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Interesting Links for 15-12-2015

Nurofen's maker misled consumers over painkillers' contents, court rules
(tags: health drugs medicine lies-damn-lies-and-statistics lies advertising Australia )
"One World of Darkness"
Interesting. Will have to see what they do with this. It's from White Wolf, i.e. effectively Paradox the game company, not from Onyx Path.
(tags: Interesting Gaming tabletop-RPGs World-of-Darkness )

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Interesting Links for 23-04-2015

AdBlock Plus defeats German publishers in court - BBC News
(tags: Interesting Internet advertising via-Andrew-Ducker law )

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Interesting Links for 28-08-2014

Better Together gets mauled for its #PatronisingBTLady ad
I've previously been saying "From a self-interest PoV, I'd probably benefit from Scotland staying, but if I lived there, I'd vote Yes in a shot" But after the sheer level of talking down to people in that ad, fuck it, run free Scotland, and I'll just blame the idiots who made this.
(tags: fail Scotland Scottish-independence Xandar;our-reign-has-gone-on-long-enough.Indeed;summon-the-meteors TV advertising people-suck politics independence )

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Interesting Links for 11-04-2014

Like Civilization And Clicking Things? You'll Love CivClicker | Kotaku Australia
(tags: amusing Gaming computer-games Internet kotaku )
A Tube map of London’s ghost stations
Suddenly I want to make or meet a bunch of NPCs named after these stations. "Ms Langley, Mr Waddesdon and Mark Lane are here to see you..."
(tags: amusing Interesting London tube transport history TFL )
TFL Etiquette Posters Made More Honest | The Poke
(tags: NSFW-for-swearing NSFW-text amusing TFL tube London transport culture-jamming advertising )
The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic
They tried to cast Magic Missile against the darknes... in our hearts
(tags: amusing history culture Gaming RPG tabletop-RPGs D&D moral-panic )
The code hidden in the books at the Western University library
What is art?
(tags: Interesting art-imitates-life-Jim-but-not-as-we-know-it cryptography university art Internet )

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Interesting Links for 21-03-2014

#ToryBingo Poster Generator
Make your own condescending and badly judged publicity!
(tags: amusing memes Conservatives UK Westminster politics tax culture-jamming advertising )
BBC News - The restaurants that thrive on insulting their diners
Nooooooo! Won Kei's is going polite! :'(
(tags: WTF Interesting eating-out food culture )

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Interesting Links for 13-01-2014

TV adverts to be just picture of thing, name of thing
“You’ll buy our product anyway. We only spend money on advertising because otherwise we would literally drown in cash.”
(tags: amusing The-Daily-Mash parody design image advertising )
"Threshold" to be Called Windows 9, Ship in April 2015
One wonders whether the inverse Star Trek rule will continue to apply (odd numbered versions of Windows are good, even numbered are crap)
(tags: Interesting technology computers Windows Windows-8 operating-systems Microsoft )
India Manages to Free Itself of Polio
(tags: Interesting Awesome medicine vaccination health disease via-Andrew-Ducker India )

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Interesting Links for 09-07-2013

BBC News - Aye, robot: Scotland's rise of the machines
'Robots are to be placed into the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot on the Western Isles, but it is just one of many uses machines are being put to in Scotland amid a wider debate on robotics.'
(tags: Scotland robots posttofacebook living in the future via andrew ducker interesting old people culture )
Sex, friends and strangers: what to expect when you stop shaving
'he was normally too happy to have someone getting naked in his bed that he sincerely could not care less whether she had some hair on her body or not.'
(tags: sex posttofacebook image via andrew ducker interesting women hair culture )
How new UK spouse visa rules turned me into an Englishman in exile | Richard Fabb | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
(tags: love politics immigration UK interesting marriage fairness )
Still no evidence for St John Ambulance's life-saving claim | Full Fact
Knowing first aid is good. But making claims you can't back up is bad.
(tags: posttofacebook first aid advertising image via andrew ducker interesting health lies damn lies and statistics )

