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I've totally failed to close this tab for a couple of days now. Which pretty-much means I have to share it:



(I have completely forgotten where it came from though.)

Interesting Links for 5-7-2011

• EU ready to cut absurd data roaming charges
  (tags: data mobile_phones europe)
• Amazon's App Store seems to be having some pretty severe problems
  (tags: amazon android_market app_store)
• A rather deflective, but entertaining, interview with Rupert Grint
  (tags: RupertGrint HarryPotter interview)
• News Corp may face test to make sure it is a "fit-and-proper" owner of Sky
  (tags: media sky RupertMurdoch television)
• Prenatal exposure to SSRIs may modestly increase risk of autism spectrum disorders
  (tags: psychology serotonin children autism)
• MIT develop glasses that can see the emotional state of the person you're looking at.
  (tags: autism emotion empathy psychology technology)
• Positive reframing, acceptance and humor are the most effective coping strategies (now with science!)
  (tags: emotion happiness psychology)
• What happens to relationships when your partner marches to a drum of a different tempo?
  (tags: time relationships speed)
• I would like this in my garden. Very much.
  (tags: awesome ADescriptiveTagWouldSpoilTheSurprise)
• Complex numbers made straightforward
  (tags: numbers mathematics)
• How To Be An Ally to Sex Workers
  (tags: prostitution sex business society advice)
• Research that up to 72% of dietary health claims in UK newspapers lack evidence is itself unreliable
  (tags: journalism research science badscience food diet)
• Happy Fucking Fourth Of July
  (tags: usa funny)
• A good explanation of the Dilnot proposal for reforming adult social care
  (tags: society healthcare uk)
• Opera by Billy Elliot writer cancelled over gay reference
  (tags: opera lgbt children school uk)
• Iceland considers prescription-only cigarettes
  (tags: cigarettes tobacco smoking iceland)

Audition tapes from Harry Potter

Jump to 8 minutes to see the first audition with the three of them together, referenced in the interview with Rupert Grint I linked to this morning. And at 7 minutes you can see Daniel Radcliffe trying on the famous glasses for the first time.

via eatsoylentgreen

Question of the day

Why would you sell books 1,2 and 4 of a series but not book 3 in the kindle store?

Do you WANT me to pirate stuff, is that it?!

(arriving in email via octopoid_horror)

Sharing

I've realised that I've been avoiding posting stuff on Facebook, because I have too many people I know in real life on there.

Which may seem odd - but since I've been added by workmates and family it's felt...odd sharing stuff that I might end up having awkward conversations about later (I don't mean anything terribly dodgy, just roleplaying geekery and the like).

This came to a head this evening when I realised that I felt happy posting to Google+ about this, because I knew who was seeing it, and who wasn't.

I know that I _can_ post to FB using friends filters, but it's not terribly user-friendly on their main site, and not available at all on their Android app or mobile site. Which makes it entirely useless to me.

I wonder if this is something they'll improve, in order to compete with Google. It'd be nice if they did.

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