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gatekeepr··on Blendle – iTunes for journalism launches in the Netherlands
I tried the service, and am pretty amazed. It has all dutch national newspapers. You can scroll through the papers pages, and click (and pay) to read the articles.

The only thing I am really missing is an indication of article length. Knowing the length of an article beforehand will influence my selection, since I prefer (longer) background articles.

gatekeepr··on The Upstanding Desk
It wiggles from left to right. You can see it from 1:44. The monitor constantly wiggles when the guy is using his mouse. This is bad design.
gatekeepr··on Inspired by the 180 websites I will understand 52 academic papers in 52 weeks
How will you select the papers? I would suggest you to read the real groundbreaking papers, but it would still be a difficult task to select these from all fields of science.
gatekeepr··on The Workman Keyboard Layout
I've been considering to try the use a foot switch as a shift key.
gatekeepr··on The 10 commandments for happiness and success
The book "the paradox of choice" by barry schwartz touches the subject (among others) and is an interesting and entertaining read.
gatekeepr··on Snowden documents could be 'worst nightmare' for U.S.
Having given it some thought, I think that leaks that shows disruption of democratic processes can be considered a 'worse nightmare'.

This could be election fraud, corrupt officials or some kind of shadow government.

gatekeepr··on Bolivia leader's jet diverted 'amid Snowden suspicions'
what are you trying to suggest?
gatekeepr··on Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School
Every time I read an article about schooling I think about the best piece I ever read on the subject.

The 7-Lesson Schoolteacher (1992) by John Taylor Gatto

http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/schoolteacher.txt

gatekeepr··on The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
I should start a company in portable EMPs.
gatekeepr··on 1983 Radio Shack Catalog
The greyish white cases with black monitors and keys, so stylish, so... futuristic
gatekeepr··on My IQ
The problem with Occam's Razor is that it requires you to identify the simplest explanation. In fields like for example molecular biology deciding what is 'the simplest' often is difficult and debatable.
gatekeepr··on Pixel art stickers
So I guess you are familiar with the french street art artist Invader (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invader)