New exoplanet found, rather close to Earth
“The planet, therefore, is not only the closest to Earth ever discovered, it is just about as close to Earth as any exoplanet can be.”
A quote from an insightful article in The Economist.
Month: October 2012
New exoplanet found, rather close to Earth
[www.economist.com/blogs/bab…](http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/10/exoplanets)
“The planet, therefore, is not only the closest to Earth ever discovered, it is just about as close to Earth as any exoplanet can be.”
A quote from an insightful article in The Economist.
30 seconds of breathtaking awe at physics – watch a water droplet bounce in ultra-slow-motion. Then, see 7 more everyday things in mesmerizing slow motion.
Summing up novels on Twitter
French newspaper Le Monde has a nice selection of attempts made by various people to sum up novels in a tweet.
Summing up novels on Twitter
[bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/10/1…](http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/10/11/tweet-pitch-resumez-votre-livre-prefere-en-10-mots-sur-twitter/)
French newspaper Le Monde has a nice selection of attempts made by various people to sum up novels in a tweet.
Apple agrees to pay for the use of Swiss clock design
Apple agrees to pay for the use of Swiss clock design
Click on the link to see how obvious it was.
Apple agrees to pay for the use of Swiss clock design
[www.theverge.com/2012/10/1…](http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/12/3492896/apple-sbb-licensing-agreement-ios-6-clock-app)
Click on the link to see how obvious it was.
The story of “the dog ate my homework”
The story of “the dog ate my homework”
In this anecdote, which appeared as early as 1905, a clergyman pulls his clerk aside after a service to ask him whether his sermon seemed long enough. The clerk assures him that it was very nice, “just the right length,” and the priest is relieved. “I am very glad to hear you say that,” he says, “because just before I started to come here my dog got hold of my sermon and ate some of the leaves.” The story was repeated again and again.
Some journalists spend their time doing interesting research, to be honest.
The story of “the dog ate my homework”
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/10/did_anybody_ever_believe_the_excuse_the_dog_ate_my_homework_.html
In this anecdote, which appeared as early as 1905, a clergyman pulls his clerk aside after a service to ask him whether his sermon seemed long enough. The clerk assures him that it was very nice, “just the right length,” and the priest is relieved. “I am very glad to hear you say that,” he says, “because just before I started to come here my dog got hold of my sermon and ate some of the leaves.” The story was repeated again and again.
Some journalists spend their time doing interesting research, to be honest.
Art.sy helps you discover art online
Enter Art.sy, a start-up whose public version went live on Monday. An extensive free repository of fine-art images and an online art appreciation guide, it is predicated on the idea that audiences comfortable with image-driven Web sites like Tumblr and Pinterest are now primed to spend hours browsing through canvases and sculpture on their monitors and tablets, especially with one-click help.
Just like Pandora or Netflix are useful for music or films/TV shows recommendations, Art.sy aims to automate discovery in the art department.
I still don’t think that algorithms are ready for this kind of business. And art is an incredibly subjective matter. Let’s see how much traction it gets.