Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-26-2009

[andrewducker]

• calibre
  ebook management and conversion.
  (tags: software opensource ebooks)
• Island nears energy independence
  Wind farms and water pumping FTW!
  (tags: energy renewables)
• The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
  The Harvard commencement speech given by JK Rowling. Worth reading for the bit on Amnesty International alone - but even better with the gay wizard joke...
  (tags: inspiration speech jkrowling)
• New Musical Instruments Battle for $10K in Prizes
  I think I must be a philistine. I waded through them looking for something that sounded interesting, and was massively disappointed at the unlistenableness. (At least of the first lot - I gave up after a while).
  (tags: music technology audio art)
• BBC NEWS | Magazine | The dark art of getting served at the bar
  Here's one subtle, calculated technique that can be highly effective, as Mr Eley, of The Publican, explains. "When the bartender is scanning the sea of eager faces at the bar and trying to work out who is next, point to the person next to you," he says. "They will get served and then usually you will be next, the bar staff having acknowledged your impeccable etiquette."
  (tags: alcohol advice drink culture pubs)
• An encounter with a homeless man
  Very, very nicely written.
  (tags: homelessness people)
• Meningitis cases at record low
  The incidence of Hib meningitis has fallen 99%, from around 800 cases annually to a record low of 12 cases last year in under-fives. Meningitis C cases have also fallen from around 700 annually to less than one a year since a jab came in in 1999. Huzzah for vaccination!
  (tags: health medicine UK nhs)

Comments

[broin.livejournal.com]

That example on how to be served in a bar is a clever one. But you'd think 'don't wave money, don't be sarcastic, don't tap coins' would be obvious.

Then again, I quite like being served ahead of gaming geeks at cons who do fuck that up. Tips help. =)