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Interesting Links for 28-04-2013
- HERE IS TODAY
Total Perspective Vortex a-go-go.
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Interesting Links for 16-04-2013
- IDS cites "personal observations" to defend junk statistic
The amount of two-generation worklessness is tiny, there's not backup for three generation.
- Two explosions at Boston marathon finish line - latimes.com
'About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.'
- Electoral Commission spends £55,000 on ice cream scoops and cats - The Commentator
And they copied Reform Cat!
- This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World | How to be an Anthropologist
Misattributation of events seems to be a rising issue on social media
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Interesting Links for 18-12-2012
- The Anarchist Soccer Mom: Thinking the Unthinkable
'In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness.' Description of life with a mentally ill child. Somewhat harrowing.
- BBC News - Instagram wants right to sell users' photos to advertisers
'updated its privacy policy giving it the right to sell users' photos to advertisers without notification. Unless users delete their Instagram accounts by a deadline of 16 January, they cannot opt out. The changes also mean Instagram can share information about its users with Facebook, its parent company, as well as other affiliates and advertisers.'
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Interesting Links for 12-10-2012
- BBC News - World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row
'Ms Lachowicz's liking for back-stabbing and poison in WoW raise questions about her "fitness for office", [Maine Republicans] claim.'
- 'Softball-Sized Eyeball' Washes Up In Florida; Can You I.D. It? : The Two-Way : NPR
- BBC News - New York's High Line: Why cities want parks in the sky
'Once an elevated freight railway track, New York's High Line is now an oasis for pedestrians.'
- BBC News - Looking back to the future of video games
'many developers have been looking backwards of late and spending their time resurrecting games that are five, 10 and 20 years old.'
- Terrifying French children's books - in pictures | Books | guardian.co.uk
They look awesome!
- Terrifying French children's books (with images) · jennycolgan · Storify
'But where is papa?' - more similar stuff
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Interesting Links for 30-08-2012
- 33 Perfectly Timed Photos | Bored Panda
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
- Barack Obama surprises internet with Ask Me Anything session on Reddit | Technology | guardian.co.uk
'For a little while Wednesday afternoon, the commander-in-chief commanded the internet's notoriously fickle attention'
- Coal Miners Forced To Attend Romney Event – Without Pay | Addicting Info
“Yes, we were in fact told that the Romney event was mandatory and would be without pay, that the hours spent there would need to be made up my non-salaried employees outside of regular working hours"
- Delving into the Taxpayers’ Alliance data on councillors’ basic allowances | Unlock Democracy
Cherry picking data for sensationalism, when there's not actually anything worth getting excited about..
- back of a spreadsheet; back of the net :: On the Petty Criminal of the Future
Rather wonderfully done narrative description of the effect of cheap GPS & suchlike on low level criminals.
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Interesting Links for 28-08-2012
- Amazon Customers Go Rogue, Hilariously Review the Bic's Idiotic Pen for Women
Pens! For Women! So they can write things! (It'll never catch on)
- ‘Pregnancy Begins 2 Weeks Before Conception’ Now The Law In Arizona | The New Civil Rights Movement
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Interesting Links for 25-08-2012
- Stunning ballpoint pen drawings by artist Samuel Silva - Digital Spy
Fairly photo-realistic art, apparently made with just a set of 8 standard Bic ballpoint pens.
- Donkeys turned into WiFi hotspots in Israel park - video - Odd News - Digital Spy
'to allow visitors internet access while they take a ride'
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Interesting Links for 09-08-2012
- How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
The way accounts are often chained together along with security policies designed more around letting stupid people access their stuff after losing their details than keeping out hackers means that wow, you can lose a lot, very quickly. Some or all of the security holes may have been fixed, going by the titles of the related stories at the bottom of the page on this.
- Amazon Quietly Closes Security Hole After Journalist's Devastating Hack | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Amazon changed its customer privacy policies on Monday, closing security gaps that were exploited in the identity hacking of Wired reporter Mat Honan on Friday.
- Apple Confirms It Has Suspended Over-the-Phone AppleID Password Resets | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
- How Not to Become Mat Honan: A Short Primer on Online Security | Threat Level | Wired.com
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Interesting Links for 04-03-2012
- Far-right supporters agree with armed attacks | World news | The Observer
Significant numbers of far-right supporters in the UK consider violence and "armed conflict" a legitimate form of political expression, experts will warn this week.
- Dementiaville: How an experimental new town is taking the elderly back to their happier and healthier pasts with astonishing results
(Daily Mail link; can't be arsed to find a version of the story from a nicer newspaper, and it seems light on their biases)
- 25 of the Most Creative Staircase Designs
Via SpuriousLogic's posting of the Floating Stairs, and TinEye.