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Interesting Links for 03-07-2013

Creative Review - Long copy isn't back
'Apple has just released a series of long copy ads... Does this mark a return to the heyday of long copy advertising? Sadly, but definitely, not.'
(tags: Apple advertising graphics interesting typography design )

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Interesting Links for 22-04-2013

BBC News - European Court upholds UK political advert ban
'An attempt to allow US-style political advertising on British TV has failed after European judges ruled the UK's blanket ban did not breach free speech.'
(tags: thank fuck for that politics news advertising money UK westminster democracy )
Little Wars - a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers, written by H. G. Wells in 1913
Who knew H.G. Wells was a miniatures wargamer? Not I. Pity about the sub-title 'a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books.' Though at least it's acknowledging that girls might want to play it
(tags: history sexism geeky posttofacebook gaming amusing interesting )

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Interesting Links for 09-04-2013

Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette
'When a political leader dies, it is irresponsible in the extreme to demand that only praise be permitted but not criticisms.'
(tags: history politics posttofacebook image westminster UK conservatives interesting )
Wearable Video Cameras, for Police Officers - NYTimes.com
(tags: posttofacebook america police crime surveilance interesting sousveilance )
Alt Text: Magical Fruit Trees and the Sale of Digital Music — A Parable | Underwire | Wired.com
How much money does the anti-piracy efforts of the music industry make for *musicians* as opposed to the businessmen, lawyers, etc?
(tags: posttofacebook intellectual property via andrew ducker interesting piracy Internet )
Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
"When people don't see stuff on Google, they think no one can find it. That's not true."
(tags: posttofacebook living in the future technology fail via Ed Rolison surveilance security clever interesting Internet )
Budge: Facing up to Facebook scams
'A Facebook page is created, with an appeal for readers to like, comment or share …the people who started it, having quickly acquired tens of thousands of followers, sell the page. Now an advertiser has all those names and Facebook addresses'
(tags: posttofacebook people suck advertising via andrew ducker the internet. you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. we must be cautious. Internet scams )
The 17-Year-Old Yahoo Paid $30 Million Did Not Build His Startup's App (Or Invent Its Technology) - Business Insider
(tags: news money interesting media Internet )
Google accused of anti-competitive Android rules - Telegraph
(tags: mobile phones Android technology smartphones interesting Google Internet )

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Interesting Links for 06-03-2013

Billionaire Alki David Promises To Pay Tuition Fees In Return For Streaking Past Nick Clegg
(tags: student fees politics students posttofacebook amusing advertising weird wtf Lib Dem nudity )
Photos of abandoned school buildings, with scenes from when they were used mixed in over the top
(tags: photos beautiful ruins architecture interesting clever education )
Adult Cat Finder
'you're never more than one click away from chatting with a hot, local cat in your area!'
(tags: cats sex posttofacebook parody amusing internet )
Carrie Fisher Confirms She Will Be Back As Princess Leia In Star Wars Episode VII - CinemaBlend.com
(tags: film posttofacebook Star Wars awesome scifi interesting )

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Interesting Links for 01-03-2013

BBC News - Judicial review of TfL's decision to ban gay cure ad
(tags: religion homophobia posttofacebook Christianity news advertising lgbt )
Tories beaten by ‘perfect storm’ of Huhne, Rennard and nutjobs
'THE Tories admitted there was no way they could have won the Eastleigh by-election as their opponents were either mired in scandal or completely insane.'
(tags: amusing parody The Daily Mash politics by-elections voting Conservatives Lib Dem UKIP Westminster posttofacebook )
Former SNP council leader compares Scotland to 'slave' state - Telegraph
Also argued that 'North Sea oil and gas revenue flowing to the Treasury was akin to domestic abuse.'
(tags: wtf fail politics Scotland Scottish independence people saying stupid things posttofacebook )
Nationwide to leave benefit claimants homeless - Telegraph
'The Mortgage Works (TMW), which is part of Nationwide, will not offer new loans to landlords who accept housing benefit in a move which experts said could leave people unable to find anywhere to live.'
(tags: wtf fail money housing Nationwide poverty UK posttofacebook )
Tim Bale: Eastleigh By-Election: Worst of All Worlds for the Tories
'Rather than shooting Nigel Farage's fox, all Cameron has done is feed it.'
(tags: interesting news politics by-elections via Tom Miller UKIP culture UK Conservatives comment )
BBC News - Dice and digital - rehabilitating the board game geek
(tags: interesting a )

