var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-11827796-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @cjn)http://cjn.tumblr.com/“The cumulative devaluation of the Zimbabwe dollar was such that a stack of 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (26 zeros) two dollar bills (if they were printed) in the peak hyperinflation would have be needed to equal in value what a single original Zimbabwe two-dollar bill of 1978 had been worth. Such a pile of bills literally would be light years high, stretching from the Earth to the Andromeda Galaxy.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://kottke.org/09/12/the-enormity-of-zimbabwes-inflation">The enormity of Zimbabwe’s inflation</a> (via <a href="http://heyitsnoah.tumblr.com/">heyitsnoah</a>)</em>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/284900759http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/284900759Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:06:31 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/13nokia.html">In the Smartphone Era, Can Nokia Recapture Its Glory Days?</a>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283763507http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283763507Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:28:57 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PIlTtXrgA0c&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PIlTtXrgA0c&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>How to build an Eames shell chair (via <a href="http://www.kottke.org">Kottke</a>)</p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283756522http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283756522Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:23:25 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuo0bn4OOg1qaoebmo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuo0bn4OOg1qaoebmo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuo0bn4OOg1qaoebmo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuo0bn4OOg1qaoebmo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuo0bn4OOg1qaoebmo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuo0bn4OOg1qaoebmo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/photogalleries/091211-alien-jellyfish-pictures-arctic/photo6.html">“Alien” Jellyfish Found in Arctic Deep</a></p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283739602http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283739602Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:09:22 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/world/middleeast/14khashoggi.html?_r=2">An Arms Dealer Returns, Now Selling an Image</a>: <p>H/t <a href="http://www.nickparish.net">Parish</a></p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283722754http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283722754Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:56:14 -0500<a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=11400">Kompakt chooses Ewan Pearson</a>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283455984http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283455984Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:41:00 -0500<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120402016_pf.html">The $700 billion man</a>: <p>Via <a href="http://www.noahbrier.com">Noah Brier</a></p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283390958http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283390958Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:28:49 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://cjn.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/283311154/tumblr_kungfvoaxG1qaoebm&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Ewan Pearson- “And So to Bed” (originally featured on <a href="http://www.allez-allez.co.uk/2007/12/ewan-pearson.html">Allez Allez</a>)</p> <p>H/t <a href="http://www.Twitter.com/JohnDC">John Decicco</a></p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283311154http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/283311154Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:59:54 -0500<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/dec/07/musically-fragmented-decade">Notes on the noughties: The musically fragmented decade</a>: <p>Via SV4</p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/280574707http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/280574707Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:36:13 -0500<a href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/12/how_vevo_makes_google_more_lik.html">Haque: How Vevo Makes Google More Like Coca-Cola</a>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/279106791http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/279106791Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:56:06 -0500<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/the-american-diet-34-gigabytes-a-day/?em">The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day</a>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278122721http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278122721Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:57:33 -0500<a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/11/the_psychology_4.html">The Psychology of Being Scammed</a>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278117727http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278117727Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:53:29 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku8jv0Joyj1qztcnqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://andrewromano.tumblr.com/post/271761023/image-of-the-united-nations-secretariat-building">andrewromano</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Image of the United Nations Secretariat building from<i> <a href="http://www.populuxebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_77&products_id=334">Built in U.S.A.</a></i> (1952)</p> </blockquote>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278109654http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278109654Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:47:21 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kufyxuRgin1qz8v9do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thechard.tumblr.com/post/277593442/via-michael-nagle">thechard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://michaelnagle.com/">michael nagle</a></p> </blockquote>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278107599http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278107599Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:42 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku8056wGpF1qzbpfso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://benjaminpalmer.tumblr.com/post/271453018/hi-res-pictures-of-the-super-kamiokande-a">benjaminpalmer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a>Hi-res pictures of the Super-Kamiokande, a neutrino detector in Japan.</a> The Super-Kamiokande, also known as the <a>Super-K</a>, is used to detect<a> neutrinos</a>, electrically neutral particles that are able to pass through matter.</p> </blockquote>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278080453http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/278080453Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:23:10 -0500<a href="http://consumerist.com/2009/12/amazing-pics-inside-amazon-uks-distribution-center.html">Inside Amazon UK's Distribution Center</a>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/277640000http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/277640000Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:50:25 -0500<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-28/wikipedias-attack-dog-editors/">The Myth of Wikipedia Democracy</a>: <p>By Nicholas Ciarelli</p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276353042http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276353042Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:17:57 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="320" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3914260&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3914260&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3914260&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Fujiya & Miyagi ‘Ankle Injuries’ by Tom Lindsay</p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276351570http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276351570Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:16:23 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3394320&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3394320&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3394320&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“A beautiful incursion into The Vinyl Factory Manufacture unit.”</p> <p>h/t Richard Chinn</p>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276346942http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276346942Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:11:17 -0500“<p>“Let’s be honest, the goal isn’t to see whether I can pass this through the executive board of the Brookings Institution. I’m passing it through the United States Congress with people who represent constituents.”</p> <p>He went on: “I’m sure there are a lot of people sitting in the shade at the Aspen Institute — my brother being one of them — who will tell you what the ideal plan is. Great, fascinating. You have the art of the possible measured against the ideal.”</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Rahm Emanuel</em>http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276304640http://cjn.tumblr.com/post/276304640Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:24:21 -0500