Delicious LiveJournal Links for 10-18-2010

[andrewducker]

• Government confirms £230m broadband investment
  (tags: uk broadband government)
• IPv4 Space Shrinks To 5% – Final Addresses To Be Issued In Early 2011
  (tags: ipv6 tcp internet technology)
• Things I Am Lucky Enough To Not Have to Think About Today
  (tags: privilege society)
• Government scraps Severn barrage tidal energy scheme, proposes 8 sites for nuclear power stations
  (tags: power electricity renewables uk nuclear)
• A guide to designing your moral system, depending on the kind of universe you live in.
  (tags: morality funny philosophy religion)
• Hospital robots cut hospital pharmacy bill
  (tags: scotland robots healthcare)
• Shoes are bad for you.
  (tags: health walking science clothing fitness barefoot feet shoes)
• Guardian sends star-struck reporter to interview Jon Hamm about Don Draper. She drools on him. A lot.
  (tags: madmen interview guardian acting)

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Shame they've scrapped the Severn scheme. But I suppose the initial costings were just way too high.

Seemed like the sort of grand social project that could have been good for the country, in a Hoover Dam sort of way though.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

Government scraps Severn barrage tidal energy scheme, proposes 8 sites for nuclear power stations

Yay, why piss off only half the country's environmentalists when you can piss them all off?

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty happy with my Soft Star shoes-- custom moccasins, available online, for $87 dollars if your feet aren't extremely unusual. They have 2mm vibram soles and no internal structure, and I don't have to waste valuable mental cycles fitting my toes into little pockets.

[neferet.livejournal.com]

ahha, thanks, I had been looking for that article to point Dragal at it...

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Very few of the various "barefoot" type shoes are actually suitable for extended urban use unless you're aware of what you're putting your feet on all the time. The soles of most are not as resistant to things like glass and random spiky bits of metal/stone as your current shoes are. So if you're often, say, walking around with your eyes on a phone or book, I'd suggest the ones with the sturdiest soles if you want them for outdoor use.

It makes me a little sad how the writer has bought into snake oil and electric brain liniment patent remedies when they say "North Americans have the most advanced shoes in the world." The bit in adverts where they talk about the science of your shoes, that shave gel, that razor, that shampoo? That's the bit where the huckster throws the sheet off the table and explains that his remedy has been endorsed by the kings of queens of europe and cures even scrofula and women's complaints.