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Interesting Links for 25-02-2013

Raul Castro To Retire As Cuban President In 2018
'Raul Castro announces he will stand down in five years as he is joined by his elder brother, Fidel, in a rare public appearance.'
(tags: Cuba politics interesting socialism )
Tattoo shop uses their help-wanted ad as step one in the application process - 22 Words
'requires artists who hope to work there to prove themselves a bit before even getting the necessary information to apply…'
(tags: posttofacebook amusing tattoos art advertising clever interesting design )
Tim Loughton: Male MPs struggle to balance family and politics just like women, says ex-children's minister - Telegraph
'male MPs struggled to spend time with their families but were embarrassed to discuss the problem'
(tags: politics life children UK interesting culture Westminster )

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Interesting Links for 22-02-2013

George Galloway refuses to debate with Israeli student at Oxford | Politics | guardian.co.uk
Stay classy George. To refuse to recognise Israel is one thing but to refuse to debate with someone because of their nationality is quite another.
(tags: politics posttofacebook fail bigotry George Galloway Israel Respect party racism wtf )
8 New and Necessary Punctuation Marks - CollegeHumor Article
(tags: communication amusing typography punctuation )
Warren Ellis » Download Wristbands, or: How To Give Books Away At Parties
'There’s something to be said for learning from the awful, twisting spasms of the music industry.'
(tags: music books living in the future technology advertising clever interesting ebooks internet business )
BBC News - In pictures: Renegades - the heavy metal sub-culture of Botswana
'a case study of an underground minority rebelling against the status quo, redrawing the borders of both heavy metal and orthodox culture in Botswana.'
(tags: photos music posttofacebook heavy metal awesome alternative Africa alternative culture photography culture )
CSM8 Elections – EVE Online |Dev Blog
The EVE player council is switching to using STV for its elections
(tags: geeky art imitates life computers EVE online reform gaming awesome amusing elections electoral reform voting )

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Interesting Links for 27-03-2012

MPs try to overturn 'God can heal' ad ban | Total Politics
'they want the Advertising Standards Authority to produce "indisputable scientific evidence" to say that prayer does not work - otherwise they will raise the issue in Parliament.'
(tags: posttofacebook politics Westminster Christianity image advertising medicine if you can't prove my invisible sky friend doesn't exist that means I've proved he does exist belief religion wtf )
May be months to stop North Sea gas cloud - Total | Reuters
'A cloud of explosive natural gas boiling out of the North Sea from a leak at Total's abandoned Elgin platform forced wider evacuations off the Scottish coast'
(tags: news disaster Scotland UK North Sea natural gas energy oil )
BBC News - Google under fire in UK MPs report into privacy
'called on Google to introduce an algorithm to remove search links found to be in breach of privacy - or face legislation to force it to do so.'
(tags: posttofacebook law privacy interesting Google communications politics UK )
How GPs are set to make a killing out of NHS reform - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
'One in three who publicly supports change may have conflicts of interest'
(tags: corruption bias UK NHS healthcare news interesting )
O2 forced to expose 'porn downloaders' - Telegraph
'personal details handed to a pornographer who claims they unlawfully downloaded his films'
(tags: porn law piracy privacy )

