Show Notes for February 20, 2014

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  • Etheric Networks
    • Fixed wireless network with coverage in the Bay Area
    • Their residential plans are quite expensive; $85/month for 1/5 Mbps, really?
      • More expensive yes, but it's symmetrical, which is cool. Also wondering whether you ever get close from the maximum speeds listed. @ebruchez
  • Cisgender
    • "An individual's experience of their own gender matches the sex they were assigned at birth",
    • In a way the opposite of transgender
  • The magazine industry
    • "But among magazines there is a new sense of optimism. In North America, where the recession bit deepest (see chart), more new magazines were launched than closed in 2011 for the second year in a row. The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) reports that magazine audiences are growing faster than those for TV or newspapers, especially among the young."
  • "Facebook will give you five billion dollar for that flute"

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