Monday, November 7, 2011
Daily Links: November 7, 2011
10 offbeat and alternative search engines you might not have heard of
10 Marketing Gimmicks Gone Wrong. Companies are like insecure teenage girls: they want your money and will do almost anything for attention.
Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers
Buy A Civilization Starter Kit, Prepare For The Apocalypse Now: If you’re worried that the zombie apocalypse is nigh, never fear! On Kickstarter, a site well known for getting wild ideas off the ground with crowdsourced funding, you can actually invest in your end of the world plan now — before things go south. A collective called Open Source Ecology is drumming up funds on the site for what they call Global Village Construction Sets, and while they might not be zombie-proof per se, they do aim to provide the tools you’d need to start a modern civilization from scratch.
The End of the Credit Card? New Square app: Card Case
Four Things You Need to Know About Protecting Your Online Reputation: It's a no-brainer that pictures of you being drunk and stupid at a party could get in the way of you getting your dream job, but not having any online presence at all can be just as damaging.
Hacked! James Fallows writes in the Atlantic Monthly on how his wife's Gmail account was hacked, and years of email were deleted. Summary: if you have Gmail, you should be using its new 2-step verification; use strong passwords; don't re-use passwords.
The Top 10 Valedictorian Speeches on YouTube
Why Daylight Saving Time Should Be Abolished
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