Interesting Links for 23-02-2012
- Van filled with history re-enactor’s swords, spears and artefacts stolen from outside Northampton home - Crime - Northampton Chronicle & Echo
- BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep
'A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.
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Interesting Links for 20-01-2012
- Met spent £35,000 to find out time - The Independent
'110,000 calls to the speaking clock over the last 2 years'
- Sorry day for Murdoch as High Court hears hacking apology - The Independent
'lawyer says more victims emerge every day '
- Man threatens students at debate on sharia law - The Independent
'told they would be "hunted down and killed"'
- Insane Entitlement: EMI Sues Irish Gov't For Not Passing SOPA-Like Censorship Law | Techdirt
- Muslim College Student Reports Sexual Harassment, Gets Reported To FBI For Terrorism And Expelled | ThinkProgress
- "What if..." Movies reimagined for another time & place on the Behance Network
- Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com
- Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
- 1st Science Fiction Movie Filmed in Space Stays Underground | Space.com
NASA won't let him release it publicly, alas.
- Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn't Free | Motherboard
EMI owns the rights, it turns out.
- Unexpurgated atheist FAQ
'Although these are my personal answers, I am confident that I speak for all atheists…' (Potentially offensive, but also pretty funny)
- Anonymous Shuts Down The MPAA, RIAA And Other Websites - CinemaBlend.com
- Sex is cheap: Why young men have the upper hand in bed, even when they're failing in life. - Slate Magazine
- GOOD RIDDANCE - Slate Magazine
'The long-overdue movement to abandon Caps Lock.'
- The New Muslim suffragettes of the United Kingdom
An increasing number of Muslim women activists are receiving death threats, fatwas and even hate-mail from extremist male and female Muslims. Their crime: Rescuing fellow Muslim women from violent and life threatening situations.
- BBC News - Leveson Inquiry evidence can be anonymous, judges rule
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Interesting Links for 13-01-2012
- LORD NORTON - STIRRING UP APATHY?
Apparently there's no interest in Lords reform. Despite over 4k people responding through one organisation alone on that subject
- Museum volunteer told to work unpaid at Poundland | Third Sector
- Dead Teen Sued for Losing Control of Flying Body Parts | The Stir
'an appeals court in Illinois recently ruled that a woman is allowed to sue a dead teen's estate for injuries caused by his flying body parts.' The argument for it is in the private healthcare situation of the USA, it becomes much more necessary to sue when your injuries are caused by another person.
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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.
- 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?
- 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.
- What Video Games Can Learn from Board Games
'right now board games invite, whereas video games only permit.'
- 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.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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!!!
- ‘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,’
- 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.
- BBC News — Q&A;: Assisted suicide
'A group of experts have called for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide.'
- Brits' Unpaid Overtime 'Worth A Million Jobs'
'Workers gave bosses nearly two billion hours of unpaid overtime last year'
- Can we run PC Pro on tablets? Live blog
Is it viable to write articles, answer email & update magazine's blog via tablets?
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Interesting Links for 04-01-2012
- Wikipedia co-founder threatens blackout over anti-piracy law - Telegraph
'a “public uprising” was required to halt the progress of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) through Congress.' (half a month old story)
- SOPA opponents may go nuclear and other 2012 predictions | Privacy Inc. - CNET News
'…these companies have yet to roll out the heavy artillery.'
- Parents 'should correct toddlers' pronunciation'
'…though toddlers can easily detect how words are pronounced by others…they do not react to hearing their own voice in the same way adults do.' I note that the article says 'until the age of four they are unable to hear that they have got it wrong, a study claims.', whereas my reading of what the study claims is that at the age of two they are unable to hear that, whereas at the age of four, and also once an adult they can — that doesn't mean its at four that they get that ability, just that it's between two and four.
- Notorious Nigerian witch-hunter to preach in the US
'…one of the leading figures in the persecution of alleged "witches" in West Africa, is to preach in the United States in March.'
- An Express Year
The last years express headlines, grouped for your amusement.
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Interesting Links for 13-12-2011
- ESP proponents claim that ESP skeptics are psychic, and use their powers to suppress ESP - Boing Boing
- Belgium attack: grenades thrown at bus-stop in Liège - live updates | News | guardian.co.uk
At least one person has been killed and about a dozen others injured after a series of explosions in the Belgian city of Liège, according to media reports.
