Category: Digital health

  • Lingala: learn language in a day

    How I learned a language in 22 hours Joshua Foer, guardian.co.uk He’s never been good with languages, so can Joshua Foer really hope to learn Lingala in a day? “What do you know about where I come from?” That was one of the first questions I ever asked Bosco Mongousso, an Mbendjele pygmy who lives…

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  • Republican civil war

    Republican right weeps over Obama’s victory – then begins internal civil war Paul Harris in Pella, guardian.co.uk The clash between diehard conservatives and modernisers will dictate the fate of a party which increasingly seems to appeal only to angry, older white Americans The town of Pella, Iowa, looks an almost too perfect vision of smalltown…

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  • Obama data geeks

    Obama’s data geeks add up to four more years John Naughton, guardian.co.uk Mastery of the numbers game meant the president’s team was able to exploit its database more effectively than Romney, reeling in £1bn in donations Some years ago I went to a lecture given by Professor David MacKay, who in addition to being a……

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  • The end of the ridiculous war on drugs

    As US states legalise marijuana, is this the end of the drugs war? Eugene Jarecki, guardian.co.uk The director of a landmark documentary which chronicles how the current penal approach has resulted in social disaster says the greatest legacy of the US elections may be shifting attitudes towards illegal narcotics Last week was a momentous wee……

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  • Are you ready to downsize to a tiny house?

    Seven Questions To Ask Before Buying A Tiny House Steven Harrell, businessinsider.com Finance 1.) Do you plan to move any­time in the near future? Or does a trav­el­ing lifestyle fit best with your vision of a tiny house lifestyle? If so, you might con­sid­er pur­chas­ing a tiny house that sits on a trail­er. Some… http://flpbd.it/smHcK…

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  • iPhone as a photographic memory

    Turn Your Smartphone Camera into a Pocketable Photographic Memory Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Sev­er­al apps exist to help you remem­ber the many things you’d oth­er­wise for­get, but per­haps none are quite as use­ful and effi­cient as your cam­era. Typ­ing takes time. Snap­ping a photo only takes a moment, and there are so many ways you ……

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  • Data about God and belief

    This Week in God Steve Benen, msnbc.com First up from the God Machine this week is a look at the 2012 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, and the dif­fer­ences along reli­gious lines. The Pew Forum on Reli­gion & Pub­lic Life pub­lished a report this week based on exit polling data, and I put… http://flpbd.it/uLnnb

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  • The new green barons

    The New Pot Barons: Businessmen Bank on Marijuana By Tony Dokoupil, thedailybeast.com Pot use in the United States is rising sharply, and voters may make it fully legal in two states this fall. Smart businessmen are banking on that happening. Full dark in down­town Den­ver, and inside one of the twin­kling high-rises that make th……

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