Week of 2010/07/24

[Comment]

Haven't done that for a while, I bought a bunch of real paperbound books this week: "Lucene in Action, 2nd Edition", "Language Implementation Patters", "Founders at Work", and "Reality Check" ... great books, but unfortunately only one of those books came with an additional electronic copy ... I still don't understand why I as a consumer have to decide upfront if I want go with the paperbound or the electronic edition, or otherwise have to pay full price for both?

[NyTimes]

• "Defying Digital Craze, Newspaper for Youngsters Is Thriving" [nytimes]
• "Video Technology Added at New Meadowlands Stadium" [nytimes]
• "Exemption Will Allow 'Jailbreaking' of iPhones" [nytimes]
• "How Much Credit Card Rewards Cost the Poor" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Build your own Corvette engine at GM's Performance Build Center [link]
• Fathom Information Design [link]
• Video: Lagoa Multiphysics Teaser [link]