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Interesting Links for 06-05-2016
May. 6th, 2016 01:00 pm- Flight of the Navigator star charged with bank robbery - BBC News
Anyone else remember this film?
Interesting Links for 26-06-2015
Jun. 26th, 2015 01:00 pm- If Lord of the Rings was a Series of LARP Events
[Legolas fires an arrow.] Legolas: “Strike down!” [Arrow bounces off monster, who ignores it.] Legolas, noble elf, full of the grace and light of his people: “Fuck.”
- Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies
:(
- The Mad Max Furiosa comic, created entirely by men, is terrible about women
Le sigh. And after the film handled it so well.
Interesting Links for 16-01-2014
Jan. 16th, 2014 12:00 pm- Kristen Stewart joins a "romantic" remake of 1984 because life is pain
- Amazon Warehouse Workers to Vote Today on Labor Union Representation | Re/code
- Britain could miss out on crazy, pointless war with China, says important American
“Your military will be dropping food from its only helicopter while the US Marines are surging towards Shanghai for reasons that will never be fully explained."
Interesting Links for 25-10-2013
Oct. 25th, 2013 05:00 pm- "Something Terrible Has Happened Here": The Crazy Story Of How "Clue" Went From Forgotten Flop To Cult Triumph
'That a high-concept, fast-talking farce based on a board game was a box office bomb in 1985 is no huge mystery. But figuring out how it became an enduring favorite is a Hollywood whodunit for the ages. (The prime suspect: you, in the living room, with the remote control.)'
Interesting Links for 07-03-2013
Mar. 7th, 2013 04:00 pm- Facebook's 'New Look' May Include Multiple News Feeds
'we could see multiple news feeds based on categories, such as Instagram photos and music your friends are listening to and artist updates.'
- AFP: N. Korea threatens 'pre-emptive' nuclear strike on US
- Lib Dems want new rules to sack Nick Clegg - Telegraph
'A party conference this week will week vote on new rules that would allow grassroots members to force a leadership contest.'
- Is This The Greatest Cover For "Fahrenheit 451" You've Ever Seen
The '1' is a match, the spine is a striking paper. Awesome
- Detailed Floor Plan Drawings of Popular TV and Film Homes - My Modern Metropolis
My main reaction to this is 'Wow, Americans have really big houses'
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Interesting Links for 06-03-2013
Mar. 6th, 2013 04:00 pm- Billionaire Alki David Promises To Pay Tuition Fees In Return For Streaking Past Nick Clegg
- Photos of abandoned school buildings, with scenes from when they were used mixed in over the top
- Adult Cat Finder
'you're never more than one click away from chatting with a hot, local cat in your area!'
- Carrie Fisher Confirms She Will Be Back As Princess Leia In Star Wars Episode VII - CinemaBlend.com
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Interesting Links for 03-11-2012
Nov. 3rd, 2012 04:00 pm- Quaequam Blog! » The Disney Star Wars films could at last bring a balance to the force
I'm not sure I quite so agree with the focus on Anakin's involvement in episodes 7-9; I'm fine with him just being the force that sets things in motion. But beyond that, I think this makes some good points about the potential for new Star Wars movies.
Interesting Links for 12-09-2012
Sep. 12th, 2012 05:00 pm- “Deckard is not a bloody replicant!” Blade Runner 1982 – a defence – Best For Film
'Mitch Benn heroically decided to set the record straight and, over the course of the longest article we have ever published, now presents his defence of the much-maligned 1982 cut of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Blade Runner'
- Cameron Apologises To Hillsborough Families
'An orchestrated police campaign to wrongly blame Liverpool fans for the Hillsborough disaster is laid bare in an official report.'
- 100 Things You Didn't Know About Lord of the Rings | Empire | www.empireonline.com
My favourite? 'The Black Gate is shown as two gates because of a typo in the script given to the art department.'
- Injured bald eagle gets new 3-D printed beak | Grist
'designed a nylon polymer beak that would perfectly replace Beauty’s lost upper mandible.'
- Unofficial Transcripts: mySociety is seeking councillors, council officers, local activists and hyperlocal bloggers interested in Hansards at the local level
An attempt to get council meetings transcripted in a similar way to how parliament is.
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Interesting Links for 11-07-2012
Jul. 11th, 2012 05:00 pm- 5 Great Movie Scenes Made Possible by Reckless Endangerment | Cracked.com
Next time you watch Inglourious Basterds; the giant swastika that crashes to the floor in the floor in the fire at the end? That was held up on thick steel cables that were meant to keep it up, but which instead melted in the heat of the barely under control blaze that happened when they filmed that scene.
Interesting Links for 25-02-2012
Feb. 25th, 2012 04:00 pm- This is Why I Oppose the MPAA : SOPA
A powerful story of what the big companies do to the little people to get their way.
- Happy News - Real News. Compelling Stories. Always Positive.
News that makes you smile.
- How Bots Seized Control of My Pricing Strategy
'with “Turing Test” we have a delightful futuristic absurdity: a computer program, pretending to be human, hawking a book about computers pretending to be human, while other computer programs pretend to have used copies of it.'
- A good description of the problem with the TV/film industry, compared to the ease of piracy
- Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End - NYTimes.com
'able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time.'
- Doctor who criticised NHS reforms is threatened with disciplinary action | Society | The Guardian
He was told "You are bound by the NHS code of conduct and as such it is inappropriate for individuals to raise their personal concerns about the proposed government reforms."
- This is the worst reproductive strategy in the animal kingdom
'Between navigational problems, botanical problems, and the occasions when horny male parrots try to have sex with animals that can kill them, this is the most hopelessly inefficient reproducer on Earth.'
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Interesting Links for 23-11-2011
Nov. 23rd, 2011 04:00 pm- 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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