Asashoryu resigns. Will sumo ever globalize?
Here’s a story I missed while I was out with eye surgery: Asashoryu, one of the greatest sumo wrestlers in history, has retired. And needless… Read More »Asashoryu resigns. Will sumo ever globalize?
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Jure Leskovec on Memetracker, quantitative media analysis
Jure Leskovec, professor of computer science at Stanford, is interested in what sorts of novel questions we can ask about media now that (much of… Read More »Jure Leskovec on Memetracker, quantitative media analysis
links for 2010-02-16
Portland Benefit for Haiti – Clowns Without Borders – USA Don't send yoga mats to Haiti – send clowns! (tags: haiti aid empathy goodintentions) There… Read More »links for 2010-02-16
Watching Nigeria (even when my eyes hurt)
I’m mostly offline this week, as I’m still healing from surgery and finding that reading and emailing are very painful… but one of the stories… Read More »Watching Nigeria (even when my eyes hurt)
links for 2010-02-12
iafrica.com | technology | news | technology SMS role in slaughter the use of social media, including SMS and Facebook, to inflame interreligious tensions in… Read More »links for 2010-02-12
links for 2010-02-11
Earthquakes and Journalism: Think Tank : The New Yorker Steve Coll on the inevitable cycle of reporting that follows natural disaster (tags: media journalism disasters… Read More »links for 2010-02-11