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Interesting Links for 13-07-2016
Jul. 13th, 2016 01:00 pm- Why Is America Dotted with Giant, Concrete Arrows?
Because you mail yourself at night
Interesting Links for 23-03-2016
Mar. 23rd, 2016 12:00 pm- Why Are There Buttons On Tube Train Doors?
A curiosity answered
Interesting Links for 18-09-2015
Sep. 18th, 2015 01:00 pm- Magic clock locates your friends
A digital version of the Harry potter clock. Perhaps a bit too much effort to actually make, but the general idea seems useful.
Interesting Links for 19-06-2015
Jun. 19th, 2015 01:00 pm- Roman "Swiss army knife"
Looks like my leatherman is now IC usable at Odyssey!
Interesting Links for 22-04-2015
Apr. 22nd, 2015 01:00 pm- We put a chip in it!
'It was just a dumb thing. Then we put a chip in it. Now it's a smart thing.' Smart socks! Smart luggage! Smart baby's dummy!
Interesting Links for 15-10-2014
Oct. 15th, 2014 01:00 pm- Scientists Might Have Accidentally Solved The Hardest Part Of Building Space Elevators - Yahoo Finance
'science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke predicted that a space elevator would be built ten years after everybody stopped laughing. By the time he died, in 2008, everybody had.'
Interesting Links for 03-09-2014
Sep. 5th, 2014 06:00 pm- Teenagers hack ATM by bothering to read the instructions
Google instructions. See if they've changed the default passcode. Don't steal money, just set the welcome screen to say it's been hacked, and tell the bank. Realise you're late for your next school lesson…
- A PSA About Nude Photos
'*Tasers you* *steals your shoes* SHOULDN’T WEAR SHOES BRO' Well put. It's theft. But because its of women, and because there's a sexual/titillation element, the victim blaming suddenly appears.
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Interesting Links for 14-08-2014
Sep. 4th, 2014 10:00 pm- Internet hiccups today? You're not alone. Here's why | ZDNet
'Summary: It's not just you. Many Internet providers have been having trouble as they run into long expected (but not adequately prepared for) routing table problems.'
Interesting Links for 31-07-2014
Sep. 4th, 2014 08:00 am- Windows 95 Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks
Useful and informative!
- 17 Things Overheard In Glasgow
I don't wish to slander a city, but these are pretty fucking funny…
Interesting Links for 19-07-2014
Sep. 3rd, 2014 08:00 pm- How Google’s New Font Tries to Anticipate the Future | Design | WIRED
Design needing to be used across many different devices.
Interesting Links for 14-07-2014
Sep. 3rd, 2014 03:00 pm- Careless USB removal causes multiple deaths
Only you can prevent merciless hunter-killer drones
Interesting Links for 11-07-2014
Sep. 3rd, 2014 12:00 pm- This Bike Elevator Makes Steep Hills a Little More Manageable - CityLab
- Trigger Warning: Breakfast — The Nib — Medium
Discusses rape. And the narratives our culture pushes us towards.
Interesting Links for 10-07-2014
Sep. 3rd, 2014 11:00 am- "A Canadian bestseller"
Somewhat NSFW image (nipple-less woman+bear). Many questions raised about our friends across the pond.
- Leave it to Australians to resurrect gladiator duels with carbon-fiber suits
'Every time a fighter is dealt a blow, his or her health bar will drop by an amount commensurate to the severity and location of the hit. So in other words, when the first UWM fights kick off in 2015, they’ll probably look a lot like Mortal Kombat, but in real life.'
Interesting Links for 01-07-2014
Sep. 3rd, 2014 02:00 am- Eh. Smoking was part of Constantine, not all of him.
His live-fast nature can be conveyed in other ways too.
- BBC News - Authors dress up as their favourite characters
Looks like an awesome exhibition for any Oxford types to go and have a look at
- How a password changed my life.
Interesting idea. If I had regular required password changes, I might give it a go
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Interesting Links for 19-06-2014
Sep. 2nd, 2014 02:00 pm- Government bans all existing and future Academies and Free Schools from teaching creationism as science » British Humanist Association
I'd call that good news.
- Facebook down today, not working say users | Product Reviews Net
Probably will be back up before anyone reads this…
- Zuckerberg dies turning Facebook back on
'Internet user Tom Logan said: “That’s cool but I was momentarily inconvenienced so fuck him and Facebook, I’m 100 per cent Twitter now.”'
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Interesting Links for 13-06-2014
Sep. 2nd, 2014 07:00 am- All Our Patent Are Belong To You | Blog | Tesla Motors
'Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.'
- Sales of toilet paper plummet after delivery of free copy of The Sun
"…do you know what’s better than wiping your arse on a copy of The Sun?Wiping your arse on a copy of the The Sun that Rupert Murdoch had to pay to give to you.”
