Weekly Filet #84: Climate Change for Fun. And more.
This week's top recommendation
From the brilliant «What If» series by xkcd: What would the world be like if the land masses were spread out the same way as now - only rotated by an angle of 90 degrees? Turns out, some things change drastically, some not that much. Take London, for example: «The food is still bland, the Thames is full of piranha, and it's the only place on Earth where tigers apologize as they attack you.»
→ Cassini (What If?)
Further recommendations
As Obama runs for re-election, it's the economy, stupid! Read The Economist's end-of-term report for the president, complete with grades (A- for crisis response, e.g.).
→ End-of-term report (The Economist)
Basel based electro duo laFayette are releasing their new record today. Airplanes is one heck of a high-flyer.
→ Airplanes (laFayette)
Internet of things, of sorts: Quarterly lets you subscribe to specific people and have physical surprises sent to you every three months.
→ Felix Salmon (Quarterly)
The Weekly Filet will take a two week break, as I'm on holiday. In the meantime, I highly recommend the Zite app. For non-human curation, it's the best.
→ Zite, your personalized magazine