The Saudi Marathon Man – The New Yorker Minutes after the bomb went off in Boston, a young Saudi man who had been running from the blast, along with many other spectators, was tackled to the ground and deemed a “suspect”; why? Why Boston’s Hospitals Were Ready – The New … Read More
The Man who Pierced the Sky – Vanity Fair What drove Felix Baumgartner to make a living stunt jumping, culminating in a jump from 24 miles above the Earth? What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity – The Atlantic Why you shouldn’t feel bad about paying a guy to … Read More
Every Monday, DailyXY rounds up the most interesting in-depth articles from around the web. Why You Never Truly Leave High School – New York Times Magazine Though neuroscientists and psychologists have mainly spent their time exploring early life and it’s role in development, a growing amount of research suggests that … Read More
That’s right: using a $238 million military computer, an IBM employee rendered an Esquire pin-up girl on a cathode ray tube screen. God bless a runaway American military budget. [The Never Before Told Story Of the World’s First Computer Art – The Atlantic]
This time in 2012, venerable British magazine the Economist opined that Canada was (and is) in the midst of a serious housing bubble. Developers insist that this just isn’t so (but this guy also says that Toronto City Counsel is doing a “fantastic job”), and Jim Flaherty responding by downplaying … Read More
