Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cHQCLSotWp6sqj6qgxmeVLSlo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://60gritbeard.tumblr.com/post/130873905/karenh-the-bar-code-which-changed-retailing">60gritbeard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://karenh.tumblr.com/post/130758291/the-bar-code-which-changed-retailing-turns-35">karenh</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/technology/26barcode.html">“The Bar Code, Which Changed Retailing, Turns 35”<br/></a>(discovered via <a title="NYTimes.com" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/technology/26barcode.html">NYTimes.com</a>)</blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Hm, they use seven bits for numbers, when they only need four. This may turn into a rabbit hole. Still, nice illustration.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/131067995http://notes.husk.org/post/131067995Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:08:15 +0100imagereblogbarcodenew york times