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Idealog—in the ideas business

Internet names up for grabs

Matt Cooney,

ICANN has decided to allow any top level domain name (like .com, .nz, etc). If you have a “low six-figure number” you, too, could have your own TLD. Sounds like a massive cash grab to me—why not just give ... More …

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Ripped it up

Matt Cooney,

Chris Bourke republishes his decade-old Rip It Up retrospective. Even now in its post-Cammick, ‘corporate’ years, RIU has aged much better than the not-much-older Rolling Stone. More …

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What’s good for General Motors …

Matt Cooney,

A former GM president once thought what was good for the carmaker was good for the country. Today, it matters less and less to the US, and there’s a strong case to drop GM from the Dow. Its replacement ... More …

Really bad cover art

Su Yin Khoo,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23023719@N04/sets/72157605235411546/

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Leading Cultural Economist speaks

Jason Smith,

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Author of Creative Destruction and other books about cultural economics, Tyler Cowen was keynote speaker at a Boston conference attended by Jason Smith at the weekend. Sound file with comments about what's ahead for culture is attached. More …

Writers’ room

Su Yin Khoo,

http://books.guardian.co.uk/writersrooms/0,,2009637,00.html

Electric home of the future

Su Yin Khoo,

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/14/the-electric-home-of-the-future/

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