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Month: September 2011
The MELT
Posted by – September 6, 2011
Flip Video founder and entrepreneur Jonathan Kaplan is taking a new turn in the business world by launching the grilled cheese “casual eatery” chain, The Melt. Fortunately, he is taking his tech roots with him as the restaurant is not only equipped with European-designed equipment that allows the precise cooking of each grilled cheese in one minute flat but uses a (not released just yet) custom mobile ordering app “that allows customers to remotely place a meal order from their computer or mobile phone and pick it up”.
High-end chef, Michael Mina, is on “the company board to help with recipes”, according to 7X7. San Francisco and Palo Alto are the first cities to get this techified comfort food restaurant but, stay tuned, a total of 500 of them will be popping up nationwide over the next five years.
[nytlabs] Project Cascade
Posted by – September 6, 2011
Cascade allows for precise analysis of the structures which underly sharing activity on the web.
This first-of-its-kind tool links browsing behavior on a site to sharing activity to construct a detailed picture of how information propagates through the social media space. While initially applied to New York Times stories and information, the tool and its underlying logic may be applied to any publisher or brand interested in understanding how its messages are shared.
Cascade was developed by R&D using open source tools including Processing and MongoDB.
Go to project site here or by clicking on images…
Par’bo
Posted by – September 2, 2011
Me interesa ir a ese lugar…
The area, a trading post started by the Dutch, was taken by the English in 1630, and in 1650 the city became the capital of the new English colony. The area changed hands often between the English and Dutch but it was in Dutch hands again in 1667 and under Dutch rule from 1815 until the independence of Suriname in 1975.
Paramaribo is famed for its diverse ethnic makeup, including Creoles, Hindustani, East Indians, Maroons, Javanese, Portuguese, Native Americans, Levantine, Chinese, and Europeans (primarily of Dutch and English descent).
Economy
The city’s major exports are gold, bauxite, sugar cane, rice, cacao, coffee, rum, and tropical woods. Cement and paint are manufactured in the city.
