Aaron's Hotlinks
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An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.
See how they’re made here. From Visual News
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Civil Beat Joins KITV To Host Mayoral Debate
Civil Beat is teaming up with our TV partner, KITV News, to host a mayoral debate on July 11.
The 90-minute debate is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live from KITV’s studio. News anchor Paula Akana will moderate and the three candidates — Mayor Peter Carlisle and challengers Ben Cayetano and Kirk Caldwell — will answer questions from a panel of journalists.
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#Dessert (Taken with Instagram at Prima Kailua)
One of the best parts of this night of dining was when Rick was explaining that the pink frame was unintentional.
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Sentinels of the Arctic by Niccolò Bonfadini:
During winter, with temperatures ranging from -40 to -15, the trees in some areas of the Finnish Lapland get completely covered by snow and ice. This makes for a unique landscape, where everything is white and frozen as far as the eyes can see. That morning I slept in my tent to watch the sun rise from the top of a hill; an eerie mist was forming around the trees, enhancing the mysterious atmosphere.
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(via Millennial: Tablets Now Account For 20% Of Mobile Ad Impressions)
I always find these lists interesting on a subliminal level. They’ll differentiate between a Samsung Galaxy S and an Epic Galaxy S, but with Apple, the iPhones 1, 2, 3, 3gs, 4 and 4s or whatever, are all lumped together? Why?
I suspect it’s simply subconscious thought about how all the iPhones basically all work the same and you can code (more or less) the same on them? Why else?
I think Apple actively encourages this mindset. With the obvious exception of the iPod, Apple has one instance of each thing. They don’t release “a new phone,” they release “the new iPhone.” The new MacBook Air. The new iMac.
Putting the most cynical spin on it, this suggests that your iPhone 3GS isn’t a different model, it’s just an old phone. And perhaps you should think about buying a new one.
From a more positive marketing perspective, I think that Apple took the lesson of the Quadra/Centris/Performa era very seriously, and goes far out of its way to keep its product lines simple and make sure that they’re presented as such.
Ah ha.
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