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Interesting Links for 08-09-2014
- Nasa astronauts give the ultimate geography lesson from the International Space Station
- Facebook has a hidden "missed stories" url, for showing you the things it hid from you.
- Automated lockers and self-service kiosks rule as Post Office hits digital age
- Q&A: Carmack reveals the challenges of mobile VR game development
- Solarpunk: Notes toward a manifesto
- Bill Murray shows up at Toronto 'Ghostbusters' screening, answers fan questions
- Malawi app teaches UK pupils 18 months of maths in six weeks
I've been saying this for decades - most education is _awfully_ done. Learning at your own speed until you completely understand concepts is clearly better.
- Duellist, opera singer, stealer of dead nuns. Julie d'Aubigny had an exciting life.
- I just bumped into this gravity simulator again. Wheeeee, orbits!
- Scotland having some sort of referendum, apparently
- De La Rue seals deal to print plastic UK banknotes
- A four-year-old reviews one of the best restaurants in the world
- Edinburgh trams: 100 days, 1.5million passengers
- Can Scotland vote No and get something better?