Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774-2004 – Exactly what it says, starting with myth #1: The Broken Window.

One of the most persistent is that of the broken window—one breaks and this is celebrated as a boon to the economy: the window manufacturer gets an order; the hardware store sells a window; a carpenter is hired to install it; money circulates; jobs are created; the GDP goes up. In truth, of course, the economy is no better off at all.

Wants For Sale – Christine and Justin are a couple from New York City who paint a portrait of something they want, priced to sell at however much money they need to purchase that something. Dinner at Nobu? $152. Financial security? $1,000,000. Sleep? Free.

The Observatory – The Columbia Journalism Review recently launched The Observatory, “a full-time department dedicated to critiquing the press coverage of science and the environment”. Relevant articles are light at the moment, but the archives will grow heartily as time goes on.

Overdub Tampering Committee – For about three years, this group has been downloading recently leaked albums and re-leaking them with some minor additions. A bass line here, a piano part there, and you suddenly have in your possession music that seemed to be legitimate, but was very obviously and cleverly not.

This got us thinking: what if this problem got more insidious, subtle, and widespread? What if there was a network of musicians who got a hold of albums right as they leaked, added subtle yet very much additional overdubs all over the album, and then re-leaked it to the internet?

We imagined a scenario where someone would get in a car with their friend, he would put on the new _____ album, and you would say, “Where’s all the piano parts?” to which the driver would say, “What piano parts? This album is all guitars and drums.” Finally, you would scratch your head and say, “Not my copy!”

Aviary – Still in private beta testing, Aviary is a collection of web applications “for artists of all genres”. You can (will be able to) choose from Phoenix (image editor), Myna (audio editor), Owl (desktop publisher), Horus (font editor), and a dozen others. This is likely to be astounding if it comes anywhere close to meeting expectations.

Flickr: Photos from the decapitator – Find billboard with image of person’s or animal’s head. Replace head with bloody stump. Guerilla artfare was never so much fun.

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