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Rich People Gonna Get All the Good Blood, As Usual
When the rich can afford synthetic blood, and the poor have to make do with regular blood.
Burlington’s Economy After the Bridge Collapse
The value of infrastructure to a local economy can be found in the aftermath of last week’s bridge collapse in Burlington, Wash., where businesses are now struggling to find customers. Cars still go through the town, but the traffic is now so thick due to detours that few people want to stop.
So Like Here’s My Business Card With My Contact Info Or Whatever Cool
Jesse David Fox is a writer, cat person, and Jew (in that order). He is an associate editor at Vulture.com and has about 495 unused business cards that say as much. This is where he plugs his twitter.
Big Chain or Not, People Love Free Wi-Fi
Jon Wilkins, an evolutionary biologist, considers why megachains like Starbucks offer customers unlimited free Wi-Fi (after offering limited access in the past), and if it’d be smart for local, independent shops to consider offering the same amenities (yes, he says).
The Business of Streaming Music
Yesterday Tim Carmody looked into the question, “Can anyone turn streaming music into a real business?”
The Ballad of Fundsies
How websites get named.
How to Get People to Buy Your Book
Baratunde Thurston talked to O’Reilly Radar about how he got his book, How to be Black, on the New York Times bestseller’s list.
Happy Birthday! Love, Your Favorite Corporation
You know who never forgets my birthday? All the big businesses who have my personal data stored in their vaults, or clouds, or whatever.