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Interesting Links for 17-03-2012

Zombie Bettwäsche « Dressed Like Machines
Zombie attack bedsheets!
(tags: posttofacebook end of the world zombies geeky art amusing awesome )
Living without cash: How hard is it? - Slate Magazine
"It’s been 44 days—and counting—since I’ve touched a dollar bill."
(tags: culture comment Slate technology money interesting )
Ten horrifying display ad placements | Econsultancy
(tags: silly advertising amusing Awesome )

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Interesting Links for 18-02-2012

Weird Recruiter Email - hol.istic.net
A rather strange recruitment email a friend received.
(tags: posttofacebook wtf geeky technology via #maelfroth culture jamming amusing weird interesting )
Cannabis seized after pilot strays into Obama's airspace | World news | The Guardian
'It is an unwritten rule of drug running, but important nonetheless – if you're flying a small plane carrying a sizeable consignment of cannabis, don't stray into President Barack Obama's airspace.'
(tags: posttofacebook post Obama America law drugs crime awesome amusing )
BBC News - St James' Park graffiti: Michael Atkinson admits painting stadium
I love that he makes sure to mention that he *was* going to include the apostrophe.
(tags: protest commercialism image vandalism culture jamming interesting amusing )
Spotify: 1 million plays, £108 return - News - Music - The Independent
That's what Lady Gaga earned last year from fans listening to 'Poker Face'.
(tags: intellectual property music business money interesting )
The artist vandalising advertising with poetry - Features - Art - The Independent
Interesting words, lovely typography.
(tags: photos awesome image advertising culture jamming culture design typography interesting )
EA launching copies of Mass Effect 3 into Space, you can catch one
'using weather balloons, EA is launching copies of Mass Effect 3 into space, and gamers literally across the globe will have a chance a snagging one when they touch down on Earth.'
(tags: posttofacebook post wtf scifi computers computer games geeky amusing interesting )

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Interesting Links for 12-12-2011

Allowing acceptable ads in Adblock Plus
'Starting with Adblock Plus 2.0 you can allow some of the advertising that is considered not annoying. By doing this you support websites that rely on advertising but choose to do it in a non-intrusive way. And you give these websites an advantage over their competition which encourages other websites to use non-intrusive advertising as well.' Sounds good. I block individual ads using Opera's build in blocker, but tend to only do it if the ads are irritating me.
(tags: interesting money advertising internet technology computers via Andrew Ducker )
Motorola secures Europe-wide sales ban on iPhone, iPad | ZDNet
'A German court has imposed a preliminary injunction on Apple’s 3G-enabled iOS devices across Europe for infringing a Motorola-held patent.'
(tags: interesting technology Apple iDevices intellectual property patents law via Andrew Ducker )
Obvious Winner - OMG These Geeky Banana Sculptures are Bananas!
(tags: interesting amusing awesome pretty photos art via Andrew Ducker )
Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret demands of record labels — Tech News and Analysis
'For the first time, people are talking, and these previously secret demands are being made public. The specifics are even more onerous than the hot dog example cited above. Together they doom online audio companies to a life of subjugation to the labels, as you will learn below.'
(tags: interesting music intellectual property fail business via Andrew Ducker )
Cheerfully Demented - Problems with anti-Mormons and anti-Adulterers
Given the people that are mostly likely to say "I wouldn't vote for a Mormon" or "I wouldn't vote for an adulterer" are largely part of the Republican voter-base, both Romney and Gingrich may have serious problems if they get the Republican nomination.
(tags: interesting Republicans America politics )
Anti-Piracy Movie Ads Caught Using Pirated Music - Entertainment News - Pedestrian TV
'"You wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't steal a handbag…" in what must be the most delicious slice of irony served this year, it has just been discovered that that the music used to soundtrack this 50-second pain in the ass is actually stolen. '
(tags: interesting amusing piracy intellectual property fail people suck stupidity )