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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Fri/else.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Fri/else.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c80342 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Fri/else.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Elsewhere On Wired: + +* Leander Kahney at Cult of Mac is trying to [figure out][2] the long term implications of the recent Apple/Cisco iPhone name agreement. Could it, for instance, mean that Apple's iPhone will never be able to support VOIP? + +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/02/is_voip_why_cis.html "Is VOIP Why Cisco Wants From the iPhone?" + +* Epicenter's coverage yesterday of the Google Apps challenge to Microsoft's office software dominance inspired reader Andrew Melcher to [write a long comment][1] which contains, among other things, the best description of Google that I've seen in a long time: "Google is now the Internet’s dominant source of intelligence -- its dominant brain -- a rudimentary and non-conscious brain, but a brain nonetheless. A brain that suppresses noise and amplifies the quality signals of its component cells (web sites and web surfers evaluating those cells). The cells that scream spammy nonsense get suppressed. The cells that are well-regarded get automatically driven to the top where they can become global thoughts for anybody that is interested in that subject." + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/02/lethal_impact.html "More Better Meta" + +* Wired Science's Greta Lorge [writes about girih][3], the incredibly intricate patterns that cover Islamic mosques and palaces dating from the medieval age. It turns out that some of these patterns involved advanced geometry that wouldn't be discovered in the Western world until 500 years later. Lorge also has links to an excellent *Science* article on the subject. + +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/02/finding_math_in.html "Finding Math in the Muslim World" + +* John Brownlee at Table of Malcontent's has [dug up a great video][4] entitled "How To Cook A Beat" featuring the beatbox stylings of a man in a blond wig. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/02/how_to_cook_a_b.html "How To Cook A Beat"
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