Links for March 17th, 2010

  • Fresh Code – Barcode For Freshness Indication
  • "In supermarkets where loads of veggies is stacked and dumped, freshness may not be a priority. Keeping a track of all that’s been brought in can be time consuming and not all buyers may have a knack for freshness count. The Fresh Code offers a simple solution to this problem; it’s an intelligent barcode with a graph that indicates the freshness level. As time passes by, the graph on the barcode keeps receding, till it finally reaches “0”; indicating that the veggie needs to be dumped and not sold."

  • Why India Loves Facebook
  • "The social-networking giant has opened its first-ever office in Asia—in the country where being all up in one another's business is practically a birthright. "

  • Style Rules for Men
  • "Why it matters what you wear, how to pull yourself together right, and 8 other rules to start following now"

  • The Secret to Having Happy Employees
  • "Then, figuring I would take his new degree for a test drive, I asked him how he thought I did that. “I’m sure you treat them well,” he replied.

    “That’s half of it,” I said. “Do you know what the other half is?”"

  • The Political History of Cap and Trade
  • "How an unlikely mix of environmentalists and free-market conservatives hammered out the strategy known as cap-and-trade"

  • Facebook More Popular Than Google?
  • "According to the latest Hitwise analysis, Google's lost its crown as the most-visited Web site in the U.S. last week. The new king of Web site traffic is, of course, Facebook."

  • ChatRoulette’s Andrey Ternovskiy Is the New Bubble Boy
  • "The 17-year-old was over in the U.S. to talk to developers and potential investors about how to evolve his site, which he developed over three days in his bedroom."

  • Wanted – a few good commentators
  • "Coverage of the IPL and ICC events has become tedious in the extreme, with banal, cliché-ridden, hyperbolic commentary. More reason why we ought to treasure the likes of David Lloyd
    "

  • The History of the Honey Trap
  • Five lessons for would-be James Bonds and Bond girls — and the men and women who would resist them.

  • Why it’s not idiotic to buy an iPad when it goes on sale April 3
  • "You're not an idiot for buying an iPad on April 3."


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