Interesting Links for 10-11-2011

• It's actually pretty safe to pay by waving your card at things.
  (tags: payment nfc money ecash )



• Couple driven to suicide by appalling benefits system.
  (tags: benefits disability welfare uk EpicFail )



• The Constitution of the Mexican Mafia (with attached academic paper)
  (tags: mexico mafia crime sociology )



• Recursive hair. It's what the internet was invented for.
  (tags: hair moustache awesome )



• Computer trained to evaluate breast cancer - does it significantly better than humans.
  (tags: cancer computers ai )



• A Low-Salt Diet is probably not good for you.
  (tags: salt diet health )



• Why I've left 38Degrees
  (tags: 38degrees politics uk )



• Malaria: The beginning of the end?
  (tags: Malaria health disease )

Laptops and tablets and browsers, oh my!

I really like the look of the new EEE
Transformer which gives you a tablet form factor, a laptop form
factor, and 12-18 hours of battery, depending on whether the keyboard is
plugged in.

I realised recently that the laptop isn't used for anything terribly
complex - I read email on it, surf the web, watch videos in bed and that's
about it. And a tablet would happily do all of that.

The only thing holding me back is that the laptop runs Firefox, and I like
the customisation that that offers. I've tried Chrome, but the lack of
options for even basic things* frustrates me too much.

Anyone played around much with different browsers on Firefox?

*I want URLs to open in a new tab, not overwrite the one I happen to be
looking at. Is that too much to ask?

This is pretty much how I feel about football

(and also watching any other team game. _Playing_ games is fun, of course.)

via nancylebov