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2008-05-24
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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close May 17 – May 24, 2008 162 stories · Vol. 08 · Catalogue 21 · Issue 145 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

Andrew Chen: Why every Web 2.0 startup needs to think about Metcalfe's Law

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Business 11 stories

  1. Andrew Chen: Why every Web 2.0 startup needs to think about Metcalfe's Law

  2. How "Why Startups Fail" Fails

  3. Apple’s market share of PCs over $1,000 hits 66%

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  1. James Simons: former mathematician and now billionaire hedge fund manager

  2. LifeLock CEO Had His Own Identity Stolen Numerous Times, Suit Alleges

  3. Remote Procedure Calls are fundamentally flawed

  4. Why Raising VC Funding Does Not Equal Success

Sports 3 stories

  1. Peter Molyneux: My Next Game a 'Significant Scientific Achievement'

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  1. Why Microsoft will buy Facebook and keep it closed

  2. Ceiling Height Influences Thinking Patterns

Technology 138 stories

  1. PG: Disconnecting Distraction

  2. Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too

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  1. When did we forget our dreams?

  2. You Can't Soak the Rich

  3. Essential Python Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

  4. As-Rigid-As-Possible Shape Manipulation (awesome video)

  5. Cory Doctorow: Our dangerous statistical ignorance

Entertainment 5 stories

  1. YourWeek: a reddit-powered TV news program by PBS

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  1. Want to see how efficient your code is? Have it refactored.

  2. Hulu - Start-Up Junkies episodes

  3. Three levels of addressing the Netflix Prize

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