Stories
Culture and Technology
VentureBeat
A classic startup horror story
Betabeat – NY Observer
Patent trolls come in all shapes and sizes
The Atlantic
Can a video game revive intersest in Dante’s classic poem?
Slate
Why do so many engineers end up as terrorists?
New York Times
Revenge of the Nerds – Brooklyn hackers build a frat house for mad scientists
Vice
Teen Predators – Military hardware for the video game generation
Fast Company
A morningstar for manufacturing – Panjiva searches smarter
Capital Times – Madison, Wisconsin
Electronic Jukeboxes – One city’s love hate relationship with digital music
Other musings
Washington Post
The business of betting on death
Rolling Stone
New York Observer
Hitchen’s Briefly – Enjoying a few rounds with Christopher Hitchens
Capital Times