Interesting Links for 18-3-2011

[andrewducker]

• A new interview with Alan Moore, wherein he talks about Dodgem Logic and Halo Jones (amongst many other things)
  (tags: alanmoore)
• UK forces prepare after UN no-fly zone vote. I suspect it's far too late...
  (tags: libya un military)
• The 10 Worst Captchas
  (tags: funny usability web authentication captcha)
• Basset Hounds Running - The ears - they flap!
  (tags: dogs funny animals photos)
• Darren Aronofsky quits The Wolverine
  (tags: DarrenAronofsky wolverine movies)
• SaveIE6: Help us save the best browser around
  (tags: ie6 funny microsoft browser)
• World's first tidal power station to be built in Scotland (between Islay and Jura)
  (tags: scotland tidal power generation)
• In Praise of Blogging
  (tags: blogs blogging writing)
• The biggest threat to new nuclear power isn't disasters - it's new, cheap, sources of gas...
  (tags: gas energy nuclear electricity)
• Google has possibly placed all Android apps under GPLv2. Oops.
  (tags: opensource google android wtf)
• Ian Mckellen reports on the first rehearsals for The Hobbit. Dammit, I don't have the energy to stay excited for the next two years!
  (tags: thehobbit IanMcKellen)
• Lord of the Rings Extended Blu-ray Details, Possible Street Date. Looks like I'll be buying a Blu-ray player this year!
  (tags: bluray lotr)
• Twitter boss demonstrates why building your app on someone else's system is not a long term plan.
  (tags: twitter development business)
• A bit of history - how Generics got into C#. Surprised to discover how low priority they were...
  (tags: c# coding microsoft programming)
• Eliminating waste can be as simple as answering phones - a fantastic look at how to improve bureaucracy
  (tags: bureaucracy awesome)
• Visa turns on P2P cash transfers in the US
  (tags: money visa usa)

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm shocked we're taking military action against Libya at this point. There seems to be one city left in rebellion, and that will surely inevitably fall. The government forces just need to close it off and starve them out.

The organised resistence members will have been executed elsewhere. At this stage, all its doing is ensuring yet another costly protracted military campaign with no end-benefit.

Still. I betcha that BP contract the british government spent so much time and energy kissing up to Gadaffi to secure is well out the window now.

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

LotR 7 SW on bluray in one year! Bluray players are easily obtainable under a hundred pounds these days.

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Star Wars HD and LotR HD movies each justify a blu ray player and huge fuckoff telly IMO :)

[andrewducker]

Yeah - definitely on my shopping list.

Followed by an epic "everyone round to mine to watch 13 hours of TV back to back" session :->