Gulfstream

A Proto-Weblog

http:www.economist.comopiniondisplaystory.cfmstory_id=11670357 - July 11, 2008

http:www.economist.comopiniondisplaystory.cfmstory_id=11670357 How true is this (On oil price speculators:) &8220;since no oil is ever held back from the market, these bets do not affect the price of oil any more than bets on a football match affect the result.&8221;
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2469.html

http:www.snopes.comsportssoccerbarbados.asp - July 9, 2008

http:www.snopes.comsportssoccerbarbados.asp The consequences of a rule that victory in overtime would be counted as a 2&8211;0 result, and Barbados needing to win by two goals to advance to the final of the 1994 Shell Caribbean Cup: Barbados, winning 2&8211;1, score an own goal to force overtime, leaving Grenada a frenzied few minutes to score at either end. They fail, and Barbados duly win via a golden goal in extra time.
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2468.html

http:www.smashingmagazine.com20080707table-of-contents-creative-and-beautiful-examples - July 7, 2008

http:www.smashingmagazine.com20080707table-of-contents-creative-and-beautiful-examples Smashing Magazine puts together some quite extraordinary spreads on design. (Mostly web design&8212;this on, on tables of contents, is a bit of an exception.) Example after example, and not much text. I don&8217;t know how they come up with so many good examples several times a week.
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2467.html

http:chronicle.comjobsnews2008072008070201c.htm - July 7, 2008

http:chronicle.comjobsnews2008072008070201c.htm &8220;I never would have made it this far in graduate school without the aid of marijuana.&8221;
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2466.html

http:arstechnica.comjournalsapple.ars20080707iphone-3g-prices-and-plans-for-21-countries - July 7, 2008

http:arstechnica.comjournalsapple.ars20080707iphone-3g-prices-and-plans-for-21-countries Prices for the iPhone 3G across different markets. Customers in some countries seem to be ripped off, but you can&8217;t really tell without knowing how much the networks paid for 3G spectrum in the first place. I don&8217;t know what percentage of operating costs goes toward paying for spectrum, but in some countries this must be significant: in 2000 in the UK, for example, five bidders bought 3G...
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2465.html

http:marriedtothesea.com051508survival-of-the-spitefullest.gif - July 4, 2008

http:marriedtothesea.com051508survival-of-the-spitefullest.gif Mammoth vs. human vs. wikipedia. A strange cartoon thing. pic Update Someone has edited Wikipedia. Awesome.
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2464.html

http:googleblog.blogspot.com200807what-comes-next-in-this-series-13-33-53.html - July 3, 2008

http:googleblog.blogspot.com200807what-comes-next-in-this-series-13-33-53.html Until today, Google&8217;s homepage hasn&8217;t had a link to their privacy policy. (I can&8217;t remember where I read this but I think their argument was that more links hurt the user experience, and that if you want it you can Google for it.) Privacy groups have been complaining about this however, and according to this Marissa Mayer blog post, Sergey and Larry finally agreed that the homepage could link to the..
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2463.html

http:www.boston.combigpicture200807man_on_the_moon_future_and_pas.html - July 3, 2008

http:www.boston.combigpicture200807man_on_the_moon_future_and_pas.html Thirty-year old pictures from the moon, and pictures of vehicles being tested for future missions. (Is driving on the Moon really that different that you need funny lookingcomplicated 6-wheeled vehicles where every wheel can turn independently Make it small and light and lift it (16th gravity) if it gets stuck.)
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2462.html

http:news.bbc.co.uk2hiafrica7469398.stm - July 2, 2008

http:news.bbc.co.uk2hiafrica7469398.stm WWE Wrestler Kofi Kingston is ostensibly Jamaican but actually comes from a family of Ghanaian intellectuals. A family friend: &8220;Why would a person who is very capable of going to graduate school decide to jettison all that for concussion in the face&8221;
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2461.html

http:googleblog.blogspot.com200806google-learns-to-crawl-flash.html - July 1, 2008

http:googleblog.blogspot.com200806google-learns-to-crawl-flash.html Google reckons they can now index (some) Flash. Any examples of this
http://beebo.org/gulfstream/entry/2460.html