- Why Norway is not a democracy according to Fox News - YouTube
"… I understand many of your police officers don't even carry guns, I don't know that that neccessarily speaks that it's a democracy…"
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Interesting Links for 25-11-2011
- Seven Arrested For Ohio Amish Beard Attacks
Mullets attacking beards. Whatever next…
- LINX Public Affairs » Scarlet wins in European Court
'Scarlet Extended SA has won its protected legal battle in the European Court, against a Belgian Court ruling forcing it to impose network level content filtering to prevent copyright infringement on peer-to-peer networks.'
- Softly, Softly: Beijing Turns Other Cheek — For Now | Via Meadia
'The cascade of statements, deployments, agreements and announcements from the United States and its regional associates in the last week has to be one of the most unpleasant shocks for China’s leadership — ever.'
- BBC Nature - 'Brinicle' ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic
'A bizarre underwater "icicle of death" has been filmed by a BBC crew.;
- BBC News - Viewpoint: Just what is middle age?
People love to talk about the perils of middle age and mid-life crises. But what really happens in our middle years, asks David Bainbridge.
- This $10 Tip Is Not The Best Way To Show Your Gratitude To Your Server - The Consumerist
'For a waiter who depends on tips to earn more than minimum wage, a $10 tip can be a welcome sight. But not in this instance.'
- Foreclosure Mill That Mocked Homeless For Halloween Is Shutting Down, Blames NY Times - The Consumerist
'Remember that foreclosure mill law firm in NY state that got caught mocking the homeless during Halloween? They subsequently apologized, but that couldn't keep the firm afloat, and last week it was announced that the company was closing.' Good riddance.
- Neighbors Are Mad At Guy Who Got $300K House For $16 - The Consumerist
'…a man [is trying to use] the law to his advantage and snags a $300,000 house in Texas for a mere $16. Now his high-falutin' neighbors are all cranky that he might get away with such a steal.
- SBS Dateline | China's Ghost Cities
'All the shops in this mall are empty, not that that worries the government, because they're simply more concerned with maintaining economic growth and one way of achieving that is building cities like this one. The big question, though, is how much longer all these shops and properties can remain vacant?'
- Man charged with attempting to assassinate President Obama | World news | guardian.co.uk
'Prosecutors charge 21-year-old White House shooting suspect Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez with attempted assassination'
- George Clooney and Cristiano Ronaldo star in Berlusconi trial witness list | World news | The Guardian
'It could be the cast for a remake of one of those 60s classical epics: George Clooney as one of the stars, together with a former belly dancer and 32 assorted starlets, dancers and showgirls.'
- Groups rally against Nominet take-down push | Regulation | ZDNet UK
'The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has joined the Open Rights Group and London Internet Exchange (Linx) in resisting a proposal by Nominet to take down websites involved in illegal activities without the need for a court order.'
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Interesting Links for 23-11-2011
- Iterating Towards Bethlehem - No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Reloaded)
How does the Portia spider consider huge and complex problems of hunting down its various prey? Very slowly. Yet far more completely than a far larger-brained animal would. (one picture of a spider there)
- BBC News - London 2012: Britain sets Olympic record for UN truce call
Britain has set an early Olympic record by getting all 193 UN member states to sponsor the traditional call for a truce during the London 2012 Games.
- BBC News - Analysis: Can there be party funding consensus?
It seems the answer is 'yes'. Alas the consensus is on 'Is there a bit of the proposed reforms that we don't like?'. Different bits for different parties, but they all hate *something* in it.
- B.C court to rule whether polygamy is constitutional | CTV News
'The husbands and wives in the isolated polygamous commune of Bountiful, B.C., are about to learn whether the 121-year-old law that has overshadowed their lives violates their religious freedoms.' One wonders why they don't prosecute them for marrying 12 year old rather than for polygamy. Strange reference at the end that unmarried people in poly relationships might also be covered by the law.
- 5 Old-Timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie | Cracked.com
'…certain weird movie stereotypes refuse to die, but there are larger, sadder trends that seem like they'll never go away.'
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Interesting Links for 20-11-2011
- BBC News - Neutrino experiment repeat at Cern finds same result
'The team which found that neutrinos may travel faster than light has carried out an improved version of their experiment - and confirmed the result.'
- Piracy bill could waylay FLOSS projects | ITworld
'…Now, keep in mind, that all of these wheels will be set in motion by private corporations, and there would be no requirement for proving anything. A copyright holder need only accuse a website of infringement, and the search engine, advertisement, and payment system would be cut off in five days. The DNS filtering would still need the involvement of the Department of Justice to get that court order, but again, there would be no need to prove anything to obtain such an order from a judge.'
- National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
Utterly awesome photos.