Entries tagged with christmas

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Interesting Links for 19-12-2014

Pub offers free Christmas dinner to homeless people
(tags: Christmas poverty food homelessness charity humanity;-actually-able-to-do-some-awesome-stuff-after-all London )
Art Held Hostage: Why Sony Not Releasing “The Interview” Is Scary
'The Interview is a story about members of the media assassinating a North Korean leader. But the opposite happened: because of The Interview, North Korea assassinated our media.'
(tags: cinema terrorism censorship comment North-Korea Sony )

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Interesting Links for 25-11-2013

The cutesification of everything makes me want to strangle an elf
'how many sleeps until Christmas? I should warn you that if you answered with a number – any number at all – then you're dead to me'
(tags: amusing culture Christmas children image comment comment is free )
One Woman's Dangerous War Against the Most Hated Man on the Internet
Fighting the Revenge Porn sites.
(tags: technology women gender law crime hacking people suck )
The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath | Surprising Science
Now I want a scan...
(tags: interesting braaaaaains psychology mental health culture via Andrew Ducker )
Breeds of metal brethren - Imgur
Amusing. But how about the breeds of metal sistren? Or drawings of both for each category?
(tags: amusing awesome heavy metal music alternative culture sexism )
DC Noir | henriksahlstrom
Batman & some of his villians, with added Noir.
(tags: awesome art comics image noir )

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Interesting Links for 10-12-2012

Valve's Gabe Newell confirms the Steam Box project | bit-gamer.net
All that remains to be discussed: a release date and a price.
(tags: technology computers computer games gaming Steam Valve posttofacebook interesting )
All you need is love | The Atlantic
How to stop people dying for their country? Make them want to live for something.
(tags: posttofacebook awesome war on terror culture interesting via Andrew Ducker terrorism relationships )
back of a spreadsheet; back of the net - On Lighting A Christmas Pudding
An informative guide! I don't like Christmas puddings, but I did like this guide to lighting 'em.
(tags: amusing awesome Christmas food alcohol posttofacebook )

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Interesting Links for 05-01-2012

How the Candidates Roll - Graphic - NYTimes.com
The modes of travel and the entourages of the Republican potential nominees vary widely.
(tags: 2012 Presidential elections image culture transport politics America Republicans interesting )
BBC News - Loch Ness is giant 'spirit level'
Does that mean if we bash it on the ground a few times it'll work better?
(tags: via Andrew Ducker water science UK Scotland twitter interesting )
Management Myth #1: The Myth of 100% Utilization | Project Management
There was a time when it was important to get 100% utilisation of a company's computers, because they were so expensive. But now? That doesn't really work. And it doesn't work with people either.
(tags: programming computers management culture technology interesting )
What Video Games Can Learn from Board Games
'right now board games invite, whereas video games only permit.'
(tags: computers computer games RPG gaming geeky interesting )
Space Exploration History: The Space Shuttle and the Horse's Rear End
The width of the booster rockets for the space shuttle is partially determined by the width of the arse of a Roman chariot horse.
(tags: posttofacebook dude... awesome space history design technology SCIENCE!!! science amusing interesting )
Babes of the BNP | VICE
The stupid, it burns. Particularly "I wouldn't mind them if they actually worked and didn't take all of our jobs" That's an impressive self-contradiction to fit into a single sentence. Some of the pictures may be mildly NSFW.
(tags: semi-nsfw sem posttofacebook interview stupidity women politics BNP discrimination racism wtf )
Lord, spare us this wave of nerdy new scientists | This is Cornwall
Anti-elitism is making its way to the UK. Who needs all those physicists? Certainly not anyone who appreciates how MRI machines allow the easy detection or diagnosis of many sorts of health problem…
(tags: I do not agree with the page linked to braaaaaains culture anti-elitism people suck wtf )
From the Mailbag | Regretsy
Buyer disputes authenticity of the $2500 violin he's just bought? Paypal says to get a refund he must DESTROY THE VIOLIN!!!
(tags: posttofacebook money fail interesting internet music destruction dude... wtf )
‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid - Hayibo | Hayibo
After 28 years of silently tolerating it, a group of unemployed local musicians have joined forces to release a Christmas single, entitled ‘Yes we do,’
(tags: parody charity Africa Christmas amusing )
This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids | Colossal
A room done entirely in white. Many, many coloured stickers. Lots of children. The result? Something quite beautiful.
(tags: posttofacebook photos art colour image children via Andrew Ducker awesome interesting )
BBC News — Q&A;: Assisted suicide
'A group of experts have called for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide.'
(tags: medicine health death life law politics news interesting )
Brits' Unpaid Overtime 'Worth A Million Jobs'
'Workers gave bosses nearly two billion hours of unpaid overtime last year'
(tags: posttofacebook law UK culture employment work interesting )
Can we run PC Pro on tablets? Live blog
Is it viable to write articles, answer email & update magazine's blog via tablets?
(tags: computers geeky tablets technology clever interesting )

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Interesting Links for 09-12-2011

BBC News - Who, What, Why: How do you reassemble shredded documents?
Governments and businesses have long used shredders to destroy sensitive documents. How easy is it to reassemble the pieces?
(tags: security information software technology interesting )
London Dungeon Skeleton Turns Out To Be Genuine | Londonist
'Another week, another skeleton unearthed in London, this time not from the closet of a cabinet politician. A body in the London Dungeon has turned out to be real!'
(tags: interesting amusing death London )
BBC News - Hillary Clinton declares 'gay rights are human rights'
'The US has publicly declared it will fight discrimination against gays and lesbians abroad by using foreign aid and diplomacy to encourage reform.'
(tags: lgbt human rights fairness discrimination America international affairs )
BBC News - In pictures: Manchester after an apocalypse
(tags: interesting awesome pretty art )
Damn You Auto Correct! » The 25 Funniest Autocorrects Of DYAC’s First Year
(tags: amusing technology )
The arms company, the oligarch and the ex-PM's sister-in-law: lobby firm's Wikipedia hit list - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
'Bell Pottinger targeted the Wikipedia entry of Gordon Brown's sister-in-law, the environmental campaigner Clare Rewcas'tle Brown, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal
(tags: interesting image politics wikipedia lies lobbying UK )
BBC News - Make 'council bureaucrats' wear bowler hats says MP
'Council officials should be forced to wear bowler hats if proposals allowing them to clamp down on minor offences are approved, a Conservative MP says.'
(tags: interesting amusing politics law image )
BBC News - Wikipedia investigates PR firm Bell Pottinger's edits
'Wikipedia has suspended at least 10 accounts linked to the public relations firm Bell Pottinger as it investigates allegations of content manipulation.'
(tags: wikipedia lobbying image internet lies )
One Direction fans boo George Osborne over Christmas lights mix-up - Showbiz News - Digital Spy
'Rumours that the 'Gotta Be You' group were to make an appearance at the event in Knutsford circulated earlier this week, sparking an outraged reaction from the 3,000-strong crowd when their local MP turned up to flick the switch.'
(tags: amusing music Christmas image politics )
BBC News - Danny Alexander in 'ginger rodent' Christmas card
'Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, who was branded a ginger rodent by a Labour rival, has poked fun at the insult in his Christmas card.'
(tags: amusing Christmas politics Lib Dem the coalition )
BBC News - Oxford Circus Tube station evacuated by London police
A group of more than 200 DR Congo demonstrators have caused an emergency evacuation of Oxford Circus Tube station in central London, British Transport Police (BTP) has said.
(tags: London Africa politics protest the Underground TFL transport )