Failure Is Not An Option: Why Kickstarter Hides Failed Projects

Source: TechCrunch

Dan Misener, in a fit of inspired data mining, scraped half of Kickstarter to find failed projects. He could not, it seems, find a single one. Why? Because Kickstarter hides them behind a non-searchable wall. They exist, sure, but you ...
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Daily Notes: Extraordinary Coincidences, Abounding

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You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Click here to view comments in a non-threaded output. Table of Contents Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes. Regarding Those Same Pitchers, An Extraor ...
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Tajikistan: World’s Cheapest Beer Comes at a Price

Source: EurasiaNet

Don’t laugh yet, but Tajiks are suddenly the envy of beer drinkers across the United Kingdom. Tajikistan serves the cheapest lager anywhere, London’s Daily Mail has reported. In the northern town of Khujand, a pint co ...
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Out of 6 TechCrunch Finalists, the Winner Is...

Source: Inc.

Hundreds have been eliminated from the competition. Of the six start-ups that remain at TechCrunch Disrupt--social search, a digital guitar, and more--who takes the prize money? The TechCrunch Disrupt final event ...
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Diego Rivera Bombs at Auction, Are Budget Cuts to Blame for Museum Crime Wave?, and More Must-Read Art News

Source: ArtInfo

– Wifredo Lam Sets New Record at Sotheby's, But Rivera Bombs Big Time : The Cuban surrealist's 1944 canvas "Idolo" fetched $4.56 million at last night's Latin American sale at Sotheby's , more than doubling the artist's previous au ...
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UCLA Robert Bilder on Crowdsourcing Big Brain Data: The 90% Solution

Source: Sharp Brains

Dr. Robert Bilder is the Chief of Med­ical Psy­chol­ogy — Neu­ropsy­chol­ogy and Direc­tor of the Ten­nen­baum Cen­ter for the Biol­ogy of Cre­ativ­ity in the Semel Insti­tute for Neu­ro­science and Human Behav­ior at UCLA. He is t ...
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A peek into current coding affairs and other mysteries

Source: Ushahidi Blog

Over the last few days, we have been rewriting the section of the platform that deals with the map + timeline on the main page. While on the refactoring rampage, a few neurons went off and implanted some thoughts which I’d ...
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Public Enemy to mark 25th anniversary with two new albums

Source: The Guardian Music

Public Enemy have unveiled plans for their 25th anniversary, including the release of two new albums. After raising money from fans, the hip-hop crew have split what might have been "one long CD" into a pair of concept record ...
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3 attention-grabbing start-ups from TechCrunch Disrupt

Source: ABC News

You can find startups galore at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference that took place place this week in Manhattan.The AOL-owned conference is a forum for upstart companies and entrepreneurs to get in front of a ...
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