Damn you, American Government!

I jut had to look something up _without Wikipedia_!

And, of course, since Wikipedia came along, people don't seem to be as interested in making their own sites about things that interest them, they just update Wikipedia instead!

This is going to be a looooong day.

Transparent Windows are pretty cool

Once this hits cheap there won't be a reason not to have every piece of glass in your house hooked up to the internet!

Damn BBC Scotland for being based in Glasgow

Newsnight Scotland is doing a special on Scottish Independence, and it's
possible to get tickets to the recording. However, it finishes at 11:30pm,
which is coincidentally the same time as the last train to Edinburgh.

Oh well, it's not like it would be life-changing. Just a shame.

Interesting Links for 18-01-2012

• Some nice visualisations of inequality
  (tags: economics money poverty )
• West Lothian Question commission members announced
  (tags: uk scotland politics )
• Facebook & Google to Permanently Launch IPv6 in June
  (tags: ipv6 internet )
• Boffins quarrel over ridding world of leap seconds
  (tags: time science earth technology )
• Dreamwidth antispam's Yearly Stats: 2011
  (tags: spam dreamwidth )
• There Are So Many Reasons Why You Should Watch Starship Troopers Right Now | Tor.com
  (tags: scifi StarshipTroopers movies JohnScalzi )
• Scientists evolve multicellular life from single celled life in under 60 days
  (tags: evolution biology science )
• The Tragedy of the Smurfs
  (tags: smurfs life tragedy determinism )
• Phages: The powerful new bio-ammo in superbug war
  Yes, I know the headline sounds like a soundbite from the Startship Troopers movie.
  (tags: biology bacteria infection healthcare disease technology )
• C# v5 will have a breaking change
  (tags: c# .net )