Interesting Links for 27-07-2012

• Impending Windows 8 'catastrophe' behind $3bn game maker’s shift to Linux - 27 Jul 2012 - Computing News
  'Furthermore, Newell implied that Microsoft may be tempted to charge a monopoly rent or even close its platform to outsiders. Indeed, this is the only way that software will be downloadable to the Windows 8 RT version for ARM-based tablets.'
  (tags: Steam computer games gaming Windows 8 Windows technology interesting )
• Westminster city council launches free Wi-Fi network | Guardian Government Computing | Guardian Professional
  And it'll actually stay on, and free, after the Olympics. Seems to be somewhat ad supported though, not sure.
  (tags: Olympics UK internet London technology interesting )
• BBC News - Mitt Romney's vice-presidential contenders
  (tags: republican America politics interesting )
• The Brilliant Booting Android Marriage Proposal
  'Last month, Reddit user NoShftShck16 posted a seemingly random question to the /r/Android subreddit, asking if it was possible to slow down the boot time of a Galaxy Nexus. He explained that he had bought the smartphone and a ring, and he wanted to modify the bootloader to load a script at a rate slow enough for him to display his custom marriage proposal.'
  (tags: posttofacebook post technology geeky awwww marriage love interesting )
• Graduates ‘urged to dumb down CVs’ « Express & Star
  Graduates were apparently told that their qualifications actually deterred employers and advised to leave them off their CVs altogether to secure “survival jobs”.
  (tags: government employment posttofacebook fail interesting )
• Exalted 3E: What We Know - Google Docs
  A compilation of what has been said about Exalted Third Edition on the forums and elsewhere by those working on it.
  (tags: ta rpg geeky gaming exalted awesome interesting )