If South Korea needs to only inject $30bn to stabilise its economy, and Germany needs to come up with a process to streamline requests for aid expected under a €480bn ($650bn) rescue plan, does this imply that Asian economies are more resilient than European, that European banks had a different investment strategy, or just reflect on the size of comparative economies?
It’s Saturday so no links post today.
I’m having a lot of problems with my subscriptions: feeds that show as active when I click on them in the edit panel aren’t coming through. Looks like I’m going to have to resubscribe to just over a dozen, ranging from Damien Mulley to The National to Dilbert. It’s not the end of the world, but it is rather annoying.
Rogue ass jailed in Egypt. (RTÉ)
Palin lookalike strippers to strut in pageant. (AP)
RIAA appeals mistrial in file-sharing case. (CNet)
Its native tongue facing extinction, Native American tribe teaches the young. (International Herald Tribune)
Bee Gees song Stayin’ Alive helps doctors perform CPR. (The Daily Telegraph)
Your bottled water may be no purer than tap. (Lifehacker)
Space smells of steak, says Nasa. (The Sun)
Such is the power and curse of wireless broadband and mobile phones. Before my Nokia somethingorother’s internet speed slowed to a crawl and it could no longer access Facebook, I would frequently check my Gmail and friends’ statuses before dragging myself out of bed. I’m not sure if I should lament or celebrate this turn of events.
I used to do a daily list of links, but that fell by the wayside for some reason. Consider this a restart.
Skippy on the menu as Australia seeks to fight global warming. (Bloomberg; for the record, kangaroo meat isn’t bad)
Suit against God tossed over lack of address. (AP/MSNBC.com)
Consumption of psychoactive drugs by Tiwanakuan mummies. (Anthropology.net)
Crate expectations: 12 shipping container housing ideas. (Treehugger)
What your home and workspace say about your politics. (Lifehacker)
The music alliance pact. (UnaRocks)
Nerd rage. (1,000 Tiny Things I Hate)
Forget subprime mortgages, it was bin Laden. (The National)
Choir mistress pays hospital parking fine in 3,500 pennies. (The Daily Telegraph)
Hey, if The Daily Telegraph says so, it must be credible, yes?
A moment spent working on something else or taking a break altogether allows the brain’s unconscious thought process to take over, American psychologists believe. When the brain kicks back into gear, the conscious thought process will pick up on the solution, they found.