Tuesday 20 September 2011

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Two million radio sets capable of broadcasting

Did you know that in the early days of radio, it was common for individuals to broadcast, not just receive transmissions? I had no idea. In the New York Review of Books, back in April 2011, Steve Coll reviews (subscribers only) Tim Wu’s book The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires:

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Links for Tuesday 20 September 2011
BBC Dimensions: How Many Really?
Lovely thing from BERG that “compares the number of people involved in key historical events or situations to the people you know through Facebook or Twitter.” Very good.

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20 Sep 2011 at Twitter

  • 06:54am: @dracos Because most cinemas don't have assigned seats, and I'd prefer to sit through ads (while reading) and have a good seat.
  • 02:13pm: By 1924 Americans had 2 million radio sets capable of *broadcasting*. Many tiny local stations. Me quoting someone else http://t.co/wsL1UFlX
  • 05:24pm: A difficult day, but I finally slew the Twitter-, OAuth- and Python-headed Cerberus. The weapons needed better examples.

On this day I was reading

Music listened to most that week

  1. A Tribe Called Quest (26)
  2. Amon Tobin (12)
  3. St. Vincent (11)
  4. Peverelist (10)
  5. Earl Hines (9)
  6. Akira the Don (7)
  7. Public Image Ltd. (7)
  8. Four Tet (5)
  9. Crazy Bald Heads (2)
  10. The Jesus and Mary Chain (2)

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