space.comTwo private American companies are now responsible for hauling cargo to the International Space Station.
Airlines’ newest fees pay for legroom, better food
• washingtontimes.comWant more legroom? Better flight food? Thanks to new airline policies going into effect this week, even coach fliers can now obtain these first-class luxuries — for a price.
Small-scale Hungarian growers look to spice up paprika market
• ReutersNot long ago, Peter Szabo left a lucrative telecommunications job in Britain, sold his property and returned to Batya, a riverside village in the Hungarian flatlands south of Budapest, to grow red peppers.
Hacking firm hints at cybercrime's professional elite
• newscientist.comA new report has outed a shadowy organisation called Hidden Lynx – a 100-strong group of expert hackers who are available for hire
Fresh fish: Bernsteins hooked on growing aquaponics business
• bcbr.comImagine having a garden that yields fresh vegetables and doesn’t require pulling weeds or getting dirt under your fingernails. What if that yield included some fresh fish as well?
Take the Exclusive Tour of GitHub’s New Hacker Heaven
• Wired.comThe first thing you see upon arrival at GitHub's brand new San Francisco headquarters is Ryan Tomayko's Macbook Pro.
What Happens When Stores Let Customers Return Whatever They Want?
• npr.orgSunny Pettinati walked into the L.L. Bean store in Yonkers, N.Y., clutching a plastic bag and looking a little embarrassed.
The Phablet May Define What is the Ideal Android Phone
• thedroidguy.comThe phablet will define what is the ideal Android phone. I can hear the shrieks of horror already.
Mad Max meets Martha Stewart in These Open Source Appliances
• Wired.comWhen designer Jesse Howard accidentally cracked open his coffee maker, he was surprised to see a simple heating mechanism encased in the complex, injection molded shell.
Internet Sales Tax Could Crush Small Businesses
• Lewrockwell.comOne unique aspect of my homeschool curriculum is that students can start and manage their own online business.
Once-Mighty RealNetworks Returns to Battle for Soul of Web Video
• Wired.comIf Microsoft hadn’t stepped outside the law to block his company’s path onto the world’s computers, says Rob Glaser, he would now be running one of the web’s biggest success stories.
How Robots Will Change the World - BBC Documentary
• youtubeRobotics is the art and commerce of robots, their design, manufacture, application, and practical use. Robots will soon be everywhere, in our home and at work. They will change the way we live.
Gay marriage 'tourism': How big an economic boom for states?
• Christian Science MonitorThe summer's Supreme Court decisions unleashed pent-up demand for gay marriages, and a handful of states reaped an economic benefit. The effect is not huge, but neither is it insignificant.
Recent Market Highs a Good Reason to Start Cashing Out?
• http://www.investmentcontrarians.comFolks, we are seeing some froth surfacing out there, so consider this your warning. I’m not sure what’s more out of whack: the record highs in the stock market achieved last Wednesday or the $60.00 spike in gold prices to over $1,360 an ounce.
The Biggest Precious Metal Winner This Year and Why Its Trend Upward Will Continue
• http://www.investmentcontrarians.comWith the recent shock of the latest Federal Reserve meeting now beginning to subside, the implications can now be extrapolated. By holding its foot on the accelerator, the Federal Reserve is opening the door to further price appreciation in many asse
Here come the 3D-printed 3D printers
• dvice.comThe amoeba has a lot in common with a RepRap 3D printer. Why?
P&G Brand Officer Says 'Digital Marketing Is Dead'
• Business InsiderProcter & Gamble's global brand building officer Marc Pritchard has proclaimed digital marketing to be "dead."
People Are Demanding More Than Ever From Technology Companies
• Business InsiderTablet sales showed their first sequential decline ever in the second quarter of this year, according to research firm IDC.
APPLE CRUSHES EXPECTATIONS, SELLS 9 MILLION iPHONES OVER THE OPENING WEEKEND
• Business InsiderApple announced that it sold over 9 million iPhones during the opening weekend of sales.
The Great Soy Expansion: Brazilian Land Grabs in Eastern Bolivia
• upsidedownworld.org/This article is an excerpt from Food First’s Land & Sovereignty Series. Click here to download the full report.
Ecuador: Some Observations Regarding the Yasuní-ITT Proposal
• upsidedownworld.orgThe remarkable Ecuadorian proposal to leave about 900 million barrels of heavy crude in the ground in exchange for international contributions amounting to about half its value, was recently abandoned by President Rafael Correa.
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