Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-10-2010

[andrewducker]

• Xbox outsells Wii, PS3 for third month in a row
  (tags: gaming technology microsoft sony nintendo)
• Wind delivered about 10% of UK power on Monday
  (tags: wind power renewables uk)
• Cinema chain bans laptops, tablets - looking into banning mobile phones
  (tags: cinema mobile_phones EpicFail)
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is ruled unconstitutional
  (tags: lgbt military usa)
• Chilean Miner on Twitter - very, very funny
  (tags: funny news chile)
• Is the Scottish Government actually allowed to hold a referendum on independence? Probably not.
  (tags: scotland politics uk law)
• Google is censoring their Instant search results
  (tags: google sex censorship lgbt)
• MSP allowances and expenses hit record high. Still less than £10k each though.
  (tags: scotland politics)
• I procrastinate because I care
  (tags: procrastination work)
• Apple allow you to use any language/tool you like to write code for iOS. Huzzah for a sudden outbreak of common sense!
  (tags: apple EpicWin development)
• An astounding article on how Greece utterly destroyed its economy. Just flabbergasting.
  (tags: greece economics politics finance business)
• The Latin in Murray Gold’s ‘Vale Decem’
  (tags: drwho music latin)

Comments

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

Yay wind power!

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

Having struggled with the problems of procrastination ever since I learned the meaning of that word -- more than seventy years, and counting -- I'm still uncertain whether "because I care" is a major reason, or just a plausible excuse. What has become clear is that "I won't start this until there's enough time to do it _right_ (i.e., perfectly)" doesn't produce acceptable results, and that "Make it good enough for now, as a stop-gap" is the only approach that even begins to work, for me.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

So actually, MSPs' staff salaries have gone up, and MSPs' personal expenses haven't actually changed at all? Nice reporting on that for the headline-only readers...

[andrewducker]

Not only that, but the staff salaries went up bwecause it was recommended that they should!