Scientists in Japan want to create a giant seaweed farm to use as biofuel

Floating “bioreactors” could provide up to 1/3 of Japan’s fuel

The first six seasons of Sopranos distilled down to seven minutes. Uh, spoiler alert.

Paul Ford rethinks Harpers.org

157 years worth of archives, clever topics system, all yours for the low low price of $17/yr, plus you get a dead tree edition

I was No. 1 on the ‘who’s likely to die’ list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list

—Keith Richards attributes his longevity to pure luck, which transcends even snorting his own father’s ashes

Even storm troopers need a break sometimes

Slate wants to know how they should fix their message boards

Hyperlocal doesn’t mean being obsessive about every breath your city council takes

“What I want from my local newspaper”

Apple’s sustainable competitive advantage is their deep trust in the inherent value of their products and the experiences they provide. Almost no one has that these days.

—David Weiss, Confidence vs. Protectionism [via]

Fake Steve nails the Kathy Sierra/Scoble/code of ethics inanity

“What you need is a cluestick and you should be beating yourselves with it.”

Aaron Swartz has some pretty cogent thoughts on how microcontent (blogs, twitter) is dumbing us down

“But technology never solves things by itself. At bottom, it requires people to sit down and build tools that solve them. Which, as long as programmers are all competing to create the world’s most popular timewaster, it doesn’t seem like anyone is going t