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Jan 10

Daily Links for January 12th through January 15th

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social-media-print-magazines.png (PNG Image, 522×3218 pixels) – An infographic asserting that the rise of social media is correlated to the decline of print.
Why can’t the UK deal with snow? | GDS Publishing – As snow sweeps the country, the UK has coped in the way it usually does – with surprise, confusion and chaos.
How Much Is A Petabyte? | The Mozy Blog – An infographic of the size of a petabyte of data.
The App Store Economy is Booming – Apple – Gizmodo – An infographic detailing the metrics of the Apple iPhone/iPod apps store.

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Oct 09

Daily Links for October 16th through October 22nd

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The Ultimate Gadget Decision Flowchart [PIC] – Should get the new [insert gadget here] or not? [Note: A handy guide for gadget enthusiasts. But be honest with yourself, you're probably going to buy the thing anyway. It's so shiny!]
Remodeling Magazine: Home remodeling, kitchen and bath design … – Looks like the return on home improvements is suffering as much as the real estate market.

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Apr 09

Daily Links for April 2nd

Pew Research Center: Public Knows Basic Facts About Financial Crisis – The latest Pew Research Center News IQ survey finds the American public reasonably well-informed about a number of basic facts pertaining to the current economic situation.
Top 10 remodeling projects for resale (Page 1 of 5) – Here's the lowdown on the top 10 home improvement projects by resale value from this 19th annual report, which is based on e-mail surveys returned from 2,188 members of the National Association of Realtors. In calculating costs, the report authors considered complete cost-to-construct figures (including labor, material, subtrade contractors and gross profit).

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Nov 08

Daily Links for November 21st

Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one. – The Boston Globe – Today, however, whatever a depression would look like, that's not it. We are separated from the 1930s by decades of profound economic, technological, and political change, and a modern landscape of scarcity would reflect that. What, then, would we see instead? And how would we even know a depression had started? It's not a topic that professional observers of the economy study much. And there's no single answer, because there's no one way a depression might unfold. But it's nonetheless an important question to consider – there's no way to make informed decisions about the present without understanding, in some detail, the worst-case scenario about the future.