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Fighting shadows is a matter of timing

Very nicely done bit of swordplay and projection. Must have been impressive to see this live.

Interesting Links for 18-3-2011

• A new interview with Alan Moore, wherein he talks about Dodgem Logic and Halo Jones (amongst many other things)
  (tags: alanmoore)
• UK forces prepare after UN no-fly zone vote. I suspect it's far too late...
  (tags: libya un military)
• The 10 Worst Captchas
  (tags: funny usability web authentication captcha)
• Basset Hounds Running - The ears - they flap!
  (tags: dogs funny animals photos)
• Darren Aronofsky quits The Wolverine
  (tags: DarrenAronofsky wolverine movies)
• SaveIE6: Help us save the best browser around
  (tags: ie6 funny microsoft browser)
• World's first tidal power station to be built in Scotland (between Islay and Jura)
  (tags: scotland tidal power generation)
• In Praise of Blogging
  (tags: blogs blogging writing)
• The biggest threat to new nuclear power isn't disasters - it's new, cheap, sources of gas...
  (tags: gas energy nuclear electricity)
• Google has possibly placed all Android apps under GPLv2. Oops.
  (tags: opensource google android wtf)
• Ian Mckellen reports on the first rehearsals for The Hobbit. Dammit, I don't have the energy to stay excited for the next two years!
  (tags: thehobbit IanMcKellen)
• Lord of the Rings Extended Blu-ray Details, Possible Street Date. Looks like I'll be buying a Blu-ray player this year!
  (tags: bluray lotr)
• Twitter boss demonstrates why building your app on someone else's system is not a long term plan.
  (tags: twitter development business)
• A bit of history - how Generics got into C#. Surprised to discover how low priority they were...
  (tags: c# coding microsoft programming)
• Eliminating waste can be as simple as answering phones - a fantastic look at how to improve bureaucracy
  (tags: bureaucracy awesome)
• Visa turns on P2P cash transfers in the US
  (tags: money visa usa)

Birthday cakes are _so_ embarassing

From.

Dammit, _I_ want a Wibbly Lever.

Both parts of the Dr Who min-special that showed this evening over Red Nose Day.

and

Personally, I managed to completely fail to notice it was Red Nose Day until costumed people wandered around the office at midday-ish. And then forget again until just now when someone mentioned Dr Who on LJ...