Rubenerd

Links I saved onto Instapaper this month:

• Microsoft’s aching Windows 8 hangover
  Infoworld

• The tip of the spear
  Los Angeles Magazine

• Oldest Swiss bank to close after guilty plea
  Deutsche Welle

• Fiscal cliff fatigue? You’re not alone
  The Guardian

• No, I Will Not Go To The Beach With You
  Thought Catalog

• Cameron ’entitled’ to use threat of veto to win back powers from Europe
  The Guardian

• Blaming Rape Victims in Cambodia
  Global Voices

• How a gift economy powers education in rural Nepal
  Shareable

• Developer divide: 19 generations of computer programmers
  Infoworld

• Confusing Value And Price, Choir Demands £3000 Per Download
  Techdirt

• Japan Airlines’ Jet Suffers Fire in Boston
  Wall Street Journal

• Alitalia investors consider possible sale: sources
  Reuters

• Republican staffer fired for copyright memo talks to Ars
  Ars Technica

• Oxfam’s new Africa campaign reveals a misguided messiah complex
  The Guardian

• Why Russia Won’t Play Ball on Iran
  The Diplomant

• John McAfee’s Last Stand
  Wired

• Schneier on Security: The Politics and Philosophy of National Security
  Bruce Schneier

• PSO wannabe linked to arms dealer
  The Age

• Herbalife: from high-energy clubs to dashed dreams
  Business on NBCNews.com

• Five federal policies on guns you never heard of
  Propublica

• H.265 Is Coming, And Bringing With It Truly High-Def Video That Won’t Kill The Network
  Techcrunch

• Stem Cell Showdown: Celltex vs. the FDA
  Businessweek

• The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death
  Outside Online

• Top tip if you’re going out in Beijing: don’t breathe
  The Guardian

• Let the facts speak for themselves in 2013
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• The Shady Inside Deals That Are Protecting Goldman Sachs at Your Expense
  Alternet

• Starbucks Vietnam Debut Challenged by Light Coffee Image
  Bloomberg

• India, China military officials hold Annual Defence Dialogue
  The Times of India

• On the uselessness of nuclear weapons
  The Curious Wavefunction, Scientific American Blog Network

• How to Fix India’s Male-Superiority Complex
  The Atlantic

• The saga of David Cameron’s Europe speech exposes his strategic failings
  The Guardian

• Notebook on Cities and Culture S3E4: Ashukurafuto with Brian Ashcraft
  Colin Marshall

• Positive Procrastination, Not an Oxymoron
  Undrip

• White paper chronicles rise of ramen worldwide
  The Japan Times Online

• Singapore watchdog calls for F&N auction
  FRANCE 24

• NASA Satellite Image Shows Beijing Drowning in a Lake of Smog
  The Atlantic Cities

• The problem with hybrids – it’s the tablet
  ZDNet

• How Australia’s post-massacre gun control has worked, and saved lives
  The Age

• Brooklyn’s Affordability Crisis Is No Accident
  The Atlantic Cities

• NATO Patriot missiles arrive in Turkey to counter Syria risks
  Reuters

• In Historic Inauguration Address, Obama Takes the Fight to the Right
  Alternet

• ‘Curious’ Cuban net cable has activated, researchers say
  BBC News

• The wrong goodbye of Barnes and Noble
  MobyLives

• This man helped save six children, is now getting harassed for it
  Salon.com

• Polls close in Israeli elections
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• David Cameron To Propose EU Referendum Tomorrow
  Zero Hedge

• China Unveils Ambitious Clean Energy Plan For 2013
  The 9 Billion

• Harry Reid Might Change the Rules of the Senate. Here’s What You Need to Know
  Mother Jones

• US Airways’ profit soars amid strong demand
  USA Today

• The Conventional Wisdom About Government Health Care Spending Is Wrong
  The Atlantic

• Is buying a home cheaper than renting?
  BRW

• How to uncover closed-door restaurants when travelling
  Lonely Planet

• 3 things I wish I knew when we got married
  Relevant Magazine

• Catalan parliament paves way for referendum on independence
  The Guardian

• Asia’s Other Island Spat…Between Japan and Russia
  The Diplomant

• China’s Water Pollution Crisis
  The Diplomat

• Singapore retailers splurging on renovation & re-branding
  Channel NewsAsia

• Republicans push to change electoral college in swing states
  Salon.com

• Are You Comfortable with 3-Year Prison Terms for Saggy Pants?
  The Atlantic

• Beijing watching Tokyo for moves to improve ties, Tang tells Yamaguchi
  The Japan Times

• Apple lists Quanta Computer in Fremont California as Final Assembler for Macs
  9to5Mac

• Election loss forces Singapore into a delicate balancing act
  Reuters

• Literary protest: Local hero
  The Economist

• It is now a crime to unlock your smartphone
  The Atlantic

• France suspends acne drug used as contraceptive
  Channel NewsAsia

• Complexity and Security
  Schneier on Security

• Game to destroy CCTV cameras: vandalism or valid protest?
  The Guardian

• Winners for Apps My State in Victoria Show the Limits of Application Contests
  Gartner Blogs

• App.net moves beyond its ad-free Twitter alternative, adding 10 GB of storage to share
  The Verge

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  App.net

• Michael Dell Seeking Majority Control Of Dell Inc., Contributing As Much As $1 Billion Of His Own Personal Funds
  TechCrunch

• A call for civil discussion
  Skeptic Ink

• Abe First Leader Since Koizumi to See Support Rise After 1 Month
  Bloomberg

• Do We Really Want to Live Without the Post Office? - Esquire
  Esquire