Re: what are you favorite publications? [was: population controls]

[quispiam lepidus <quispiam.lepidus () gmail com>]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Gadi Evron<ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
> I am lazy with reading magazines, but here goes.
>
> For my daily news and cool I have my RSS feed, friends, and
> facebook/twitter. I am lazy on watching them, but I see enough.
>
> For security news, I get the raw data rather than any publication. I
> often miss stuff outside of my interest fields and hear about them from
>  friends, facebook, twitter, or not at all.
>
> My favorite publications are:
>
> - The Economist (weekly) -- it gives a neutral to left-wing view of news
> from the whole world in 80 pages or less. While it used to be better, it
> gives a perspective on world and business matters which are beyond who
> did what. Business, international law and historical perspective all
> over the place.
>
> - New Yorker (weekly) -- started reading it this week, and I am very
> pleased with the fun style, serious research and well-balanced thinking.
>
> - Wired (monthly) -- Fun. Geek. Good stories on the world around us to
> enrich us beyond just the news. From the story behind trying to make the
> iphone happen to the business behind Marvel comic book movies.
>
> - Blazer (monthly) -- Israeli Maxim-type publication I nearly never get to.
>
> I make a good effort to read the Economist, but it comes and goes in
> cycles. I always enjoy reading the rest but don't get to them as often
> as I'd like. My reading time is limited and my Internet access and 1000
> unread books keep me busy enough.
>
> Radio:
> When in the States I like listening to NPR on the road.
>
> TV:
> BBC and similar are almost as biased as Fox News in my opinion, only to
> the left. With much greater ethos to carry the b/s.
>
> It is unfortunate that left-wing news sources are as a rule of thumb
> better than right-wing ones, but not by much. Fox News is just Really
> That Bad.
>
> What are yours?
>
>        Gadi.

These are technically publications, but they serve the same purpose for me.

Funsec :) - For stuff I'd probably not read otherwise (time poor)

*NOG@ for all things network

FD for entertainment (well, sometimes)

MegaTokyo (http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/9 - classic!) to break up
the monotony.

Slashdot occasionally.

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