Fiber Capacity Maxing Out?
Ten years after the broadband bubble, it finally looks like we're maxing out existing transoceanic fiber optic capacity. Is there a new buildout due? The following chart from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalest suggests as much:
Chicago Super-Storm Tidbits
From Jeff Masters at Wunderground on the Chicago snow storm. Fascinating tidbits:
This week's blizzard in Chicago dropped 20.2" of snow on the city, Chicago's third-greatest snowstorm on record. But the tremendous winds that accompanied the blizzard--...
The Ross and Rachel Era is Over
Paul Mason of BBC speaking at the LSE: The Ross & Rachel Era is Over.
Field Notes: Magazines, Hayek, Brazil, CIties, Egypt, etc.
Magazines' Newsstand Struggles Continue (Source)
New Orleans Shrank After Hurricane Katrina, Census Shows (Source)
Radio 4: Yo Hayek! Hey Keynes! (Hey Marx?) (Source)
BrazilConfidential.com: Premium Investment Intelligence from Brazil Confidential, A ...
Data Wrangling Magic
This is almost inexpressibly magical data wrangling stuff. Either you care about this sort of thing, or you don't, so ignore if it's not your thing.
Wrangler Demo Video from Stanford Visualization Group on Vimeo.
Kessler and Lindzon
Good video discussion between my friends Howard Lindzon and Andy Kessler:
Google Search Traffic in Egypt
I'm fond of Conan O'Brien's argument that the best way to keep people in Egypt off the streets and lolling about in their houses is to keep the Internet on, not turn it off. More seriously, its worth noting that Egyptian Google traffic is approaching n...
Field Notes: Cascades, Water, Senate, Urbanization, Storage, Altitude, Bonds, etc.
This is (mostly) geeky recent reading of mine, but some may find it interesting:
Analyses of Seasonal and Annual Maximum Daily Discharge Records for Central Europe (Source)
Deciding Who Decides: The Content of Senate Judicial Confirmation Hearings (So...
Aging and Inattentional Blindness
This should come as no surprise, sadly, but worth knowing with respect to inattentional blindness and aging:
Aging increases inattentional blindness to the gorilla in our midst.
Abstract
When engaged in an attention-demanding task, people are surprisi...
Email Detox
I spent the last five days skiing, and I used it, in part, to do email detox. That wasn't my plan. But I just decided that I wanted to focus on my family, skiing, and the experience, in that order, and email (and Twitter, and the web) were a distractio...
Field Notes: Evolution, Falls, China Lending, Prevention, etc.
Evolutionary Mechanics: new engineering principles for the emergence of flexibility in a dynamic and uncertain world (Source)
Man survives 1,000ft plunge off a Scottish mountain - Telegraph (Source)
No more China lending as January quota hit -- Shangh...
Jake Shimabukuro at TED: Bohemian Rhapsody
One of my favorite moments at last year's TED in Long Beach: ukelele god Jake Shimabukuro playing Bohemian Rhapsody. Exquisite.
