Even CEO Can't Figure Out How RadioShack Still In Business - "There must be some sort of business model that enables this company to make money, but I'll be damned if I know what it is," Day said.
Archive 24. April 2007
Fingerprints from passports should not be stored - it would be better not to take fingerprints at all. Especially since the actual benefit of fingerprints in passports is more than questionable if nobody uses this system anyway. Just a reminder: passports are used for identification abroad, and there nobody will be able to do anything with the stored data, due to lack of appropriate devices. So the only possible use is the check upon return to Germany.
JavaScriptTemplates - Templates directly in JavaScript. Could be interesting for web applications - no HTML generation on the server, but on the client. Reducing the server to the functional minimum.
major labels: the problem with music - how major labels screw over musicians.
tercio - webapp framework for Erlang with a focus on the specialties of Erlang/OTP.
The Deep - fascinating images.
The Side Effects of Truth - how the FDA wants to silence scientists within its own ranks when they want to ban a drug afterwards. In this case, the scientist who first warned about VIOXX.
The universe is a string-net liquid - about Herbertsmithite and noodle soups. Fascinating.