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Readings

• Giant 3D printer can print buildings (theoretically)
  Blueprint Magazine describes a very neat machine: In a small shed on an industrial park near Pisa is a machine that can print buildings. The machine itself looks like a prototype for the automotive industry. Four columns independently support a frame with a single armature on it. Driven by CAD software installed on a dust-covered computer terminal, th […]
• Do These Tires Make My Bike Look Fat?
  Our friends from Dharma Wheels Cyclery in Park City, Utah sent us this link to a cool Pugsley video.  Thanks friends!  (Actually, they aren't really our friends (but they might be some day (IF THEY'RE LUCKY)) but that's more for their benefit than for ours). And this other friend of ours, Marlin Ledin, who shares my last name in som […]
• Chatroulette Being Used for Marketing? Say It Ain't So!
  That didn't take long. Leave it to marketers to find a way to use any innovative new web service to promote their own ends. The latest example? A Chatroulette contest launched by international clothing brand French Connection. According to contest rules, participants are asked if they can "conquer the sinister world of Chatroulette" by charmin […]
• Paul Allen Backed Semantic Service Evri Has Been Acquired (Updated)
  Think the semantic web is all hype with no bite? Paul Allen backed semantic startup Evri will announce tomorrow that it has been acquired, we've learned from a reliable source. The service specializes in extracting the names of people, places and things from raw streams of text in order to facilitate smart user navigation and related content recommend […]