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Twitter is going public this week. Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/business/twitters-ipo-plan-has-an-international-focus.html?ref=technology

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/technology/awaiting-ipo-twitter-must-deal-with-horde-of-younger-rivals.html?ref=technology&_r=0

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/twitter-c-e-o-defends-representation-of-women-at-the-company-sort-of/?ref=technology

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/06/technology/twitter-characters.html?ref=technology

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Yesterday, I discovered a cool engineering game called Fantastic Contraption.

Check it out @

http://fantasticcontraption.com/

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Bitcoins are the digital equivalent of money. Yesterday, their value took a tumble. Why?
Check it out @:

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/10/bitcoin-market-drops-600-million-on-silk-road-bust/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/silk-road-raided/

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/07/buttonwood/2/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2013/04/silkroad/

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A great info graphic showing the rise and fall of Blackberry:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/29/technology/when-blackberry-reigned-the-queen-got-one-and-how-it-fell.html?_r=0

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/a-new-blackberry-phone-but-maybe-too-late/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/28/technology/blackberry-loses-nearly-1-billion-in-quarter.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/technology/blackberry-plans-to-cut-4500-jobs.html

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/a-new-blackberry-phone-but-maybe-too-late/

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Yesterday we read about how Team America came back from a 0-7 deficit to win the America's Cup.  Here's spomething re;ated.

Read this very cool article recently from Wired magazine about sports infographics. What? 

You know that orange line that marks the line of scrimmage when you watch football on TV? It's not really there--it's an infographic. And one man was responsible for it and has made gazillions.

Now Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle has paid him to make a new system to highlight the America's cup.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/ff_americascup_ellison/

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/10/oracle-capsizes-ac72/

Technology has influenced a new generation of ship design, especially for creating fast boats.

Check it out @:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/ff_americascup/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/super-catamaran-speeds-through-pirate-waters/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2006/11/experimental_ca/

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Pick a topic and read about it::

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09/wireddozen927/

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Just a quick warmup today:

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09/ap_code/

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